Sorry no pic of the exit. It wasn't anything special. If you zoom in on my pic, directly below the hole is a lone drop of blood, I think that was about where it was on the other side. Tfox. Yes Oh and thank you to all the peeps for the congrats on the buck. The track job/effort and hunting with a good friend made this more memorable than the size of the deer.
My favorite part of a bow-hunt... morbid I guess... is the blood-trail. The excitement mixed with not knowing is what keeps my 30.06 in the cabinet.
I am with you on that, so much so that a small part of me is disappointed when I could see the animal drop....I love the feeling that I get when I look up from the trail and can first see the animal on the ground.
I always hate when my hunt ends... following a good blood trail is like being a youngster waking up on Christmas morning.
I to have had a terrible time several times with perfectly broad side shots as have others in my family. We have lost several deer and found several a day later chewed up by coyotes. I prefer quartering to and quartering away, even frontal chest shots as the body cavity is elongated. You take out a lot more stuff. Some liver, some lung, sometimes some heart and usually a bunch of arteries. Deer I shoot quartering to or away always drop quick. Broadside not always.
If you're having that much trouble with broadside shots, you're not aiming in the right spot. My guess is too far back. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk
This fella had a serious problem with two broadside shots on the same doe. Both fell short, but I wasn't certain about the second shot and couldn't find the arrow. After traipsing around prime hunting ground for two hours, I resumed the search for the arrow; no joy. Took A late lunch and went back to the same spot; only this time a range finder was in my pack. Saw 220 lbs beast with 20 mins of light left. Hit the can call and he looked up and promptly returned to whatever business he was doing behind the tree. Grunted three times and he came out in the open at 50 yards. Called again and he started to close the distance. Out of nowhere some unseen, but obviously gigantic bird starts flapping his wings making an awful racket. The buck never closed and as the light faded, two does walked into range, but the peep sight gods were not with me and I had to sit it out until they all moved on. On the way back I walked right into my other arrow 75 yards down range. A real skipper I guess. The nocturnal was still glowing. Lesson learned, range finders don't work from the back of your truck. A great day in the woods, just the same.
I shot my buck this year perfectly broadside and when I field dressed it I only caught liver. The shot was way to far back and if it had been even slightly quartering it would have caught at least a lung most likely. I prefer quartering shots but like it was said earlier, when placed in the right spot it shouldn't matter.
A perfect broadside hit is straight above the knee and out the same spot on the other side. If you are hitting liver, you are way too far back. It will kill em... but if you just aim forward a bit more, your blood trails will be much happier.
