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Not so happy with the Accubonds
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<blockquote data-quote="Derek M." data-source="post: 232733" data-attributes="member: 2693"><p>Here we go again, with the absolutes. If you are referring to me, then I disagree. The bullet was aimed at the vitals, it hit where I was aiming. It obviously didn't make it through the chest. That's not my fault. We followed the buck through a valley and over a ridge which I would guess was about 3/4 of a mile, when we caught up to him moving onto private property. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No guide, DIY with brother.</p><p> </p><p> Wow, if everything could really be that simple. Based on that comment, you haven't hunted or killed many game. I love it when folks try to make things always black and white, ignoring all of the grey. A shot in the vitals surely means a dead animal, as you say. The problem is WHEN they die may be a different story. I suspect if the bullet made it to the vitals, which in this case, I don't believe it did, the buck certainly did die...maybe a day or so later, and a helluva long way from where he was shot. </p><p></p><p>I can punch a field point from an arrow just anterior to the diaphragm (in the vitals), and I would suspect death would occur. I also think that animal would have the ability to make it a long long ways before it expired, and bleed very little. </p><p> </p><p> Maybe it was your fault. I have a friend in TX that just punched what he described as a 350 pound boar through the lungs with a 3 blade arrow. As the boar ran off, he saw his broadhead sticking out the offside lung. He followed blood for about 60 yards and it ended. He panned the area where the boar was running into for about an hour and never found it.</p><p></p><p>Is it his fault that the boar has so much soft tissue it stopped up the blood trail? From what I know, he seems to be very good at tracking, yet he still couldn't find the boar. </p><p></p><p>I have no problem accepting faults when hunting. It's happened to me many times and I've kicked myself, especially when bowhunting, which is what I do most. </p><p></p><p>But in this particular case, there's no reason why that bullet shouldn't have exited that buck. We glassed him a few times when we were on his trail and there was no exit wound.</p><p></p><p>That's not my fault at all. You can disagree, but it won't change my mind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derek M., post: 232733, member: 2693"] Here we go again, with the absolutes. If you are referring to me, then I disagree. The bullet was aimed at the vitals, it hit where I was aiming. It obviously didn't make it through the chest. That's not my fault. We followed the buck through a valley and over a ridge which I would guess was about 3/4 of a mile, when we caught up to him moving onto private property. No guide, DIY with brother. Wow, if everything could really be that simple. Based on that comment, you haven't hunted or killed many game. I love it when folks try to make things always black and white, ignoring all of the grey. A shot in the vitals surely means a dead animal, as you say. The problem is WHEN they die may be a different story. I suspect if the bullet made it to the vitals, which in this case, I don't believe it did, the buck certainly did die...maybe a day or so later, and a helluva long way from where he was shot. I can punch a field point from an arrow just anterior to the diaphragm (in the vitals), and I would suspect death would occur. I also think that animal would have the ability to make it a long long ways before it expired, and bleed very little. Maybe it was your fault. I have a friend in TX that just punched what he described as a 350 pound boar through the lungs with a 3 blade arrow. As the boar ran off, he saw his broadhead sticking out the offside lung. He followed blood for about 60 yards and it ended. He panned the area where the boar was running into for about an hour and never found it. Is it his fault that the boar has so much soft tissue it stopped up the blood trail? From what I know, he seems to be very good at tracking, yet he still couldn't find the boar. I have no problem accepting faults when hunting. It's happened to me many times and I've kicked myself, especially when bowhunting, which is what I do most. But in this particular case, there's no reason why that bullet shouldn't have exited that buck. We glassed him a few times when we were on his trail and there was no exit wound. That's not my fault at all. You can disagree, but it won't change my mind. [/QUOTE]
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