Dr. Ed Ashby wrote: [quote=Troy Breeding]Hope you got plenty of data from the shot. You know as soon as Ed see’s this he is going to ask. Filming the hunt will be a big help.

CONGRATULATIONS BRETT! That makes my day! A big Hippo bull will weigh in at around 6000 pounds; about identical to a big, bull White Rhino. They are incredibly tough animals. 😯

Bvalette wrote: I continued to shoot the hippo and it dropped in about 1 1/2 minutes!

Tell us about what the outcomes were on other shots and; just got to ask; did you take any test shots after it was down? 😀

Ed
Thanks very much Ed! I was so impressed with the performance of the Ashby broadhead. And the PH’s in camp were more impressed than me. I knew it would do the job, I just had no experience doing it. The talk around camp that night between the PH’s was fun to listen to. Not so much about me, but about the broadhead and how it sliced thru that tough hippo skin! They are all believers now!
I do have photos of the arrow in the heart and the heart itself with the huge slice in it. I’ll get those to you. Along with the video clip. You can email me and give me your email address. Or you can go to my writing website and email me from there: brettvalette.com
I did not take any shots on the dead hippo…I did do one final shot after it had dropped, right behind the front leg. Penetration was good, not as deep as the first arrow…and I may not have pulled back as far as I should have in all the excitement and that I was fatigued after four shots.
I can’t wait to try this broadhead on an elephant. I’m totally confident now! I have an excellent longbow, excellent broadhead…I hope I can keep my cool.
B