Whats all this talk of &quot;perfect&quot; hit deer running 250 to 400 yards???<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> I've taken 14 deer with my Rockets and NOT A ONE has gone farther than 60 yards!!!

Bob-Co, No, I'm not saying that having sharp broadheads is not important. I was just saying that the correlation between a deer running far with a double lung and having dull broadheads is not always the case. The deer that I hit that ran far was shot with a razor sharp head that did plenty of damage, but the deer still ran far. Granted, you are more likely to have a bad hit and have a deer go farther with a dull broadhead, but that doesn't necessarily mean the same deer wouldn't travel far if a good hit was made with a sharp broadhead. I am in no way trying to say that a dull broadhead should ever be used for hunting. I hope this makes sense.

I guess I'm still not sure of what you are saying. Are you saying that hemeraging will not account for anything? I think that you would have to agree that a deer hit with a sharp head is going to hemerage better than one hit with a dull head no matter where it is hit, or dependent on the stamina of the individual animal. That is what I am trying to say.

BobCo, after re-reading my first post I understand where you are coming from. I agree completely with you that sharp broadheads are going to do a lot more damage than ones that are dull. I was just trying to say that deer will sometimes still go far even when shot through the lungs with a sharp broadhead. I just didn't do a very good job of conveying my point. Very embarassing for someone with a degree in journalism.<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>

HuntingBry, agreed, and thanks for the friendly conversation!

No problem, BC. Whenever someone disagrees with me I try not to take it as an attack on my character. A lot of times if someone disagrees with me I can learn something from them or vice versa. That's why I love bowhunting, no matter how much you do it or how much you know, there's always more to do or learn.

I have found the same problem with the Rocket Miniblasters....nice head but blades are a little dull.

I can't believe a deer shot through both lungs would go 400 yards. Maybe a single-lung or liver, but not a perfect lung shot.

PBB

Pick a hair.....or a caruncle!!

I can believe it. I've had a buck go 300+ yards with a double lung hit. He was a tough bugger, 3 1/2 years old. A yearling buck would have never made it that far. As far as the sharpness of Rocket's blades go, I agree with the previous posts. However, I heard that they have a new supplier for blades (hopefully sharper) this year. I've emailed them and asked them to confirm this, but they haven't replied. I also heard that they are coming out with a fixed head as well.

Edited by - Olink on 02/28/2002 05:47:29

PABB, I agree with Olink but can accept your scepticism. I shot a mulie this past season that defied the odds. Using NAP Shockwaves on a quatering away shot, the arrow blew through the liver, left lung base, clipped the left ventricle (heart) and out via the right lung apex. This animal bounded off, went under a fence line and into a bluff of trees 250 yards away. I was confident of my shot and the blood trail supported my suspicion that it was a lethal wound. On a lesser blood trail I would have doubted the shot and it's outcome! In contrast to this, a whitetail doe succumbed about 80 yards after being shot through the chest - died in midstride. Just another variable in the equation!