Thanks for all the kind words (for me as well).
She has a short draw length so mostly shoots youth bows.
She was shooting a Browning youth bow that was 40lbs. at her 24" draw length. She had her Gold Tip 3555s (cap dipped and fletched by her) with 3, 4 inch fletches, tipped with 100 grain 4 blade stingers.
The shot placement was between "fair" and "good" ( on a poor, fair, good and excellent scale). The bird was quartering slightly away. Her arrow entered high on the birds left drumstick and exited through the right wing butt.
During my standard after action necropsy (why is it I can mess around in animal guts all day, but have to use a coat hanger to get loose noodles out of the sink drain?) I saw that the 4 blade did good damage along the wound path, breaking leg bones the breast bone and wing bones, but never did any damage to the heart or lungs.
I think the bird was done in by shock and blood loss. We maybe should have waited for a full side on shot, but like most exciting hunting situations, everthing happened real fast.
Take home lesson? I think recovery on this bird would have been much more difficult with a standard 2 blade head. The 4 blade caused more soft tissue damage and resulted in a quicker end due to blood loss.
She's ready to go again! We hunt a two bird county, and she has resharpened her broadheads. We will be out there this weekend.
OkKeith
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