Quote:
Originally Posted by The Flint&Fly Guy
I shot a whitetail behind the shoulder with a grim reaper mechanical broad head. it just penetrated about two inches before stopping. followed a sparse blood trail for 200 yards before it dried up. we searched its home territory diligently for several weeks and never found it. I have never bow hunted big game since, it gives a horrible feeling to know you have wounded an animal that will never be found. now, most reviews seem to say that they are great broad heads, but as seen they can fail. for that reason if I went bow hunting again and for those of you that do I would strongly recommend going with a one piece fixed blade design.
|
Something went wrong...my guess is poor arrow flight/poor bow tuning, poor shot placement or low KE. Your experience could have been a combination of several of the above.
None of which are the fault of the broadhead, or a broadhead failure.
I have blown full through bull elk at 35 yards with a 60lb bow and 385gr arrow no problem. A couple buddies of mine have taken double digits of both bull elk and bull moose using only Grim Reapers and never had a failure.
LC