Not this horse s### again. Get over yourself. You lost a deer. Man up and deal with it.

Don't want your blood on my shoes. I'd rather have your money in my pocket.

Thanks man. Makes me sick to lose one. Such a waste.

Because many times a deer ducks down when a bow goes off.

When I started shooting a compound, late 90's, I learned quickly to tune the bow(Hoyt) to get perfect broadhead flight. I also learned that prolly 90+% of bowhunters bows are NOT tuned properly.

I shot the big wide Simmons heads and they sure as heck won't fly true out of an untuned bow. I got perfect flight out to 50 yards, as far as I shot them. My Hoyt turned about 270fps with heavy hunting arrows.

Quote from BowtechDan
"Because many times a deer ducks down when a bow goes off."

Especially with longer shots,deer react more.
As usual Bowtech is right on !

Fred, I shot the big Simmons for a couple years back in the early to mid 90's. You're right, you dang sure have to be able to tune a bow to shoot them with the same POI as a field tip. I shot 4 different types of old fixed blade heads I had today,both 100 and 125 grain. They all flew great and there was no noticeable drop with the 125's over the 100's until 40 yards or further. I even dug an old Sattelite head out of an old bow box. The ones that had the helical blades.

That a lot of drop when you add the angle of being in a tree.

Perch, I shot at a buck one morning, maybe twelve yards. He squated all the way out from under the arrow! He came back two hours later and stopped to smell the arrow. Same distance. I "aimed" at his bottom hair line and released. He never moved. Broadhead cut hair under his chest!!! I hit within 1/4 inch of where I was trying for...the buck just never got there......

oh yeah, that bow, a 1969 Bear TD, shot a blistering 155fps.....

troy

About 2 inches with my bow. Plus, I was only 12 feet up in a ladder stand.

That should have been money Furflyin.Hate you lost the deer.I shoot a 165gn Land shark out of my Black Creek.48lbs on a gt35-55 and it flies just like my field tip.When I hunt with my compound.I shoot a 100gn Gator on a Easton lightspeed 500.

Now I don't have to defend Todd, but he is a good size fellow as a matter of fact. Fur, I hate you lost the deer, but I would bet my next check that the broadhead opened! That sound you heard is common with every broadhead that folds backwards. Now I can't figure out why you are hung up on the broadhead itself not having blood on it, yet you say your fletching was, and I quote, "soaked" in blood. I would bet you hit one lung, liver, and gut. With the intestines plugging the hole on the exit wound. Back to the broadhead being found close. It's called momentum. Imagine driving down the road at 55 mph and hitting a wall. What will your body do when the car hits the wall? It will continue forward. This is what happens when the arrow stops. The blades continue forward and close back up. By the way, exactly which Grim Reaper were you shooting? If it's the ones I shoot, I'll be glad to take them off your hands. I would hate to see a perfectly good head be thrown away or sit in a bow box.

I've had Muzzy 100 grains not kill a deer. It was MY fault for poor shot placement.

And I think that may be the case with this thread.

Poor shot placement is almost always the reason for a lost deer. But you know us humans. Show us an out and we will take it.

As I recall the blades for those heads were the absolutely sharpest blades I have ever seen come out of a manufacturer. Used the 125 grain broadheads a couple of years but had trouble with them messing the threads up on the aluminum inserts, then I switched to Muzzys. The LaserMags always worked for me, great heads!

That deer was hit good

Can someone please explain one thing to me? If the deer was hit good as the above quote from the OP says, why was said deer not recovered regardless of whether the broadhead opened or not? Most everyone on here claims even a field point with a "good hit" will kill a deer.

I rest my case your Honor.

I don't shoot Grim Reapers but a friend does and he's 18 for 18 on hits/recoveries.

Sometimes my Rage heads are closed when I get to the arrow but once I get to the deer it's obvious it wasn't closed when it ripped it open.

I think BOHNTR has the case solved

I can only comment on my experience with Grim Reaper Broadheads. Let me say that yours may have indeed not opened, however as a rule those broadheads will close after a shoot through. I have killed a doe, and two 8 pts with mine. The 8 point I killed Saturday was a shootthrough that was too far back (a gut shot). The broadheads were closed and very little if any blood on fletchings. I left the deer overnight. It only ran about 75 yards and bedded down and died. All blades opened up and ripped through the stomach. The deer probably bled to death where it bedded. Maybe you pushed that deer before it died and perhaps if you found that stomach waste, you too hit the deer a little back. Again, I can only attest to my experience, but those are deadly broadheads. Sorry for the loss of deer.