IronWill Single Bevel with Bleeders or without Bleeders for Whitetail

[Nosaj]

To bleeder or not to bleeder that is the question??

I am going to buy some more Iron Will Single Bevels and am trying to decide if I am going to get the bleeders for better blood trails or the without bleeders for a better job on a plan B bone hit. I used IWSB with bleeders this year and they make a nice square hole however, I did not hit bone other than rib on the deer I shot and do not have any first hand knowledge how they would do on a shoulder blade.

Any thoughts??

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[kyler1945]

Arrow weight and speed?

 

[MattMan81]

Purchase a strop instead of bleeders.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

My feeling is without. A single bevel will rotate and cut an S shaped entry and exit. This was a Grizzly exit. That should help the hide stay open. Just my 2 cents.

 

[chismgoodrich]

I have double bevel iron will with bleeders and love them

 

[DanielB89]

My feeling is without. A single bevel will rotate and cut an S shaped entry and exit. This was a Grizzly exit. That should help the hide stay open. Just my 2 cents.

did you clean up this shot location after you found the deer or is this how you found it?

 

[NMSbowhunter]

did you clean up this shot location after you found the deer or is this how you found it?

No, just like I found it.

 

[krub6b]

With, simply because you should be able to run them without bleeders if you desire. Also their bleeders are single bevel as well so your in animal rotation shouldn't be affected negatively

 

[NMSbowhunter]

She spun at the shot and the arrow hit her in the neck shoulder junction on her left side, crossed her thoracic cavity and exited where you see it in the pic above, The arrow then sunk up on a tree. The picture in my avatar is the broadhead in the tree. She went about 40 yards, maybe, and piled up. I feel like they bleed a lot out of their mouths when they are hit with a truly sharp broadhead. Blood trails are just so unpredictable. I will say that since I switched to a good scary sharp singe bevel and heavy arrow the blood trails have been used more for curiosity than actual tracking. I have seen or heard most of them go down.

 

[Nosaj]

Arrow weight and speed?

650 GN
241 fps

 

[Nosaj]

Purchase a strop instead of bleeders.

Have a strop

 

[kyler1945]

You can put any readily available broadhead on your setup, and it will go completely through a deer. Bleeders or not.

It simply doesn’t matter enough to matter at that weight and speed. Do what ya want.

 

[Nosaj]

The one I got this season with the IWSB went through most of the length of the body cavity. I hit just in front of the hind leg and the broadhead exited through the opposite side ribcage behind the leg. The leg kept the arrow in the deer initially. I kept finding shaved hair along the blood trail where the broadhead would shave hair off the inside of the leg until the front half of the arrow fell out of the deer. Unfortunately I only hit intestines, stomach and 1 lung so it was a bit of a track to find it. I was getting both lung and gut blood.

 

[DanielB89]

No, just like I found it.

how was the blood trail? doesn't look like much coming out this side..

 

[DroptineKrazy]

You can put any readily available broadhead on your setup, and it will go completely through a deer. Bleeders or not.

It simply doesn’t matter enough to matter at that weight and speed. Do what ya want.

A ballistic missile would be my guess!

 

[DroptineKrazy]

How

The one I got this season with the IWSB went through most of the length of the body cavity. I hit just in front of the hind leg and the broadhead exited through the opposite side ribcage behind the leg. The leg kept the arrow in the deer initially. I kept finding shaved hair along the blood trail where the broadhead would shave hair off the inside of the leg until the front half of the arrow fell out of the deer. Unfortunately I only hit intestines, stomach and 1 lung so it was a bit of a track to find it. I was getting both lung and gut blood.

How far did it go?

 

[Nosaj]

How

How far did it go?

about 600 yds, lost the blood in a stream and found it with a dog about 50 yds +/- from where I lost it in the stream.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

how was the blood trail? doesn't look like much coming out this side..

Some came out the exit. Most came out the mouth. The entrance was high and in front of the shoulder. Also, she didn't live long enough to bleed much.

 

[DroptineKrazy]

about 600 yds, lost the blood in a stream and found it with a dog about 50 yds +/- from where I lost it in the stream.
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Wow! Still amazes me how tough them buggers are

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Here is another doe. She fell just out of sight in thick stuff. She went 35 to 40 yards and piled up. The entrance was high up under the backstrap and exit low behind the shoulder. Same arrow setup. The blood trail on this one was like an 80's slasher flick. It wasn't needed though.