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DC:
Does it not matter then if the blood can get out of the body? Like a pass though leaves two holes where the other leaves one hole with an arrow stuck in it.

High-Desert:
The reason I use single bevel is ease of sharpening, as well as easier to get a consistent shallow edge. I really dislike sharpening double bevels.

Russ:

--- Quote from: DC on January 10, 2020, 11:28:02 am ---Does it not matter then if the blood can get out of the body? Like a pass though leaves two holes where the other leaves one hole with an arrow stuck in it.

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Even if the blood doesn't leave the body, blood will start filling up in the body where it shouldn't be so its still loosing blood, killing it. The blood (if you hit the lungs) will start pouring into the lungs suffocating it and also collapsing the lungs, killing it. If you hit the chest but miss the lungs and heart, blood will start filling up in the chest cavity, killing it. so even if there is little (to none at certain times) blood coming out of the body it will die but that gives you a bad blood trail.

artcher1:
 One thing to be aware of with the single beveled blade is to use a tanto double beveled tip. I had noticed on several of my deer the entrance and exit wound didn't line up with the angle at which they were shot. Broadheads seem to be planing inside the deer. I mentioned this in another thread, but it's worth mentioning again.  Dr. Ashby suggested I double bevel my tips on my broadheads to prevent what he called "deviation of penetration. This solved my problem, and know doubt, enhanced the arrow's forward momentum.

Something else I noticed on lung shots, instead a simple slit through them, they were mangled up. Dr. Ashby mentioned this also. You also get, what seems like, a larger exit wound.…..Art

WhistlingBadger:
Thanks for the input, guys.  I'll read the Ashby study this weekend.  If they're easier to get sharp, that's enough for me.

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