What Would Have Really Happened Pt. 2

[Zen Archery]

Picture from the 3D range... I wasn't scoring but determined to make what I consider actual "heart shots." Assuming this was a deer, sheep or hog what do you think would have actually happened if this shot was made at an animal.... I shoot an old style 2.5" cut on contact broadhead total arrow mass right around 625 gpi.

Anyone ever make a shot like this?
What was the results?
Would the animal pass away or walk around injured?
What is the recovery rate for a shot like this?
What other input do you have for a shot like this?

[HWC]

Picture from the 3D range... I wasn't scoring but determined to make what I consider actual "heart shots." Assuming this was a deer, sheep or hog what do you think would have actually happened if this shot was made at an animal.... I shoot an old style 2.5" cut on contact broadhead total arrow mass right around 625 gpi.

Anyone ever make a shot like this?
What was the results?
Would the animal pass away or walk around injured?
What is the recovery rate for a shot like this?
What other input do you have for a shot like this?

Yes
Death
Pass away/ back straps on the grill
60 Yards 100%
Know your limits and do not push them....

[bowhuntntxn]

You would probably see this animal drop. Double lung more than likely a pass thru shot, and if shooting from an elevated position, good blood trail. If shooting from a GB, then not so good, cause the chest will fill with blood before it hits the ground. Either way, dead animal.

[tuthdoc]

You should be just above the leg bone and just under the scapula. You might graze the scapula edge right there, but as long as you don't center punch it, you should go through. It's a bit high and forward and you risk getting into that area where the lungs taper down and make what looks like a good shot a high lung nick. There's major vessels in that general area also,

While not a place to aim, a hit here should kill the animal. I won't say 100%. I've seen too many things happen that was unexplainable over the years. But, odds are very high that the animal will be down. I'd give it an hour or two before going after him and I'd be sneaky on the track. Blood may be sporadic and at times hard to find from the high forward hit and the animal may go farther than you would expect. It's a place where I want a Hammerhead's or Rage's increased cut to help me out. Turn a nicked lung into a gash.

[Bonesplitter]

You should be just above the leg bone and just under the scapula. You might graze the scapula edge right there, but as long as you don't center punch it, you should go through. It's a bit high and forward and you risk getting into that area where the lungs taper down and make what looks like a good shot a high lung nick. There's major vessels in that general area also,

While not a place to aim, a hit here should kill the animal. I won't say 100%. I've seen too many things happen that was unexplainable over the years. But, odds are very high that the animal will be down. I'd give it an hour or two before going after him and I'd be sneaky on the track. Blood may be sporadic and at times hard to find from the high forward hit and the animal may go farther than you would expect. It's a place where I want a Hammerhead's or Rage's increased cut to help me out. Turn a nicked lung into a gash.

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[Zen Archery]

The shot was taken in an open field so I couldn't tell it was a quartering toward shot... I was shooting from a hill downward angle at a ranged in distance of 33 yards. My range finder doesn't triangulate like the newer fancier ones but this shot taught me a lesson aim low at a downward angle. I would typically not take a quartering toward shot if I can get a broadside or quartering away shot.

[quarterback]

I've shot bucks and had them run off with about 30% penetration from a shoulder hit, leaving sparse blood trail and never found. With does, I'd say kill shot for sure but with a big bodied buck I'm with Tuthdoc. Give him plenty of time and go slow with the track.

If it was a hog, I would be afraid that it was too high and missed the vitals since they lay much lower.

[Shiner]

I think its a lethal kill. with the animal qaurtering to you the exit looks to be in good position for at least the opposite lung. as always, give em time

[k9trainer]

dead deer, wounded pig?

[DaveS903]

I shot the hog in my avatar about like that...she went down within sight (about 20 - 25 yards).