Why I shoot heavy

[longbowman]

Last Friday morning I'm setting in my stand in an Oak Grove and watching a large doe feeding about 50 yds. away.  After about 20 mins. she turns and comes straight towards me.  When it became obvious she was going behind my tree I got turned and when she came out at 11 steps I drew back to full draw and let go.  At the sound she began turning sharply away but my arrow was already there hitting her just in front of the hip and going length wise through the body cutting off the opposite leg bone just above the knuckle with my arrow exiting and burrying into the ground.  She mad it 30 yds.
     I was shooting a 72# Bear T.D. with 845 grain hickory arrows that were tipped with zwicky delta's.  Even though I didn't need it the blood trail from the exit wound was tremendous.  You just never know what is going to happen upon release of an arrow.

[Shakes.602]

Fine Shooting!! Great Post!

[JamesKerr]

A great example of why a heavy arrow is important.

[Birdbow]

I'm on board! Shooting 700gr. out my 60# LB with 300gr. Tuffhead SB

[YORNOC]

Absolutely. you never know. Shoot as much as you accurately can.

[moleman]

Good post! and im in total agreement.
Even though we may be confident in our shooting abilities, sometimes the game we hunt dont always cooperate, and sometimes the heavier weight can turn a bad shot into a collectable animal V.S one that may not be found.

[Bob B.]

Wow ... awesome man!

Bob.

[Richie]

Good story and a great shot.  

[pdk25]

Congrats on your harvest, and I am glad that you had a succesful hunt despite the bad luck with the deer changing positions.  I'm not necessarily sure that you would have had a different outcome with a lighter setup on this particular deer, even though the heavier setups certainly give me more confidence. It wasn't penetrating the leg bone that did your deer in.  It was going through all of the soft tissue before it exited.  It is always amazing to me when our gear cuts through bone the way it sometimes does.  I had a friend in NJ that double-lunged a deer quartering away that cut the offside legbone in half as well.  What surprised me was that he was using a 45 pound black widow at the time.  I still think shooting the heaviest weight that you can handle is the best policy.  There are certainly times when it can make a difference.