Hi! I was wondering if anyone could give me a little insight on what I experienced last night.. me and my boyfriend are kinda stumped.. He shot a deer with an arrow last night from about 30 yrds. Watched the arrow hit the deer, and the deer jumped down as if it was trying to dodge it, but it was too late. Anyways, the deer took off, and left the arrow that hit her, in the grass. When we looked at the arrow, we noticed that the blades on the retractable broadhead he used, we closed. They never opened like they were suppose to and I think that's why it fell out. There was meat, hair, and just a tiny bit of blood on the arrow head. Now, my question is: Are these arrowheads known to fail like this and not open? Also, we were debating on whether or not the arrow may have went through the deer.. but we found no blood on the ground or on the actual arrow it's self. I assumed there would be alot of blood to go through the deer.. Never found the deer either. Could anyone explain?
2007-10-10 04:45:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
i am not sure of the brand of broadheads he is using, but i use expandables, spitfires and wasp jackhammers to be exact. i do know from my local archery shop that if he was using RAGE broadheads they had a huge recall on them 1000's of them were recalled due to a design flaw that was not allowing the blades to open on impace( the leading edge of the blade was rounded) check to see what brand he is shooting
2007-10-11 12:45:53 · answer #1 · answered by Orion2506 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO...This is not the norm for this type of broadhead. If the shaft has no signs of a pass thru shot, and the broadhead didn't open, I can only conclude that your boyfriend hit bone directly. You didn't mention where the Doe was hit. At 30 yards, an arrow would have at least penetrated a few inches, even if it didn't pass completely thru the body of the Deer. If the Doe was gut shot, there would still be an opaque clear fluid on the arrow shaft regardless of presence of blood or not. The blades not opening would not limit penetration or create additional drag on the arrow. A bone hit would be the only logical explanation........
2007-10-10 08:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by JD 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sounds to me like the deer "jumped the string". this means that it heard the string release and moved as he released. Judging by your description, I'd say that he ducked low enough that the arrow hit very high, just grazing his back. This would explain the failure to open the blades, as they did not hit enough "meat" to push them open. Also, it explains the lack of blood trail, and if the arrow had passed thru the animal, it would have been covered in blood, you would have seen a blood trail and you would have tracked and recovered the animal. SO, I rarely use mechanical braodheads just because most states don't allow them, and most importantly, you need to get that bow quieter. Does it have limb savers? does it have string silencers? has he waxed the string? do the cams squeek? etc. Try this: stand beside the hunter with your eyes closed, have him draw and fire an arrow into a safe target. Listen carefully to the entire process, then tell him what you heard. I'm betting that on release you heard a LOT of noise that needs to be addressed.
Be thankful that the animal wasn't seriously wounded and take what ever steps needed to prevent a repeat. No one wants an injured animal to suffer. We all want a clean, quick kill.
Good luck, and good hunting
2007-10-10 05:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by randy 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dodn't think your broadhead failed to open. Ive head with mechanicals for 14 year now. When your arrow hit the ground. It might have closed up the blades. I shoot 75 Grain rocket and never had no trouble
2007-10-10 11:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by a h 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you are willing and able to apply razor sharp edges to your fixed blade arrowheads, there is no problem using them. However, if you can't or won't, than I would ONLY use the heads to which I can easily and readily switch dulled and worn out heads before going out into the field to hunt. Sharp arrows are critical, whether you buy them ready-made, or can make them sharp by your own efforts. I once shot a wild boar (273 pounds dressed weight) with a bow and arrow for a wildlife documentary on hunting ol' Sus scrofa in the USA. I used Zwickey Black Diamond tri-blade arrowheads on York arrows. I had to PROVE to the guide hired by the film company that ALL of my arrows would shave my arm before he would let us hunt. I am SO glad he did. Sharp is truly important. I buy mine now. It's a WHOLE lot easier that way.
2016-05-20 23:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is normal for this to happen the arrow just went strait through the deer without opening and the chest cavity filled up with blood try using a solid point next time there more reliable try going back with more people looking for the deer ods are its done out there some where next to a log or under leaves
2007-10-10 14:04:56 · answer #6 · answered by Garett F 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Night hunting is illegal honey. You and your bf are poachers!
LOL
Try using a rifle next time! One shot!
2007-10-10 08:15:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋