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Called this bull in this past archery season. Bull came in and then turned to leave. 30yds quartering away. When my hunter hit the latch he turned straight away. Not the best shot, but it worked, THANK GOD
Bull went 40 yds and was very dead.




125 grain slick trick. It was buried nearly to the fletchings.

Toby Joe

I'd call that a lucky arrow...that I may never use again!

a poop chute slick trick all right.....

Femoral artery will put them down quick
a case of rather be lucky than good

Very much a case of rather be lucky then good. When I seen the arrow hit him, my heart sank and I knew it was going to be a very long day. Then I heard the crash. Not much blood on the trail, but he only went 40 yds. I caped and quartered him on the ground and didnt open him up. I figured the tenderloins were toast. So I didnt get to see the internal damamge, but I bet there was alot of blood.

Toby Joe

Why'd you figure that? Not condemning your decision, just curious why it was made.

Tobey Joe:

Are you sure you weren't hunting in Texas?

KC

Unless that's a 4 foot arrow, it's nowhere near the tenderloins.

Sure, but if that arrow zipped through guts those tenderloins wouldn't be hitting my grill or plate either... Or maybe you missed the part where he said it was buried to the fletchings...

Tanner

That hit with an arrow or a bullet is extremely lethal.

I had the same happen to a pretty good muley on me many years ago.

Was a bit trickier track, but was dead about 150 yards away. You could follow the trail, but it was a slow trail to follow but no big deal really.

JACKPOT

Texas heart shot is better than naught. If the arrows dont fly, the meat dont fry.

stick 'em, and let the guide sort it out.....

I had a guy tell me this year "That one in the liver is better then 2 in the quiver". Thought that was pretty good.

Toby Joe

Im betting hes glad he took the shot.

Pull the TL and strip the perinysium before the chitt soaks in. Grill them in terryaki and you'll be in like Flynn.

That's an excellent point. I was, again, asking for my own edification and not as a jab to you.

Tanner is good people. He doesn't miss much.

PUll em rinse em and eat em. IMO never waste a loin or a backstrap, but to each his/her own and if its a long time till cooking I guess I may htink otherwise.

drop em in a [bleep] pile of mud? rinse em and eat em. Heck, people eat haggis. Just dont let it fester.

My Dad took a bow shot at a deer a couple of years ago, grazed a limb between him and the deer and the arrow to hit the rear ham. Deer ran ~40 yards and died. The arrow exited and he said the blood trail was massive. The femoral artery is a killer...but I'd not try to hit it on purpose.

Femoral is a bit trickier, but if you hit the pelvic joint there are a LOT of large arteries right there that almost have to be damaged by that hit.

FWIW the ham is also more artery rich than just the femoral, the femoral will be really quick death, but even a good solid hit there will bleed out pretty quickly.

In retrospect I let a couple of deer walk that I should have shot, now that i know what I know.

Same can be said for a rifle... once you know what its capable of and where things are located, you become much more deadly, and don't have to listen to all the old tales either...

Edit to add... I should not have said pelvic joint, more like the cavity is what I meant. Can't seem to think of the right word right now either...