Single bevel and the 1000g arrow on deer

[Ontario Longbow]

Just got back for the annual Catskills bowhunt with my hunting partner Theo. He had an awesome week taking three deer,, I on the other hand missed a slam dunk on a small buck and had a doe at 5 yards that never presented a shoot.

This year we have been experimenting with weight forward and heavier arrows combined with a single bevel broadhead .We both average 10 yard shots and limit our long shoots to 20 yards. Theo is shooting a 54 @ 29 Widow PMAX and a 1000g arrow (985g) , 350 carbon express heritage, 145 single bevel eclipse, 125 steel adaptor and 100g brass insert and 8 gpi weight tubes. (Theo is the designer and developer of the original Canadian Journeyman and helped the Eclipse boys with their tooling). Theo took this doe , pass through both sholders,, went 40 yards
 

He them took this nice Catskill buck, shot a little high and dropped him with a spine shoot:
 

He tried to put another arrow into the downed buck but he caught the leg as the deer lifted it as he shoot,, note incredable bone split:
 

Dr. Ashby thanks so much for your reseach in helping all bowhunters!!


Frank

[Kingwouldbe]

Right on, great work    

[LONGHORN]

Congrats to you guys and thanks for sharing            
Serge

[3dmuzzy]

man you guys did well...ED

[deermaster1]

cant deny a heavy arrow is hard to stop!  congrats on the clean kills!

[Pat B.]

Great work with the heavy arrows and single bevel eclipes..

I have to ask, what are the woods in the Widow ?

[vermonster13]

Nice job!

[Matty]

Uhhhhhh....370 Grains up front?  Are those full length?  Good Job by the way!

[ozy clint]

bet those deer didn't hear that bow! well done

[Soilarch]

I always claimed curiosity as a vice...

...so how fast does a 54# BW throw a 1000gr arrow?

130...150?

[wtpops]

If you ask me, a 54# BW, 1000grain arrow= about 150fps going in a deer and 150 fps exiting a deer  :D

[Benny Nganabbarru]

[Rico]

Very Interesting thanks for posting

[Chris Surtees]

Congrats!!! Looks I you two had a great time.

[non-typical]

Congrats on the harvest Frank but geeze, talk about overkill!

[vtmtnman]

No wonder you busted that leg bone so easy with a 1000 gr arrow LOL..

Great harvests guys,congrats.

[Brian P.]

I see the steel broadhead adapter appears to have broken as well. Cant see any threads in the pic. Is that true?

Looks like the eclipse held up remarkably well after hitting the bone to. Trying the double bevels this year myself.

BP

[Sharpster]

Originally posted by wtpops:
If you ask me, a 54# BW, 1000grain arrow= about 150fps going in a deer and 150 fps exiting a deer   :D  

That's probably pretty close!  

Ron

[George D. Stout]

I hope your friend didn't intentionally aim for those shoulders.  The head and arrow seemed to perform well, but I do hope it isn't making people disregard being selective about their shots.  Nice deer.

[Ontario Longbow]

Hey George good point,, Theo wasn't aiming for shoulder blades,, just showing what can happen with a good set-up if you do happen to hit bone,,

All the best,,Frank