40# Longbow

Categories: Success stories , Deer

Just wanted to share a success story.

248 pound Kansas buck at 20 yards with a 40 pound longbow. TDT 400 spine a with an Ashby. Shot him twice off the ground. The first shot zipped through him right behind the shoulder so fast he didn’t realize he was even wounded. He bounced off 20 yards trying to circle me. Hammered him again at 15 yards on the point of the shoulder. Did not break the bone but damaged the shoulder enough to where he could not bear weight on his front leg. The second shot did not pass through but it was buried in the opposite side shoulder. He ran 40 yards before the damage prevented him from running any further.
Although both shots clipped the bottom of the lungs neither would have led to a quick kill. However, the Ashby caused so much carnage that he was unable to run and I was able to close the distance and finish him off with another arrow.

Thanks to Dr. Ashby for the research and a big thanks to GrizzlyStik for some amazing products following that research!
Even after the shoulder busting shot the blades of the broadheads are perfectly intact and fairly sharp.

Share this post:

Previous Color-Phase Boar

Next Once You Go Heavy You Never Go Back

Comment(s)

Biggest Buck to Date!

It was a calm morning with no wind. Very cold 15 degrees. I went early in the morning into the timber to climb up my treestand. He came by my treestand 20 minutes into legal light. I shot him at 20 yards broadside. I watched him for about 10 minutes before I shot him. Couldn’t have been a better way[...]

North Central Montana Public Land Elk

My first elk ever. I’m from Southern Illinois and got the elk in North Central Montana on a public land unit. It was an all day stalk in 30+ mph winds which helped me close the distance to 30 yards. The shot blew THROUGH his right scapula, hit both lungs and stopped as it split a rib on the left side.[...]

Slow Start, Strong Finish

Overall, it was a slow start to the pre-rut, but with temps dipping down into the low 30s, what a difference a front can make in the deer woods. Sitting in the dark I could hear grunting, chasing and snort wheezing in the woods in front of me. After daylight broke things quieted down. An hour later a[...]