"You're Doing It Wrong" - If you've been afraid to hit deer in the shoulder, if you're failing to recover deer due to heavy bone hits, if you spend way too long tracking or if you're just not confident in your arrow & broadhead set up - may we suggest you're doing it wrong.
As Carson Rost demonstrates in this video, most of the big anxieties facing whitetail bowhunters can be overcome by shooting better equipment. For this hunt, Carson matched our Momentum TDT tapered arrows tipped with Silver Flame 125XL broadheads and he had the confidence to place his shot right on the front shoulder.
Carson's arrow system came in at 513 grains total, had a bone breaking 19% FOC and was shot from his 70# bow at 35 yards. The results speak for themselves.
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