YooperMike

Congratulations on your buck! And, yes, that is what a picture is supposed to look like, excellent work! The one with you and your dog is fantastic.

RMA

Be PROUD little buddy! It's ALWAYS great to see the younger generation taking up the sport we LOVE.

tim03b

Thanks, guys! I had that post in mind about the clean pictures so i tried to wipe as much blood off as possible.

palmergt3

congrats on a great deer(good looking lab to)

H.L.H

Awesome deer! What kind of bow is that?

ISHAMKBJ

My son just got into bow hunting and has had a couple shots at bucks the past two years. He hit them but did not get good penetration. We found blood but could not recover them . How many lbs. do you shoot with your bow and what speed is your arrow? I am trying to understand how he can get better penetration with his arrow's. He uses a rage 2 blade, but does not get good penetration. He pulls 50 lbs, so I don't know the answer how to help him. Any advice would be greatfull.........beautiful buck!!!!!!!

tim03b

Im shooting a Bear Charge set at 65 lbs with Carbon Express maximas tipped with the two blade rage and Slick tricks. I think my bow is hooting around 245 FPS and is unloading around 47-50 lbs of kinetic energy.

tim03b

Well first off i deff would not be shooting rage 2 blades at only 50 lbs. Rage makes another 2 blade broadhead made for bows shooting less than 40 pounds of kinetic energy. I would switch to them if you choose to stay with mechanicals. If not switch to slick tricks. I love them. The problem with them is the fact that they lack the cutting diameter that the rage have. But if the shot is in the right place your boy should be a killing machine with those heads.
Another thing i highly recommend people when they bring their bows in to get checked up is to make sure the bow is tuned. The better tuned it is the more efficient the bow transfers energy to the arrow, which ultimately leads to better penetration.
And last but not least i would try to find out how much kinetic energy your son's bow is putting out. Doing this will help him and you decide what broadhead to use. If he is shooting close to 50 lbs of kinetic energy he will be fine with just about any head. However, if he is shooting less i would consider a fixed blade or the two blade rage specifically made for bows putting out a less amount of energy.
Do this and he'll be alright. And remember....nothing substitutes for a well placed shot. He puts any head into the pump house and its lights out for old bone head.

Hope this helped, Tim

Ben / PA

Damn that's a nice PA buck. Congrats.

Hunt4Life23

very nice buck! congrats