by Andy Bensing
Sometimes the Hunter Doesn't Lie, but Equipment Does,
Another Live Recovery for Eibe
This video documents an interesting call I had this week.
The hunter was using a crossbow at about 12 yards. Of course he did not see
the bolt hit the deer but he pointed right to a quartering away heart shot when
he showed me on my deer diagram. I did
not believe him or I would not be there. There was almost no blood or hair to
start the track and the bolt was not recovered so there was little to go on in
figuring out what had happened. As you will see in the video, the hunter was
exactly right. He hit the deer at a spot that should have been a perfect heart
shot. Watch the video to see what really happened after the bolt impacted the
deer.
Video - https://vimeo.com/49649786
Video - https://vimeo.com/49649786
When this video was posted on Facebook, it generated quite a few comments. John Jeanneney wrote: "Bowhunters should be aware of the limitations of mechanicals. There are high risks on angle shots to the rib cage. In this deer case a good fixed blade head would have been much more likely to penetrate at that angle. Some mechanicals are better than others, but they all seem to have trouble passing though rib bones. This makes for tough eyetracking, although it is not a problem for a good tracking dog that can follow the interdigital scent of that particular deer. As a tracker I have far more calls from hunters who shot mechanicals including Rage. Of course I don't have statistics on how many hunters use each type of head."
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