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Arrow recovery

sconnieman

sconnieman

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Hey all. Saturday I was fortunate enough to kill my first deer. Yay! A nice little 8 pointer. Anyway, I had a complete pass through and although the LED nock turned on, it must’ve turned off after hitting the deer because I wasn’t ever able to find my arrow. A nice vector custom shop with an iron will head and nockturnal. I went back when it was pitch black and never found it. What are the chances it will still be there a week later? If it was covered in blood will some critter come and take it? I’d like to go back for it.


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Exhumis said:
I’d say prolly a good chance. I lost an entire quiver of arrows including a blood covered arrow and found most of them a few weeks later.
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Did it still have the blood on it?


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sconnieman said:
Did it still have the blood on it?


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Yup. I clipped a tree branch with my quiver walking out the woods and didn’t realize my arrows were gone till I got back to the truck. When I found them they were scattered like bread crumbs. Arrow still had blood on it, super dried and crusted
 
are you positive you had pass through at point of impact? the arrow could have gone through the deer partially but carried with it/ came out down the blood trail perhaps? the lighted knock seeming like it turned off makes me think of this scenario
 
Off topic, my wifes Omni Brites come off of her crossbow bolts easily. I put a piece of tape around them and the shafts to help avoid them coming off.
 
I seem to have better luck finding arrows in the spring after I lost them the previous fall. I've done that twice now. I've also had a deer carry the arrow for a few yards and never found it- I imagine it got stuck on some brush and slingshotted once it was ripped out.
 
thedutchtouch said:
are you positive you had pass through at point of impact? the arrow could have gone through the deer partially but carried with it/ came out down the blood trail perhaps? the lighted knock seeming like it turned off makes me think of this scenario
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It’s possible that happened but I’m fairly certain it happened at impact. Iron Will single bevel with 14% foc, 560gn arrow through only lungs.
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NATHAN said:
Off topic, my wifes Omni Brites come off of her crossbow bolts easily. I put a piece of tape around them and the shafts to help avoid them coming off.
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I actually had this problem with my nockturnals on my compound. Quit using them
 
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