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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby SamPotter » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:08 am

Nice Mass buck!


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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby wickedbruiser » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:11 am

dagger wrote:Nice buck! Whereabouts in Mass are you from? Im in southern NH right on the Mass border by Winchendon.


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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby llcooljames » Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:13 am

Nice buck! Hes got some cool horn!
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby PAbowhunter » Thu Nov 30, 2017 2:58 am

Congrats great buck!
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby JoeRE » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:18 am

Great buck and write up congrats!

I appreciate your summary of the hit. Wish more of us talked about that in kill threads, we can learn a lot from each other.

I have had a couple arrow deflections from mature buck ribs actually. They are very hard on a 4+ year old deer and if you hit them at the wrong angle, or with a broad head with either a steep cutting angle or a weak ferrule or a mechanical head with forward opening blades, deflections can easily happen. One was very similar to yours, I hit a mature buck about 6" behind the shoulder, a bit too far back to begin with. He was slightly quartering to me but the arrow deflected back at a lot steeper angle and it exited his opposite hind leg. It was pretty ugly. Luckily mine died quick because I hit the femoral artery. I was shooting a fixed blade broadhead with a very weak ferrule - a wasp snaplock as I recall.

I now shoot a high FOC arrow (over 16%) and have never had any kind of a deflection shooting with that setup, even when hitting shoulder bones.
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Unread postby muddy » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:21 am

Great buck
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby Kokes » Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:29 am

Congrats that's a great story and buck
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby Dewey » Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:10 am

Nice buck. Congrats. 8-)
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby <DK> » Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:10 am

:clap: :clap: :clap:
Great deer WB and good write up! I love the 2 stick set, way to get it done :D
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Unread postby JAB » Thu Nov 30, 2017 10:58 am

Nice job, great buck!
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Unread postby tbunao » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:43 am

My man!! Great write up! Congrats again!
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby wickedbruiser » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:48 am

JoeRE wrote:Great buck and write up congrats!

I appreciate your summary of the hit. Wish more of us talked about that in kill threads, we can learn a lot from each other.

I have had a couple arrow deflections from mature buck ribs actually. They are very hard on a 4+ year old deer and if you hit them at the wrong angle, or with a broad head with either a steep cutting angle or a weak ferrule or a mechanical head with forward opening blades, deflections can easily happen. One was very similar to yours, I hit a mature buck about 6" behind the shoulder, a bit too far back to begin with. He was slightly quartering to me but the arrow deflected back at a lot steeper angle and it exited his opposite hind leg. It was pretty ugly. Luckily mine died quick because I hit the femoral artery. I was shooting a fixed blade broadhead with a very weak ferrule - a wasp snaplock as I recall.

I now shoot a high FOC arrow (over 16%) and have never had any kind of a deflection shooting with that setup, even when hitting shoulder bones.


Interesting for sure. I have been shooting the shuttle t locks for years and never had issues. One straight on shoulder hit and it blew through. This situation was definitely mind twisting. I'm most likely going to be doing some more research. I was shooting 100 grains. Maybe it's time to step up to 125s. Joe, can you explain alittle more about FOC.
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby seazofcheeze » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:25 pm

Great buck man, way to stick with a tough track job and see it through!
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby Uncle Lou » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:33 pm

Ross, great buck, great story. Love to see these eastern bucks on the BEAST. Good to hear you got to get back home to hunt with your dad in MI, but that is pretty cool to get back to Mass and do that. :clap: :clap:
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Re: MA 2 Arrow buck

Unread postby SidewayZ » Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:46 pm

Great buck bro, real nice!

Mass is tough place to hunt, great job!
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