Do you want a pass thru?

[Guest]

Lots of great info guys !!

I like as much blood outside the body for a blood trail as our terrain up North is so thick that these elk can and do disappear into thin air !!

 

[Jaquomo]

Forgot to add that I\'ve experienced a few situations like elky described, where a severe quartering away shot only got one lung. The arrow bouncing around in there as the animal ran off chewed the lung up. Saw it happen with a liver shot once from a quartering-to angle that hit a rib going in.

Most of you guys are too young to remember this, but back before compounds, when low KE was the norm, many guys sharpened the rear edges of the broadhead so it would cut from both directions. My stickbows setups only deliver 39-42 lbs of KE, so I really don\'t expect pass throughs. I sometimes get them with the compound, sometimes not, and can\'t say honestly whether any pass through I\'ve ever been around has aided recovery. Good shot, we find them. Bad shot, bleeding stops...... Bad shot with a shaft protruding, we almost always find them from wipes or drips

When I shoot an elk and the arrow shaft breaks off immediately from the front leg coming back, and there\'s 10-12\" missing from the business end, I sit down, eat a Power Bar, and get ready to start butchering. My hunting partner jokes that that\'s where all my arrows break off. I have a bucket full of \"used\" shafts like that.

 

[cohunter14]

I\'ve only been in on a little over 100 archery elk kills, so my experience is limited to those experiences.

Lou, sounds to me like you need to get a few more kills under your belt before you go throwing around opinions! :haha:

 

[Jaquomo]

Derek, I only mentioned that because my experiences are limited to my experiences, and the collective experiences of all the great hunters on this forum represent a far greater breadth of knowledge than mine. I think that\'s why forums like this are important and valuable. With almost anything \"hunting\", there are very few absolutes (except that a shot which cuts off the plumbing above the heart will always kill a critter quickly). About the time someone proclaims something doesn\'t work, someone else will provide examples of why it works well.

It\'s like my hunting partner ridiculing my deer and elk hats when he first saw them. Said it was the stupidest thing he\'d ever seen. That lasted for about an hour until he watched me decoy-in three P&Y-class bucks at the same time. By the next weekend, he had a deer hat too...

We can all learn from respectful sharing of ideas, even if we disagree with someone else\'s conclusions. Where I take exception is when someone is spouting off about something questionable, then posts something like, \"You\'re entitled to your opinion, even if it\'s wrong\" to justify whatever nonsense they\'re trying to sell. Or belittling and insulting others for not agreeing, as is commonly done by \"The Leading Expert in the Elk Hunting Field\", who thankfully doesn\'t post on this forum.

 

[bowhunter]

Or belittling and insulting others for not agreeing, as is commonly done by \"The Leading Expert in the Elk Hunting Field\", who thankfully doesn\'t post on this forum.

:lol:

 

[WW]

Good point on sharpening the back of the broadhead Lou. When I switched to Muzzy Stingers, I was pleasantly surprised that they had thought about that and had done it at the factory.

I wonder if the (leading expert) ever thought about that. :mg:

 

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[Jaquomo]

Vanish, I\'ve sent a lot of the instruction packages out. If you want one, shoot me your email add to <!-- e --><a href=\"mailto:elklou1244@gmail.com\">elklou1244@gmail.com</a><!-- e --> and I\'ll bounce it back with instructions and photos.

I accept no responsibility for any injuries caused by being run over, stomped, or gored by deer or elk!

 

[cohunter14]

Derek, I only mentioned that because my experiences are limited to my experiences, and the collective experiences of all the great hunters on this forum represent a far greater breadth of knowledge than mine. I think that\'s why forums like this are important and valuable. With almost anything \"hunting\", there are very few absolutes (except that a shot which cuts off the plumbing above the heart will always kill a critter quickly). About the time someone proclaims something doesn\'t work, someone else will provide examples of why it works well.

It\'s like my hunting partner ridiculing my deer and elk hats when he first saw them. Said it was the stupidest thing he\'d ever seen. That lasted for about an hour until he watched me decoy-in three P&Y-class bucks at the same time. By the next weekend, he had a deer hat too...

We can all learn from respectful sharing of ideas, even if we disagree with someone else\'s conclusions. Where I take exception is when someone is spouting off about something questionable, then posts something like, \"You\'re entitled to your opinion, even if it\'s wrong\" to justify whatever nonsense they\'re trying to sell. Or belittling and insulting others for not agreeing, as is commonly done by \"The Leading Expert in the Elk Hunting Field\", who thankfully doesn\'t post on this forum.

Great post Lou, and very true. It\'s great when you have this many knowledgeable folks around who have many years of experience, like yourself. I have been around to see many elk take their dirt nap, but I\'m nowhere near the century mark yet! But it\'s amazing how much we can all learn from each other based on sharing experiences, assuming people are open minded and not stubborn enough to think their way is the only way.