" MIKEWERNER Holy Cow! Kinda feel like we just got took to the woodshed!
As a bowhunter........I avoid the front shoulder like I do California. But.......check the comic books.......there are lungs behind those front shoulders. Broadheads + heavy bone = bad. Light, frangible bullets + heavy bone = bad."
Mike, when you shoot them in the lungs or heart they run. And most likely out of sight, I want them planted right close to where they were when I pulled the trigger. Most of the country I hunt in is very steep, if they clear the ridge line in dry fall conditions, there is a good chance you may never see them again. I lost one bull that I shot in the chest, at 150 yards while laying prone on the adjacent ridge line. He went right down, and followed the law of gravity towards the timberline. Just before he got to the timber, he found his footing, bolted into the timber, and was followed by a large number of his brethren, who cleverly covered up his tracks. After two hours and darkness fell upon me, I walked out the three miles back to the trail head. I punched my tag and went home.
