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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s Awesome!!! I do the same thing, I love it when I injure them and then a few days later I see them gimping them around with an arrow stuck in them[/quote]

You need to move up to a crossbow with a heavier draw and higher velocity. If you're consistently wounding them and not getting through-and-through penetration (seeing an arrow stuck in them) that's a clear indication your bow is not powerful enough and/or your broadhead isn't sharp enough. Arrows kill deer by exsanguination, by cutting major blood vessels, and getting that blood out of the deer through the exit hole in the hide. If the arrow fails to create that exit hole, the animal may not bleed out rapidly. A bow with at least 400 fps on a 100 gram arrow is ideal for getting the arrow into the animal and out the other side, cleanly. I use an Excalibur recurve crossbow. It runs about 410 fps with 80 gram carbon arrows.  Also, try for neck shots whenever possible. The blood vessels are much closer together, the cross section of the animal is thinner, and even if you miss the vessels, you'll still probably hit either the trachea or vertebrae/spine. A spinal hit will literally drop it where it's standing. [/quote]

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