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<blockquote data-quote="doctorjj" data-source="post: 892830" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>I've had some shots that didn't blow through when I was using lighter weight Thunderheads on aluminum shafted arrows. Now I use these heavier broadheads <a href="http://www.steelforce.com/products/premiumheads.html" target="_blank">Steelforce</a> on carbon arrows and have blown through and stuck in the ground, including a shot on a 9 point about 4 years ago where I hit the shoulder blade. The broadhead made a nice cruciform cut right through the shoulder blade, blew through the other side and stuck in the ground about 4 inches. I was impressed. The broadhead looked new after I cleaned off the blood. The deer's front quarters had blood and "shock" all through them. It actually ruined a decent portion of meat. My dad told me I needed to turn my bow down.</p><p></p><p>As for why you are having problems, it could be a lot of things. If you hit a rib square on, it's gonna be hard to blow through, regardless of equipment. Also, as someone else mentioned, make sure your bow is tuned perfectly. Any fishtailing will rob the arrow of energy as it tries to penetrate.</p><p></p><p>As for tuning methods, I usually just shoot a few arrows while watching my arrow instead of the target. How? Take your aim, then without moving anything, with both eyes open, just refocus on watching the arrow as it comes out of the bow. If you can see any fishtailing, it needs to be tuned. Bright colored nocks help in this process. It becomes easy after a few shots and strangely enough, I usually still shoot just as good as if I kept focused on the target.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorjj, post: 892830, member: 7292"] I've had some shots that didn't blow through when I was using lighter weight Thunderheads on aluminum shafted arrows. Now I use these heavier broadheads [URL="http://www.steelforce.com/products/premiumheads.html"]Steelforce[/URL] on carbon arrows and have blown through and stuck in the ground, including a shot on a 9 point about 4 years ago where I hit the shoulder blade. The broadhead made a nice cruciform cut right through the shoulder blade, blew through the other side and stuck in the ground about 4 inches. I was impressed. The broadhead looked new after I cleaned off the blood. The deer's front quarters had blood and "shock" all through them. It actually ruined a decent portion of meat. My dad told me I needed to turn my bow down. As for why you are having problems, it could be a lot of things. If you hit a rib square on, it's gonna be hard to blow through, regardless of equipment. Also, as someone else mentioned, make sure your bow is tuned perfectly. Any fishtailing will rob the arrow of energy as it tries to penetrate. As for tuning methods, I usually just shoot a few arrows while watching my arrow instead of the target. How? Take your aim, then without moving anything, with both eyes open, just refocus on watching the arrow as it comes out of the bow. If you can see any fishtailing, it needs to be tuned. Bright colored nocks help in this process. It becomes easy after a few shots and strangely enough, I usually still shoot just as good as if I kept focused on the target. [/QUOTE]
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