Low poundage penetration

"We were only in the blind for a couple minutes when a group of Eland headed right in, and with them was a very nice looking bull. I had just gone over shot placement with my PH when the Eland put himself in perfect shooting distance. I barely had time to think as I grabbed my bow and aimed. The Eland was at a perfect quartering away shot, but while I was a full draw he took another step and was then at a very extreme quartering away. I quickly put my pin back in position and pulled the trigger. Because of the angle I was worried that I had hit too far back, but the Eland only ran about 40 yards and then stopped. He tried to walk a little more, but couldn't and finally fell over and died. Upon recovery of the animal we saw that my arrow had penetrated over 3 feet and nearly had a complete pass through.My PH was shocked that my little 42lb bow with such a short draw length could get that much penetration on such a large animal. My arrow is a GrizzlyStik Momentum, total weight is 535 grains, FOC is 28%, and the broadhead is a 200 grain Samurai. The last picture of me with the broadhead was dug out of the Eland and it is still razor sharp!"

Emily Thompson