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<blockquote data-quote="RackStacker30" data-source="post: 1331969" data-attributes="member: 13907"><p>RidgeHunter definitely has me figured out! Thanks for everyone's input on this. I thought it was a textbook double lung shot and that she'd expire within 70 yards... Here's the story.</p><p></p><p>Two does started out to the field south of me about 200 yards away around 6:30 pm Sunday night. They slowly (and I mean SLOWLY) made their way over to the fence line 60 yards away from my stand and crossed the fence around 7:20. One doe went off to the the NW and I thought my hunt was over, but the other smaller doe decided to come right on in to my ambush spot. I was up in a ladder stand (17' high) and she made her way into 22 yards. She was slightly quartered in to me and I patiently waited for her to turn broadside. I had a bad experience last year with the quartering to shot, so I wasn't about to take it again. The light was fading fast and I skeptical that I'd be able to see the deer through my peep when I drew back. She finally turned broadside, I drew back and was fortunate to still be able to see her, settled my 20 yard pin just behind her shoulder and let the arrow fly. I switched over to using Lumenoks this year and that turned out to be an awesome decision. I saw the lighted nock bury just behind the shoulder in the sweet spot and I instantly knew it was a perfect shot (so I thought). I was content and she took off running at blazing speeds! OK I thought, she's going down before she ever makes it to the fence.... Nope.... Surely she will fall after jumping the fence.... Nope.... Surely she is going to die within sight before jumping over in that wooded area 175 yards away.... Nope.</p><p></p><p>So I was amazed, I thought I had made a perfect shot and that she'd be dead within sight but that just didn't happen. I checked my arrow and there was good blood on it, but there was no blood on the ground around it. I searched the shot location, I searched where she crossed the fence, and I searched the field, but there was no blood anywhere. After an hour and a half I decided to make one last ditch effort and climb over into the wooded section and just start searching the areas near the fence. Luckily my buddy had a MagLite that we were using as a light source. My little LED flashlight completely sucked for searching. Finally about five minutes before it was time to call it quits, I found her wedged in between two trees. No blood dripping down her body... Only a small amount of blood coming from her snout. I feel extremely luck to have found her. </p><p></p><p>In retrospect, I guess the shot was ever so slightly high and I only hit the top of one lung. I was using the Vortex Solids exandable broadheads and I don't think the blades opened up until they hit the opposite side of the rib cage in the body cavity. I know what you fixed blade broadhead guys are going to say about the mechanicals, and you are definitely correct. They are not guaranteed to open and it adds one more variable that could go wrong. I had good success with the Rage 2-blades last year and I'm going back to those rear deploying heads for now. I could never get my bow perfectly tuned such that my fixed blade broadheads would hit with my field points, so I decided to use the mechanicals.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long rant.... Appreciate everyone's input.</p><p></p><p>RS30</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RackStacker30, post: 1331969, member: 13907"] RidgeHunter definitely has me figured out! Thanks for everyone's input on this. I thought it was a textbook double lung shot and that she'd expire within 70 yards... Here's the story. Two does started out to the field south of me about 200 yards away around 6:30 pm Sunday night. They slowly (and I mean SLOWLY) made their way over to the fence line 60 yards away from my stand and crossed the fence around 7:20. One doe went off to the the NW and I thought my hunt was over, but the other smaller doe decided to come right on in to my ambush spot. I was up in a ladder stand (17' high) and she made her way into 22 yards. She was slightly quartered in to me and I patiently waited for her to turn broadside. I had a bad experience last year with the quartering to shot, so I wasn't about to take it again. The light was fading fast and I skeptical that I'd be able to see the deer through my peep when I drew back. She finally turned broadside, I drew back and was fortunate to still be able to see her, settled my 20 yard pin just behind her shoulder and let the arrow fly. I switched over to using Lumenoks this year and that turned out to be an awesome decision. I saw the lighted nock bury just behind the shoulder in the sweet spot and I instantly knew it was a perfect shot (so I thought). I was content and she took off running at blazing speeds! OK I thought, she's going down before she ever makes it to the fence.... Nope.... Surely she will fall after jumping the fence.... Nope.... Surely she is going to die within sight before jumping over in that wooded area 175 yards away.... Nope. So I was amazed, I thought I had made a perfect shot and that she'd be dead within sight but that just didn't happen. I checked my arrow and there was good blood on it, but there was no blood on the ground around it. I searched the shot location, I searched where she crossed the fence, and I searched the field, but there was no blood anywhere. After an hour and a half I decided to make one last ditch effort and climb over into the wooded section and just start searching the areas near the fence. Luckily my buddy had a MagLite that we were using as a light source. My little LED flashlight completely sucked for searching. Finally about five minutes before it was time to call it quits, I found her wedged in between two trees. No blood dripping down her body... Only a small amount of blood coming from her snout. I feel extremely luck to have found her. In retrospect, I guess the shot was ever so slightly high and I only hit the top of one lung. I was using the Vortex Solids exandable broadheads and I don't think the blades opened up until they hit the opposite side of the rib cage in the body cavity. I know what you fixed blade broadhead guys are going to say about the mechanicals, and you are definitely correct. They are not guaranteed to open and it adds one more variable that could go wrong. I had good success with the Rage 2-blades last year and I'm going back to those rear deploying heads for now. I could never get my bow perfectly tuned such that my fixed blade broadheads would hit with my field points, so I decided to use the mechanicals. Sorry for the long rant.... Appreciate everyone's input. RS30 [/QUOTE]
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