New PCHXC 49# out in East Tx yesterday PM. Shot four. This was #1. Heavy arrows and Grizzlystik Silverflame broadheads. Shooting through the little side window 25yds I tried to put it between the shoulders as he faced me feeding, so top down to lungs or liver etc, and hit a bit further back than I wanted, maybe broadhead wasn't sharp enough......

Four different sounders this big came in after 6pm. So many hogs! There was a nice boar off to the left I couldn't see due to the blind opening. You'll notice it turns and looks, and goes back to business, nice cutters and a razorback. Going back on the 7th. Wish I saw him. Also saw several nice boars cruising by but wind was swirling....

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I felt like the arrows were flying HIGH each shot, but I was sitting while shooting and that's 10 yards further than what I am shooting daily to practice but would that mean a DROPPING arrow not a RISING arrow? Maybe that's the broadhead?

Arrow Total Weight (grains). 606.6
Arrow Specific Weight (GPP) 11.7
Front of Center (FOC) % 16.5
Arrow Speed (ft/sec) 170.3

Think unconsciously you are shooting high to avoid hitting that very narrow bottom window opening. I've done that before so had to reconfigure how I opened the window.

That is a lot of hogs! So did you get him or not?

Quote from: Kelly on March 23, 2026, 04:25:33 PMThink unconsciously you are shooting high to avoid hitting that very narrow bottom window opening. I've done that before so had to reconfigure how I opened the window.

Yeah I'm shooting through a triangle opening, messes with depth perception pretty certain. There were so many pigs. I never got a chance to get out of the blind to even go look for the one I hit and he was long gone by the time it was dark and we were done. We did not find an illuminated arrow anywhere so wherever he ran off to that arrow did not come out I'm pretty sure he had about six or 7 inches of arrow stuck in him as well plus the broad head length hard to say if I hit the lungs or the liver. He ran through a solid thicket that never ended so that Grizzlystik 150gr had to have been slicing him up inside, and the Traditional Only 340 shots are bulletproof. We would have found it if it came out as he crashed through all that brush and low tree limbs. My guide will find him. That nock will go for 50 hours.

I just shot 25 arrows, same bow same arrows, and never missed my target at 17 yards which was about my range yesterday. Either the broadheads made the arrows go higher or the depth perception shooting through a hole does something to how you range and sight the animal while shooting instinctively?

It seems that most of us tend to do most of our practicing while standing on the ground, either in the back yard or at 3D shoots. Early on (40 years ago), I would shoot high from a treestand. Learning to bend at the at the waist fixed the issue. Hung a ladderstand behind the barn and practiced until it became ingrained in my mind.
I tend to shoot high from a ground blind. Shooting thru the window messes with my depth perception. Don Thomas touches on this in one of his books, can't recall which one as I've read them all! He says shooting from blind requires more intense concentration on the "spot". Our peripheral vision sees the outline of the shooting window and for me anyway, makes the target appear further away. Not meaning to brag. but I've shot over the back of 3 turkeys and a black bear in three different states ! I now make it a point to practice from my blind before the season and carry a couple of judo points in my quiver during the season to get in a couple of practice shots from the blind.

Yes I was shooting way high for me, and I never really shoot high. I am going to shoot my broadheads next and see in a controlled setting what they do. Probably get a way better ground blind for archery too. Guide won't insure tree stand hunting and they mainly have gun hunters who are not experienced hunters. Maybe I can get some leeway if I go there enough. I hate ground blinds and how much they restrict your FOV.

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Just shot 5 broadheads that I took with me and zero issues except they went through the target, through cardboard barrier and into the back fence, so I unscrewed the shafts and then wiggled the heads themselves free by hand. Gotta re-sharpen now.