Anyone have any idea on what happend?

[txtrophy85]

Last weekend shot a buck at exactly 20 yards, perfectly broadside. Saw the fletching disappear behind the shoulder, figured it would be a short tracking job.

Well, to make a long story short, there was very little blood until the actual spot where he died, i found him dang near 300 yards from where i shot him. When i got there, I found out the arrow came out in front of his hip a little ways, with not a big exit hole ( I was using a Rage Trypan 2" cut 2 blade 420 grain arrow at 280 fps )

So, in a nutshell, perfectly broadside shot, arrow came out about 2 1/2' behind where it was supposed to....what happened ? What was the cause of this? I find it hard to believe the arrow deflected off a rib of a deer that weighed 130lbs on the hoof

I've killed 11-12 animals with a bow....not my first rodeo but i'm not an expert either

[CabezaBlanca]

I shot a deer once was that was perfectly broad side as yours and the arrow landed about 10 yards behind him. Shot another one the same way and the arrow came straight out the top of his opposite shoulder.

[HeyMikey]

I'm not trying to start an argument, but it's hard to believe that he was perfectly broadside, based on where you hit him, and where the arrow exited, at 20 yds. Or else he might've moved at the shot, or jumped the string. The only way to know for sure, would be if you had video of it.

[Bullseye07]

Deer could’ve kicked at just the right time to send the arrow back


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[txtrophy85]

I'm not trying to start an argument, but it's hard to believe that he was perfectly broadside, based on where you hit him, and where the arrow exited, at 20 yds. Or else he might've moved at the shot, or jumped the string. The only way to know for sure, would be if you had video of it.

He was perfectly broadside. To get a straight line shot he would have to have been angling pretty hard.

Entrance confirmed it was a broadside hit

[dosrobles]

They are tough as heck and you had some semi bad luck is all. My son shot a small cull buck in the void and I finished it up with a shot in the neck with a 30-06. We let it sit for 45 minutes and then got out of the stand to take a look. Darn thing rolled under the fence and took off. That deer left a TON of blood where it fell. Bad luck? Bad shots? Who knows but it happens to everyone.

[Drycreek3189]

Chuck Adams once said that he shot an antelope standing broadside and the animal turned around and headed in the opposite direction, stumbled, fell, and was dead when he got to it. This was early in his career if I remember right, and he was kinda patting himself on the back for a perfect shot. After he opened the goat up he discovered that the arrow had went in the OPPOSITE side and came out the side that he thought he had shot it. The goat had completely swapped ends before the arrow got to him.

Strange chit happens between the brain signalling “shoot” and the arrow actually getting there and what we “see” isn’t always what happened.

[Smart]

The eyes tell us a lot of things are perfect in the heat of the moment when they aren't....and some deer can do the matrix jumping the string. . It's probably a combination of them both.

[mission_shooter]

Possibly hit a rib and kicked back


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[Draco]

If you were actually behind the shoulder then you were in the wrong spot. You want to be above the elbow.

[BTLowry]

A friend of mine shot a doe one year from about 20' up a tree fairly close (I don't remember but say 15yds). He said when he shot he knew she did some kind of move but he thought nothing of it until he found her.
The arrow entered low in the chest and exited the top of the offside shoulder and arrow was still in deer.
He puzzled over that and finally decided she dropped to the ground and tried to roll out of the way and that was the commotion he saw.
They definitely do some matrix type stuff and filming hunts will show you that what you think happened and what actually happened are not always the same

[txtrophy85]

If you were actually behind the shoulder then you were in the wrong spot. You want to be above the elbow.

I shoot them all behind the shoulder/above the elbow. Where you are supposed to shoot them.

The deflection off a rib ( but still don’t know how ) or the kick back makes the most sense. Deer had his head down eating and didn’t know what hit him

[Mudslinger]

Not perfectly broadside when the arrow hit and they are dang quick either ducking or spinning. When i draw and shoot, I just hope the hit is lethal, no matter what they do, duck, spin or disappear! They have a great willto live and when adrenaline kicks in, who knows!

[lovemylegacy]

Good thread.

[twosixteens]

In 40 years of sticking arrows in critters I have seen arrows do some strange things. I shot a buck several years ago when SlickTrick broadheads first came out hit him in the deadly v at 20 yards the arrow somehow turned to the right after entry and ended up with the broadhead in the opposite leg at the hock sliced the big tendon.