RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

C903,

ILSQ, IBM, Myself, and thousands of bowhunters have first hand knowledge of the " hollow spot" and I would take the word of an experienced bowhunter over that of a vet who has probably never run an arrow thru one of their " clients" to find out.

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

Unless all the medical (vet) facts that have been taught in higher institutions to people who were to become and did become medical doctors and surgeons of animals, are proven to be incorrect, I will have to go with a skill and expertise that greatly surpasses bowhunting opinions.

Holding with the medical facts until the facts are proven to be corrupt, I would then assume that a shaft that enters the fabled " hollow spot" is nothing more than a shot that went bad and did not hit a vital organ that causes immediate or soon death, but death may occur within a day or two.


PS:

mr4pt, you have a list of those " thousands of bowhunters?" ;)

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

Isn' t that the whole point of the " hollow spot," as these other guys have defined it?

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

MAY occur? OK, it may occur but then again, it may not, as in ILSQ' s case, not to mention a few of my own and yes THOUSANDS of bowhunters around the world.

Where do you want me to send that list to?

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

Not quite!

With a lot of shooters that claim they hit the " hollow spot," an area (hollow spot) having lethal immunity, a screw up by Mother Nature, a location that is void of any physiological and anatomical connectivity or continuity, simply an empty space located within the interior of a living organism, I believe the " hollow spot" claim is a premaure excuse so they do not have to engage in a very difficult and time consuming track, so that they can quickly climb back into their stand and shoot another deer ….hopefully not in the " hollow spot." ;)

mr4pt:

I would like to send you a dollar so you can turn it into several thousand for me. :)

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

No such thing as a hollow spot

A shot ABOVE the backbone is a non-starter however.

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

Boy did you ever miss the boat with that one.

Listen, I am not saying that you can hit this so-called " hollow spot" and not get so much as a drop a blood. I am just saying, as ILSQ and others can attest to, that there is an area below the spine and above the lungs that you can run an arrow thru and it will amount to nothing more than a flesh wound.

I' ll give you my address for that dollar, only if you deliver it in person.

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

I am no vet or biologist, but I do not see how you can squeeze a broadhead between the spine and lungs of a deer over the kill zone, now if your shot was high and forward, or high and back I could see it, but there is no way shooting in the kill zone. Just an old guys opinion after gutting/butchering a couple of deer.

Any one who really feels there is a dead zone, I would like you to take the next deer you kill, gut and skin it, hang it and then see if you can figure out a way of getting a broadhead under the spine above the kill zone without cutting the spinal artery and at least cutting the top of the lung cavity.

One more thing to think about for those of you hunting from a tree stand, try it at the angle the arrow would enter from your treestand!!! I bet you money you can' t even come close to doing it.

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

Good post Tazman. It' s just not possible, especially from a tree stand.

RE: The Dreaded Hollow Spot
 

From the ground, I beg to differ.

From a stand...no freakin way