What can you tell me about this shot?
11-21-2002, 11:48 AM
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RE: What can you tell me about this shot?
I would say it was a clean miss. I have never saw an arrow that passed thru a deer and didn't have any visible blood on it.
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11-21-2002, 03:11 PM
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RE: What can you tell me about this shot?
I would say you most likely had a clean miss as well. My guess is the deer probably ducked at the sound of your bowstring. Though the shot may have broken perfectly as the deer was standing still, you may not have noticed what the deer did in the fraction of a second the arrow was en route.
I have shot a deer or two that left very little evidence on the arrow, but there was at least "some" blood or hair. Inspect your arrow very closely. Hair often gets trapped under the leading edge of fletchings as well as in the broadhead. Run your hand down a clean arrow, then down the arrow you shot. Take note of any apparent difference in friction between the two shafts or of any bumps or undulations on the one that was shot (ie; small amounts of dried fluids or tissue sticking to it).
I have shot a deer or two that left very little evidence on the arrow, but there was at least "some" blood or hair. Inspect your arrow very closely. Hair often gets trapped under the leading edge of fletchings as well as in the broadhead. Run your hand down a clean arrow, then down the arrow you shot. Take note of any apparent difference in friction between the two shafts or of any bumps or undulations on the one that was shot (ie; small amounts of dried fluids or tissue sticking to it).
11-23-2002, 06:13 PM
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RE: What can you tell me about this shot?
I Went back and looked this afternoon and found a little branch that had a perfectly clean cut in it that was from one of the blades on my broadhead. I saw the buck later that night as well.
If there is such a thing as being glad of a clean miss, I am.
If there is such a thing as being glad of a clean miss, I am.
11-23-2002, 08:47 PM
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RE: What can you tell me about this shot?
I had the same think happen to me. Hit a branch and the arrow went right in front of the deer. I watched the deer bound off without looking like it got hit at all. I still waited 20 minutes looking at my arrow stuck in the ground saying to myself "I don't see any blood on that arrow". Got down and the arrow was totally clean. Still went down the path the deer took just to make sure and there was no blood trail.
I have never had a clean arrow after going through a deer so you must have missed her totally.
I have never had a clean arrow after going through a deer so you must have missed her totally.
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