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Have been on several hog hunts with those who knock the snot out of deer thinking they have made a KILLER shot on a hog only to get one lung or liver. LOW and tight to the shoulder angling forward between the legs is the best shot at least for me. Watch em go down with that shot.
-------------------- Most people get rich by making more money than they have needs, me, I just reduced my needs! Posts: 950 | From: Morgantown, WV | Registered: Feb 2004
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Bowwild, I agree completely about not being sure -- our eyes can really trick us! However, I remain confident about the shot..but the penetration was definitely not what it needed to be. I am just trying to figure out why it didn't go deeper. Do sows also have a shield?
-------------------- Sandy Biles Scorpion TD RC; 54@28 RER XR Static Tip RC; 56@28 Posts: 354 | From: Glenpool, Ok | Registered: Jan 2011
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LC, Count me among them! In the heat of the moment, I forgot to wait for a quartering away shot. It was perfect broadside, but I now know to wait another few steps.
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Most guys have more trouble getting three blade heads scary sharp than they do two blades. This is due to the broader angle for one thing. If you aren't able to get a two blade as sharp as you want, I doubt you will gain anything with a three blade in terms of sharpness.
If you want a sharper broadhead, invest in the KME system rather than changing heads. I also doubt you would get as much penetration with a three blade head.
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Hey Bowwild, That was not an Atom broadhead with the wires, was it? Those are crazy. I don't see how they work but the guy that made them was pushing them pretty hard down here for a while.
Bisch
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A friend of mine shot a young boar which he could not recover. He has shot a ton of pigs and thought this was an OK shot.
3 months later he dogged the same boar when he cut it open you could see the 3 blade broad head scar through one lung and the liver. Both were well on the way to healing.
They are real survivors!
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I wouldn't sweat the results of one hit. Arrows often don't show the results we expect. They penetrate less, penetrate more, and take stranger paths than what they are "supposed" to all the time.
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Three blade will give less penetration than a 2-blade, all other things being equal. Really not possible to get a three-blade as sharp as a 2 blade unless you rebevel the edges. Two blades have about a 22.5 degree bevel on each side of the cutting edge, for a 45 degree overall angle. Three blades are 30 degrees on a side for a 60 degree cutting edge. Less likely to turn over than a two blade, but can't get them as sharp.
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