Hunting Arrow Pics - Now Stained Crimson!

[dhaverstick]

This thread is for you stick-benders out there who wanted to see one of my new hunting arrows I posted some pictures of a few weeks ago stained with a little natural crimson color. Below is a photo of just that. Some details behind the photo follow it.



Here is me with my very first kill from the ground. I started hunting exclusively this way last year and I finally was able to put it all together this past Saturday morning at my farm in south-central Missouri. The distance was 17 yards. The bow I used is a 60" Thunder Stick MOAB that pulls 55#@28". The homemade arrow consists of an ash shaft and a 175 grain Ace Super Express broadhead fixed to the end. The total arrow weight is right at 750 grains. The deer was quartering away from me at a pretty good angle and the entry wound is on the side of the doe you can't see. There is no exit wound and that caused me to pinch a little cotton at first when I saw the deer run off with a bunch of my arrow still sticking out of her side. I shouldn't have worried. The next couple of pictures are a testament to what damage a heavy arrow tipped with a razor sharp broadhead can do. I will warn you ahead of time, these pictures are not for the squeamish.



This is a picture of the entry wound. It is a pretty standard hole as arrows go. I shot her a little higher than I would have liked but I did end up taking the top lobe out of both lungs. When I lined up for the shot, I focused on putting my arrow through the front leg on the off side. The next picture tells you how that turned out.



This is where the 175 grain Ace Super Express broadhead hit and then bounced off of the opposite shoulder. If you didn't know better, you would swear this is a gunshot wound! When I pulled the hide off her on that side I couldn't believe the damage I was looking at! Since I saw the doe run off with a lot of the shaft still sticking out of her, this damage must have happened right at, or after, impact. Heavy arrows and heavy broadheads rock!

Darren

[mscampbell75]

Congrats on your kill!!    

Love the new color of your arrow.  All you need now is another one to match it.

[MJB]

CONGRATS  

[Chris Surtees]

       

[Lawrenceu]

Nice job.

[longbowben]

Congrats love that bow.

[Gatekeeper]

Congratulations on the deer Darren! Great shooting! I remember seeing those great looking arrows a few days ago.

Thanks for posting pictures of you in the Gillie Suit also. I looks like the brand that I have. Is it a Bush Rag?  It looks like you had to remove a lot of the material from your bow arm. I did the same thing on the inside of my bow arm and around the chest and shoulder of my bow arm but I tried to leave as much material as possible on the outside of my arm. Do you have any problem with the Gillie suit getting in the way of your string? Do you need to use rubber bands to hold the sleeve down? I don't see an armguard in the picture. Do you wear a ball cap under the hood to keep the material out of your face or did you do some trimming?

Congratulations again on a great trophy!

[Tradesmen4]

Darren great job How much you want for your tree stand. Greg

[dhaverstick]

The ghillie suit was purchased online from the Barre Army Navy Store (great price - fast shipping). It is the 3-piece type with jacket, pants and hood. I do not have an arm guard on in the picture but I do shoot with one. I use the full armlength style that has 4 velcro fasteners. The picture is misleading about how much trimming I did on my bow arm (I'm left handed). I shortened the strands on the inside of the arm and trimmed a little in the chest area. Once in a great while I will get some interference with my shot from the suit but that is usually because I'm bent over at some odd angle. I did nothing with the hood, don't wear a hat under it, and I've never had a problem with it getting in the way of my vision. Since I have longish hair, I guess I'm used to the distraction.

Darren

[Missouri Bowman]

Congrats and it won't be your last deer from the ground.  

Neven

[yellow bow]

[BMN]

Great job Darren!  

[drewsbow]

Well done congrats :0)

[Billy]

Congrats.
I'd like to hear the ghillie suit answers ,too...

[Flatstick]

Great shot and Congrats      

[Wannabe1]

Man that is sweet. Looks like that broad head really did a number!  

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Well-done!

[tradtusker]

good job well done!      

[GrnMtnTradNut]

Congrats on a nice lookin doe.