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One more reason I shoot Grizzly broadheads

Started by mahantango, January 05, 2014, 07:48:00 AM

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mahantango

January 05, 2014, 07:48:00 AM
Last weekend, a good friend of ours came over for lunch. Knowing that I have had very little time to hunt this year and the freezer is looking a little grim, he showed up with a cooler full of frozen venison. This guy is a lifelong bowhunter (went to a compound when his longbow broke back in the 70's and never looked back), very successful but his family just doesn't care for venison so he's always sharing. Yesterday my wife put one of the roasts in the crockpot with carrots, onions, mushrooms, red wine and worked her usual magic with the seasoning - the smell of it slowly cooking  tormented me all afternoon. Sat down to it around 6:00, mashed potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts - wonderful. About my third or fourth mouthfull I bit down on something that just about cracked one of my molars. I'm thinking "that's a heck of a bone fragment". Carefully felt around with my tongue and spit out a piece of expandable broadhead blade about 1/2"X1/4"! How I didn't slice my tongue open I'll never know. Just thankfull it didn't happen to my wife or one of my kids. Think I'll stick to my Zwickeys and Grizzlys.
We are all here because we are not all there.

Carcajou

#1
January 05, 2014, 08:15:00 AM
Wowzer!!   :scared:
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tradarcher816

#2
January 05, 2014, 08:18:00 AM
Holy cow your a lucky guy! I've never heard of that happening before.
Love God, Love your neighbor.

T-Bowhunter

#3
January 05, 2014, 08:25:00 AM
Wow, you were very lucky!
William

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The Baron

#4
January 05, 2014, 08:40:00 AM
Man, that could have been terrible.  Scary!
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varmint101

#5
January 05, 2014, 09:00:00 AM
Yikes!
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mahantango

#6
January 05, 2014, 09:05:00 AM
Yeah, I don't even want to think about what would have happened if I had swallowed it.
We are all here because we are not all there.

RAGHORN 3

#7
January 05, 2014, 09:23:00 AM
:scared:     :scared:   Wow! That is crazy...

Manitoba Stickflinger

#8
January 05, 2014, 09:26:00 AM
I guess the "Rage" wasn't in the "Cage" if you ate it!!!

Over&Under

#9
January 05, 2014, 09:28:00 AM
Must not have been a double ling shot it it ended up in a roast...unless it went thru the shoulder...glad your ok!
"Elk (add hogs to the list) are not hard to hit....they're just easy to miss"          :)
TGMM

Yohon

#10
January 05, 2014, 09:32:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Manitoba Stickflinger:
I guess the "Rage" wasn't in the "Cage" if you ate it!!!
:laughing:  

Glad your OK THAT could have been ugly.....
"Take the time to take your time and enjoy the trip." Mike Bolin

Butchie

#11
January 05, 2014, 09:53:00 AM
Wow, the thought of possibly swallowing that is terrifying!  Glad you are ok.
"Don't worry about the old blind mule, just keep a load in the wagon!"

Keith Zimmerman

#12
January 05, 2014, 09:55:00 AM
Wow.  U are one lucky man.

Jayrod

#13
January 05, 2014, 09:58:00 AM
God was watching you my friend  glad  everything is okay with you
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far rider

#14
January 05, 2014, 10:15:00 AM
WOW! Uh.
Lucky, lucky on that one. Whew.
Tim
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joe ashton

#15
January 05, 2014, 10:27:00 AM
:scared:
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Joeabowhunter

#16
January 05, 2014, 10:34:00 AM
Wow, glad nobody was hurt!  This is a good reminder why it's so important to inspect the used arrows and broadheads for damage.

#17
January 05, 2014, 10:40:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by varmint101:
Yikes!
That is pretty much exactly what I was thinking too!

Bisch

Bladepeek

#18
January 05, 2014, 10:47:00 AM
I'm with you on the Zwickey's and Grizzleys. As a retired engineer, I tend to prefer the simple solution over the complicated one. I've read in several places that's the weak point of mechanicals - they tend to shed a blade if they hit a bone.
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Mr. fingers

#19
January 05, 2014, 11:11:00 AM
Same reason I don't like some styles of bleeder blades.they shear off against bone and who knows where they end up.
Glad your OK.
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