Watch This Arrow Penetration Test for Whitetail Hunters
www.deeranddeerhunting.com What happens when a broadhead tipped arrow meets a deer's shoulder blade? Both of those are pretty doggone tough and neither like the other one, to be honest. But when bowhunters want to make the best shot to put a deer on the ground, they often pick the shoulder for the aiming point before releasing the arrow.
If you've ever seen a deer's shoulder after skinning a buck or doe, you know they're big, somewhat flat, curvy and are protected by a lot of tendons and short muscles. The shoulder doesn't have long muscles, like in the hind legs, because they're power generators for walking, running, jumping, kicking and digging with their sharp hooves. Broadheads can penetrate these tough, sinewy shoulder blades, though, because fixed- and mechanical-head broadheads are made with steel, titanium and aircraft aluminum. Razor-sharp and carrying energy from the powerful compound bows, these broadheads and arrows penetrate cleanly to put deer on the ground.
Dan Schmidt and the Deer & Deer Hunting crew explain how arrow penetration can be tested by shooting at boards of various widths. Then, in the product of the day, learn how skinny arrows like the Easton FMJ can improve arrow penetration and lead to more efficient harvests in the whitetail woods. Deer Talk Now. Season 6. Episode 21.
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Muzzy’s 100 grain 3 blade. Simply the sharpest most trusted broadheads on the market. I use them with my compound bow and my crossbow. They simply work
When a deer's leg moves forward, it gets the humerus out of the kill zone, but it actually moves the scapula down to be more likely to cover part of the kill zone. If this was not true, the socket joint would be ripped apart. This is obvious if you look at a picture of deer skeleton and also moving your own arm with your other hand on your scapula to see how it moves when you do something like reach overhead. The structure of the deer front leg and the human arm are very similar but the rib cage is just flattened in different planes. Put your left hand on your shoulder blade and reach over head with your right arm. Your shoulder blade will sweep down away from the spine. On a deer, it does the same but that means it is moving lower on the body away from the spine and over more of the lungs.
I don't know anything about newer broad heads but out to 40 yards shooting a 65# draw weight I've always had tremendous success out to 40 yards using the old NAP SpitFire mechanical broad head. From sharp quartering away to sharp quartering to and everything in between. Never had a deer make it past 50 yards.
I used to have an old Bowtech Allegiance 80# model and i shot 26” 2419 Easton aluminum arrows and when I was shooting through the chronograph it was 313 feet per second. The arrows were 465 grains or so and I literally took deer off their feet with that beast. And as a bonus I shot the indoor spot league archery with a high of 296 with my hunting rig
My dad shot 80lbs and by the time i was 16 i shot 80lbs....i noticed aluminum arrows hit harder than graphite....never had a shoulder stop aluminum even though its slower than graphite....
Great video , thank you 😊
A good broadhead that has worked for me and flying like a field tip...is the montec G5 carbon steel 100 grain...great broadhead, easy to sharpen and you can use on multiple harvest...I'm trying out a new one this year, going to try out the 100 grain annihilator broadhead
You can go super heavy arrow arrow setup, and tough, cut on contact, broadheads, but can dramatically slow your arrow down. Deer can do a lot of moving before the arrow gets there. Aim low, and may want to consider not taking longer shots.
I'm using an Oneida Eagle set around 50lbs.
"Whats the key to putting a deer down? Penetration and blood loss" proceeds to show a spine shot deer....
I liked shooting 80 grain one piece stinger broad heads....never broke one...
I shot my first archery buck in the shoulder with a grim reaper and I got him 👌🏻 I’m only pulling 50 lbs to
What cutting size fixed broadhead would you recommend for a big whitetail buck? The only ones I've seen in local shops are 1" to 1-1/8". I thought they might be too small.
Deceiving example, as bone doesn’t have grain like wood allowing it to easily split... try your test with a freshly cut out shoulder blade and see how it performs...
This test is brutal
Agreed, the wood is softer no matter the thickness. The scapula is smooth like all bone and if the broadhead stops turning because it has hit a bone edge or harder calcifications you will have a wounded deer. This is not a shot most would take.Bring out some scapulas from the butcher shop and reshoot this vid and I think you will be surprised at the outcome.Too much risk of deflection and wounding...
Being a new bowhunter, using a 405 fps crossbow, what grain broadhead should we be using?
it says for "whitetail" hunters. what's different about mule deer?
When you say 400gr or better is that including the broadhead and everything? Like the complete arrow setup?
single bevel will split the bone and a double bevel will just punch a perfect hole in the shoulder. IMO use single bevel