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recurve shooter:
aint planin to try it, but do yall think a 55# bow with heavy arras could penitrate the shoulder blade of a white tail provied a sollid hit, incase a shot go's to far forward?

Little John:
Don't know, some parts of the sholder blade is thicker and tougher than others so probably could penetrate some parts and not others. Broadhead design can make a difference.    Kenneth

hawkbow:
I have shot through a shoulder with bows of that poundage , but would hope you would wait and take only a close shot and ensure to the best of your ability that the arrow goes through the lungs.. the reason most archers don't make consistent harvests every year is they don't take the perfect shot opportunity.. I know first hand that sometimes things go wrong.. last year while hunting with Wolf watcher, i had a shot at a mule deer doe.. about twenty yards and she was directly below me on a steep hillside.. i made the shot and hit her too high at a steep angle and got only backstrap... made me sick to have to tell the ranch foreman who is a friend of mine that i wounded and lost a deer... I glassed the area for weeks afterward in hopes of seeing her again and finishing the hunt. never saw her. even the best laid plans can go wrong.. the most important tool you have concerning a bad hit is a sharp point..a sharp point can kill through hemorage even with a bad hit.. hunt with honor ...Hawk

Ryano:
I seriously doubt it...I hit a buck in the shoulder blade once and it only the head and about one inch of arrow shaft penetrated the shoulder bone. Needless to say I didn't recover that deer. Someone did shoot it in gun season though, It was a big 8 point, made me sick....Just shoot em where your supposed to and don't worry about things you can't control.

recurve shooter:
guys, dont think im some idiot thats gonna go try it, im just currious about things like that. hawk, i know to wait for the right shot. it sickens me as much as the rest of yall to lose an animal, no matter how big or small. i aint like most of my generation, uncareing about the woods and swamps. i was raised in them, and know them well, though not as well as the rest of you do. i am a capable woodsman, i just like to further my knowledge of any question that pops into my head. thank yall for your time.

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