Could I kill a deer using a field tip??

Question

I have some field tipped carbon arrows and I'm going to hunting tomorrow ( first day of open season ) and I'm kinda new to the whole bow-hunting experience. I have a Mathews Mustang and I haven't taken it hunting before just used it in competitions. Would appreciate feedback much!!

Answer 1

it is possible to kill a deer with a feild tip. but it is also illegal and inhumane. a feild tip will more than likely wound the deer and he will suffer and possibly die slowly and never be recovered. you should try a broadhead, and make sure and practice with the broadhead you are using because it will not fly excactly like a feild tip. i suggest a fixed broadhead but many people like mechanical because they fly more like a feild tip. but some mechanical broadheads can noit only fail to operate properly but can damage your arrow shaft when they open. muzzy brand broadheads are the most popular and they arent expensive. 100 grain broadheads will be plenty for deer. good luck and i hope you have a successful hunt.

Answer 2

you can, however it is illegal in most states. Just go to a local store, buy some broadhead that weigh the same as your field tips. If you shoot, sit a back a bit after the shot (look at your watch) and wait 1/2 hour. This give time for the deer to bleed out and not run into the next county. Mark where you shot the deer with a peice of flagging tape or toliet paper, and look for blood. Follow the blood trail , marking the locations. After finding the deer, you then field dress it (remove the entrails) tag it as per your state law, and generally have to take it to a check station. If you don't process the meat yourself, then find a local person/meat locker that does and be prepared for some good eating. Good luck!

Answer 3

you can kill a deer with a field tip but it won't be easy at all you have to hit exactly in the heart or on a downward angle thru both lungs. I really suggest you get some broadheads to hunt with. You don't want to just hurt or maim a deer. If you are going to take the shot be sure of the kill.

Answer 4

I would recommend buying broadheads. It is possible to kill a deer with field tips, but you are much more likely to wound it and never find it. Try mechanical broadheads. They will fly more like a field tip like you are used to but will open up on impact. Definitely get something though. Going out with field tips is a bad idea. Ethically, and you would be more successful with the broadheads.

Answer 5

I differ a bit from some of the other posters. People clued me in from the beginning on how to make gutting a less tedious task. First, there is the "no gut" method. You leave the whole intestinal cavity intact. You will lose only the filet mignon (and the ribs, but a lot of people don't like deer ribs). I never do this, but I might if I managed to gut shoot the animal. (PS - this is essentially what dumdum is talking about below. But I think you might end up reaching all the way to your armpit to get that filet on a big elk???? I'll have to try it! There is some tendon in there, so you'd probably lose a little?) I don't saw into the sternum and I don't split the pelvis. The only sawing I tend to do is taking off the legs to quarter them. (and I sometimes just dis-articulate the joint which takes about the same amount of time. If you use a game knife with one of those circular hooks, it makes it amazingly fast to rip through the skin and fascia covering the intestines without accidentally punching too deep and cutting intestine. (with spillage - not good.) So I cut through the wind pipe up above, cut loose all the diaphragm and lungs, then make a careful "coring" cut around the anus (like an apple core?) by moving my knife toward the inside of the pelvic bone and away from the intestine, free everything up and carefully pull the anus back up through the pelvis. (Some people like to do a nice little tie around the anus, but you don't have to if careful.) Once everything is freed up it just falls out with no contamination. Once you get it down it should only take about a half hour. added: Just thought of a neat trick to be a little more "anal" about the anus. Have your right hand double gloved. After you have the anus freed up from the top and bottom, grasp it with your finger tips pulling it out a bit and then peel one of the gloves off and over the anus. Then throw a rubber band over it and pull it through. Pull the glove off later when you're done so you don't leave trash with the gut pile. I use those blue nitrile gloves that are used for painting. cheap by the box and tough.

Answer 6

Don't even try.
It might not, and probably will not be a kill, the
animal will suffer and die where you cant track it.
I'm not sure where you are in Canada or the states, but if your caught hunting with field tips you might end up in jail and loose your licence if you have one.
Canadian hunters already know this law which leads me to believe you don't have a licence to hunt or your from the states.

Answer 7

You can but not legally..All states have a minimum cutting diameter for heads used on arrows. Check your local laws..Here in Alabama you can't have a field tip in your qiuver while hunting.

Answer 8

DO NOT TRY THAT!!!! My father is a master instructor for the inland game department. the field point will not cause as much damage as a broad head. it will also make the critical hit necessary and it will be hard to track.

Answer 9

You will want to get some good broadheads....it will be a cleaner kill

Answer 10

If you are asking this question you are probable not good enough to do it.