RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

If your hunting from a tree the bottom hole is a great aid to finding any deer. And it means your shooting enough arrow to get the job done.:)

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

You betchya!!:D:D:D

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

X2

You Darn Tootin I want an exit hole!!

Dan

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

Jim:

You're picking nits IMO.

Would you rather get stuck with a 2" knife in the chest.......all the way through to your back bone? Or......a 1" knife all the way through?

Either way.....you're bleeding. Except with the 2" gash.......you're bleeding 2X as much. The body cavity os NOT going to stop the blood from leaving the cut vessels......and that deer's gonna bleed out twice as fast.

Of course.......everyone ALWAYS gets pass-thrus, too, right?;)

Edit**

I just thought of something else......

NEVER have I (on a non-pass-thru shot) NOT found my arrow (or a piece of it) along the blood trail. I've never seen one do it, personally....but my guess is they pull it out with their mouths.....or bust it off on a tree. Still....I've never found one still in a deer. I've seen photos of them....and I've seen them on TV with the arrow still in them So I know it occurs)....but I've never personally witnessed it.

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

No way!! Lets not forget when you have 2 holes your cutting much more then your 2" gash is with one hole. Have you ever tracked a high lung hit with one hole? Have you ever tracked a high lung hit with 2 holes? The 2 holer might save your ass in getting that deer because its got a bottom hole! I've seen it too many times not to believe it through out the years. One holers can be a bitch with high hits.

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

Its all about a timely recovery and two holes make that process so much easier.

Yeah, you might get a quick kill and lots of damage with a 2" hole that didn't penetrate both sides, but if the deer goes in thick brush and there is littleor no blood trail.....well good luck in consistently finding that deer in shortorder when it is early season and 80 degrees, even if the deer only went a short distance.

You got it right Shultzy. A complete pass through is first and foremost when answering "What makes a good blood trail?"

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

Jeff I'm not nit picking anything , I have not shot a deer in the last ten years that has made it out of my sight before dying. I lied one did.
I shoot them close (under 20 Yrd's) with 125 grain thunderheads. I have shot them facing me, broadside, quartering away and every way in between ,I'm not picky on shot angles.
I shot 62lbs with heavy arrows and the results are measured by how far my arrow sticks into the earth on the other side of the deer.
Never had one not go Thur and bury into the earth.
Just maybe you are not doing something right.;)

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

Sounds like you are out there to Git-R-Done!!

Dan

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

Aim for the main artery.. No I'm kidding.. don't.. But that will give you one heck of a blood trail..
Has anyone seen the whitetail madness from Drury Brothers, #10 I think.. Chapter 16 some guy shoots a brute from Wis. and actually makes a bad shot high and back but he tags the main artery... It just looks like someone throws buckets of blood out of this deer.. It is with a rage 2 blade but I think anything would cause that..

But really, double lung will leave good trails.. A bigger hole is better I guess.. I use the strikers and get good blood.. Might try a rage 2 blade but who knows..

RE: What makes a good blood trail
 

I would always want 2 holes! and with todays bows that is much easier to accomplish.

With that being said I would prefer a large entrance hole in case I don't get a passthrough (things happen)which makes it much easier to get a bloodtrail with the big entrance hole.