Armour Plated Doe
 

Shot a doe several years ago at a pretty steep qaurtering away angle. My arrow hit exactly where I was aiming and should have exited either through or slightly in front of the off side shoulder, but it didnt. It slid inbetween the ribs and hide until it hit the onside arm pit and then penetrated the chest cavity right infront of the heart. I was just curious if anyone has had anything remotely similar happen.

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

were you using mechanicals??

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

oops sorry left that part out, no wasnt using mechanicals i was using muzzy 100gr 3 blade heads.

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

i shot a doe two years ago and had that happen. I was also shooting fixed blades. Im not sure what causes it...pretty wierd though

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

Must have been a real hard angle! I don't think i have heard of a shot ending up like that!

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

Another strange thing happened on another doe, similar instance as before but arrow hit were it was suppose to but the broadhead only made one tiny slice about oh maybe an 1/8 of an inch on the inside back edge of the left lung and on the inside front edge of the right lung, so it almost went inbetween both lungs. anyone ever have that happen.

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

The arrow gets deflected somehow...

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

I think what happened is kinda like what can happen with expandables. The blade on the muzzy hit before the tip could dig in.

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

I read a great article about penetration, and how broadhead design effects the outcome. The angle of the blades has alot to do with how well a broadhead will penetrate on extreme quartering angles. In the article, the author shot a Rocky Mountain Ti 125, and a Ti 100. Made by the same company but the 125 penetrated much better on a hard angle shot. This was said to be because of the blade angle between the two heads not the 25 grain weight differential. Just a little insight.

Shane

RE: Armour Plated Doe
 

Penatration really wasnt an issue, the arrow went through over 2 feet of deer, busted ribs and everything. It just didnt dig in and penatrate where it was suppose to.