Buddy of mine sent me this pic of an arrow he “released” at a doe this morning. I say released because when he triggered his release he said it sounded like a gunshot, front half of the arrow took off and the back half went flying. He always flex checks his arrows and there were no indications this arrow was going to fail, no cracks, broad head had no deformities, etc. The area where he and I hunt is mountainous and near as we can figure this arrow must have hit a rock or other hard object when it buried in the dirt after passing through a deer. This is not a “well duh no kidding dummy since you hunting there replace em” discussion but more of a how often and when do you replace an arrow discussion. After a pass through? If you penetrate and break bone? If it buries in the dirt? If so in rocky terrain? Curious what you folks do. I guess it also depends on arrow setup, he shoots a 100gr muzzy and prolly 300ish gr arrows, certainly not the 700gr javelins I’m throwing.
