azstroops Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Well this has been driving me crazy since August, I shot a decent 3x3 mule deer in 22n where mule deer aren't really seen that often. I smoked right through him at 29 yards but he turned away and took off so never got to see where I hit him. I had to rush getting out of the blind a little bit due to a storm coming in and didn't want to loose the blood trail. At first there was pretty good blood then it tapered off quite a bit, then it started to rain. After a short light down fall the sparse blood trail was impossible to follow, then my friend helping me track told me to go look at my broadhead. Ok what? it was stuck in a tree directly behind where the deer was standing and saturated in blood. He says look at your broadhead. Then I noticed, I was shooting scwackers this year for the first time and the expansion blades never opened. When I pulled the arrow out of the tree it had blood all over it and the broadhead but not the blades and they were still folded in. I spent about 3 days looking for the deer and ravens but no luck and I have had trail cams all over the area and no sign of him. SOOOO..... what I was wondering if anyone found or knows of anyone finding a dead mule deer this hunting season in 22n. I have many trail cam pics of the deer if anyone might know anything. Thanks everyone it would just be a huge unanswered question off my mind if i could ever find out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tines Report post Posted January 24, 2012 Sorry about your buck. Hope you find him. On a side note, I highly doubt the blades didnt open up. If I understand you correctly, you're saying the heat shrink band (or whatever they use these days to hold the blades in) actually held the blades in the ferrel? Was the band gone? There's a TON of resistance pulling against those initial blades as it blows through an entire deer. I'd venture to say it's physically impossible for it NOT to open up. Otherwise it's like trying to shove a small game head through a deer, if that makes sense? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azstroops Report post Posted January 25, 2012 The arrow and the rest of the broadhead were saturated in blood but when I pulled the arrow out of the tree and opened the blades up they were clean. So I would say the blades never opened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
