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in reply to: Needless to say, the arrow did not penetrate #47110

Wow! I love that set-up on my whitetails here. My FOC is not quite that high but everything else is right on. 650 gr, Doug Fir, 23 % FOC, Aboyer 2 blade internally footed. I never found that buck yesterday for him after 3 hours of grid searching and no arrow. I think I convinced my friend to change his set-up. This is the 3rd deer in 3 years for him. The problem is he has killed that many good bucks with the same set-up but his shots were perfect. I take it this shot was not and perhaps this will change his thoughts on that superfast, superlight, non-lethal setup.

[wapiti792]

in reply to: Needless to say, the arrow did not penetrate #46009

I got a phone call after dark last night from a “friend” who shoots a compound. He knows that I am a good tracker and have found other folks deer when they thought it was over. What I found made me want to hurl: light carbon arrow, mechanical broadhead, and a 40 yard shot. No arrow to be found, and a very sparse blood trail. Needless to say it was a rough track and I had to give up the ghost to put my kids to bed. I am going back out today to try again knowing that the meat is lost but I want some answers. When my “friend” asked what he did wrong, I asked him if he had ever heard of Dr Ashby. He got a link today with the right information. I told him point blank why he doesn’t have a dead deer within a 100 yards. I told him the right arrow is heavier, the shots are closer, and mechanical heads are the devil. Now trying to get this concept across to this 3 headed monster that has become the hunting “industry” is just going to be very hard. Going to each individual hunter I know and showing them the research will be the best I can do. Thanks for your work Dr Ashby! MD

[wapiti792]

in reply to: Elk hunting tips #12445

After returning from an elk hunt in WY on some tough to reach BLM ground that was surrounded by private ground, I was amazed at how much the elk talked. Bulls were vocal some but mainly the cows…they never shut up! Total contrast to all the public ground elk I have hunted over the years in CO. I don’t own a bugle, and this trip I never used my cow call. I played it like Dave said and how I would in CO and snuck around glassing, playing the wind, and planning an ambush. It paid off too…I killed a great big fat cow elk with my longbow on the 3rd day. I didn’t have a bull tag but hope to draw it next year. Until then I have elk to eat 8)

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