186 1/8" Kanas Whitetail through the shoulder with the GrizzlyStik System.
"Hey GrizzlyStik, my name is Rusty Johnson. I'm from Arkansas and have been bowhunting for as long as I can remember. After not being able to recover many giant whitetail deer that I have shot with expandable broadheads and lightweight arrows in the past, I was frustrated beyond belief. Something had to change!
This past summer, my son and I put hundreds of hours of research into successful animal recovery, determined to give myself the best possible chance of bringing home the next deer I shoot. Our research concluded with one answer---I had to shoot GrizzlyStik arrows and broadheads! With the intense scientific proof of the effects of FOC, arrow weight, penetration factors, and a variety of other reasons, there was only one clear choice....shooting anything other than a GrizzlyStik setup inspired by this research would be a huge mistake.
When the time finally came this past November to shoot a deer with my new GrizzlyStik Momentum arrows, the research became reality. I shot a 186 1/8" Kansas giant! The shot was quartering to, but I didn't second guess the ability of my setup. I put the pin right on his shoulder blade and let the arrow fly! The 650 grain arrow pierced through his shoulder blade like a hot knife through butter. (My single bevel GrizzlyStik Maasai broadhead cracked the shoulder blades in half!) The arrow continued through both lungs, busted through 2 ribs on the other side, and stuck in the ground before the deer even started running! The buck didn't make it 40 yards before piling up in sight. (To give you perspective, my taxidermist said that this was the biggest bodied buck he has ever mounted! And the arrow went through without anything stopping it!)The guys back at camp were amazed that I would intentionally aim for the shoulder blade....until I flipped the deer over and they saw the exit hole! Then they started to realize what a real hunting setup looks like.
People are usually shocked when I tell them I'm only shooting a 60lb pull at 210 feet per second, but the proof of it's advantage is in the Boone and Crockett whitetail on my wall. (My son is shooting a 20 grain heavier GrizzlyStik arrow.... 33 fps faster than me!)
I believe that if I was shooting the typical uninformed setup that I used to run (lightweight, speed obsessed, expandable broadheads), I would not have recovered this deer, or at least not with the same shot placement! I have now have the confidence to aim at the vitals at any angle and be sure that nothing will stop that arrow from going through the entire deer and I will have the best chance possible at recovery!
Thank you for making a superior product! The only regret I have is not having this setup sooner!" - Rusty Johnson
