Steve O, here are the specs: Talltines longbow, 64" 52 at 28. I pull to 29.5 inches so I am somewhere around 57 pounds. The arrow is a Trad Only 300 with a 50 grain insert and an Ace standard 160 with a 75 grain insert. Total arrow weight 650 grains. That Ace was filed to a nice burr, then KME look at it/cut your eyeballs sharp.
The bear I killed was 17 yards from the new stand Ryan had hung for the favorable wind. The boar bypassed the bait to let that giant sow feed and stood broadside, his head behind the tree when I drew. The arrow hit him in the upper third of the left lung and exited in the lower third of the right lung, center mass. The arrow stuck in the ground, painted on the other side of the bear.
My bear was on his feet maybe 10 seconds after the arrow zipped through him. He ran with the sow for about 50 yards, then pealed out to the left. A low death moan x 3, and it was over. He died at the 60ish yard mark. We had a steady blood trail, not a "Ray Charles" bloodtrail, but a good steady one. We lost blood at about 40 yards, then Ryan said he saw him. Dead as a hammer.
I am always interested in this info. I should have put it in my post
Thanks for asking! Yep, I think I remember it
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