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mullet:
   That's tough Ryan. That's why I started shooting heavier bows for hogs. It seemed if I didn't get a two hole shot, the quartering away, one hole shot closed up and the blood just filled the cavity. The lowering away shot into the Brisket has a lot of fat and closes behind the arrow. Leaving a Piss poor blood trail. Stone points will actually open up some Big , nasty, holes.

  I really am starting to think that hunting with legal size stone points in bows in the 50-55# range is not that consistantly effective. I think Billy was on the right track with his article with penetration with small points and what I consider light weight bows. And making, Shot Placement  on the money.

 Hope you find the deer and good luck. Wish I could see that many in one day.

ballista:
ouch, that sucks, I shot one lasy year, the carbon arrow broke in two, and we couldnt find it..... but at least you can say you did it traditional! my god, i cant wait until I csn say i nailed a deer, with a bow i made! im pretty new to deer hunting, but it sounds like you're at the candy shop, 15 deer is crazy, im lucky to see that many in the season.(cant bait in illinois, im not sure if anyone here baits, the only thing you can bait is rats ???) good luck though man, i asked whitewoodhunter the same question, what arrow material are you using? When i do go out, I'm planning on using tradepoints, then steppuing up (or down ;D) to the more primitive obsidian tips. for now, i got squirrel slayers ;D (steel field tips) good luck though, it sounds like you have alot more chances at mr. buck  -jimmy

Ryano:
Eddie, I hear ya. I'm going to try it one more time before I give up and go back to a steel point. 15 deer in one day here isn't the norm either. I'm hunting a good funnel area, and just got lucky because almost every deer in that piece of woods decided to come through it that morning.(everyone except the good buck)  ::)

ballista, No baiting here either, just hunting a good funnel area in thick cover. My arrow was made of river Cain tipped with obsidian. Here is a picture.

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hawkbow:
sorry for your lost prey brother....  have spent days searching in vain for lost deer.... keep trying with the stone points... they have worked for twenty thousand years... should still be just as deadly... look forward to pictures of your harvest... HAWK

ballista:
 those are some slick arrows, ryano! yeah, its pretty tough, my closest shot all year was like 30 yards away, but aside from that, they were all out of bow range. im not yet traditional deer hunting, but i can hit squirrels at 15 yard range with a selfbow, pretty consistantly.   i think by late this year, for sure next year, ill go out with a selfbow-i dunno though. howard hill wrote a book, theres alot of info on stone points in there.the seminoles swore by the stuff, they also hunted in packs ;D but tracking a one lung shot deer-sucks. we had the blood lights, and it was still pretty hard! good luck though- jimmy

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