NullPointerException
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Hi guys,
I just got back from a "successful" pronghorn hunt that has me rethinking my broadhead choice. I am currently using a four blade with a cut of 1 and 1/16 inches. They fly really well especially out to range.
The problem I have is that the animal didn't die right away despite a well placed shot. The animal was slightly quartered away and the entry was basically at the bottom of a ten ring on a 3D target. The exit was a bit lower and near the elbow. The animal was eventually recovered (there's a story there that I'm not ready to share), but after the initial shot he ran 150 yards or so and bedded down, despite blood coming out both wounds. I was overall unimpressed by the blood trail he left. If this were a mule deer in thick timber (my next hunt) I might not have found him. During field dressing it looked like I got both lungs and narrowly missed the heart (there were also bubbles on the arrow). I've heard that antelope are frail and die easily, but this was just not what I experienced.
As a result, I am rethinking my broadhead choice. I am taking a hard look at the Sevr 2.1'' and the G5 Deadmeat. While certainly the shot could have been placed a bit higher, I think a larger cut would have put him down quicker. Like I said, it looked like I missed the heart by fractions of an inch it seems.
Here's a list of questions I have:
1. My bow generates roughly 75-80 ft-lbs. of energy. I'm just making sure that that's enough for a big mechanical head being shot at a mule deer.
2. What fletchings do you run with a mechanical like the ones I have listed? I am currently running a four fletch, but am debating going to a slightly larger three fletch and also going for an aggressive helical. Since the mechanical head is compact I wont have the blades to fight against the spin if that makes sense.
3. For the Deadmeat, do the BMP points really fly like the actual mechanical head or is that marketing BS? I like the feature of the Sevrs where you can put them in practice mode and ensure they won't open.
Thanks in advance for the help. For the record, I'm not at all blaming the broadhead for what happened, but a bigger head might have made for a cleaner kill.
I just got back from a "successful" pronghorn hunt that has me rethinking my broadhead choice. I am currently using a four blade with a cut of 1 and 1/16 inches. They fly really well especially out to range.
The problem I have is that the animal didn't die right away despite a well placed shot. The animal was slightly quartered away and the entry was basically at the bottom of a ten ring on a 3D target. The exit was a bit lower and near the elbow. The animal was eventually recovered (there's a story there that I'm not ready to share), but after the initial shot he ran 150 yards or so and bedded down, despite blood coming out both wounds. I was overall unimpressed by the blood trail he left. If this were a mule deer in thick timber (my next hunt) I might not have found him. During field dressing it looked like I got both lungs and narrowly missed the heart (there were also bubbles on the arrow). I've heard that antelope are frail and die easily, but this was just not what I experienced.
As a result, I am rethinking my broadhead choice. I am taking a hard look at the Sevr 2.1'' and the G5 Deadmeat. While certainly the shot could have been placed a bit higher, I think a larger cut would have put him down quicker. Like I said, it looked like I missed the heart by fractions of an inch it seems.
Here's a list of questions I have:
1. My bow generates roughly 75-80 ft-lbs. of energy. I'm just making sure that that's enough for a big mechanical head being shot at a mule deer.
2. What fletchings do you run with a mechanical like the ones I have listed? I am currently running a four fletch, but am debating going to a slightly larger three fletch and also going for an aggressive helical. Since the mechanical head is compact I wont have the blades to fight against the spin if that makes sense.
3. For the Deadmeat, do the BMP points really fly like the actual mechanical head or is that marketing BS? I like the feature of the Sevrs where you can put them in practice mode and ensure they won't open.
Thanks in advance for the help. For the record, I'm not at all blaming the broadhead for what happened, but a bigger head might have made for a cleaner kill.