Dr. Ed Ashby... The Penetration Enhancing Factors, Part 8 - 2007
http://tuffhead.com/ashby_pdfs/ashby ours/2007 Update, Part 8.pdf
A couple interesting exerpts...
http://tuffhead.com/ashby_pdfs/ashby ours/2007 Update, Part 8.pdf
A couple interesting exerpts...
Three times I've seen arrows stopped on nearly broadside
shots by the entrance-side ribs of modest size pigs – with two
of those bouncing back. All three of those shots were with
high-poundage bows (the lightest-draw being a 65# compound),
but with poorly selected arrow setups. One PH I was co-guiding
with, Ben Bronkhorst, also had a client's arrow bounce back
from a warthog's rib. The arrow swapped ends and passed between himself and the client. That was on a shot from 15 feet. The very light weight carbon arrow, from a 70# compound, tipped with a light-weight multi-blade broadhead hit only a rib on entrance. Total penetration, measured against the blood and tissue on the broadhead was a mere 22 millimeters (0.87").
shots by the entrance-side ribs of modest size pigs – with two
of those bouncing back. All three of those shots were with
high-poundage bows (the lightest-draw being a 65# compound),
but with poorly selected arrow setups. One PH I was co-guiding
with, Ben Bronkhorst, also had a client's arrow bounce back
from a warthog's rib. The arrow swapped ends and passed between himself and the client. That was on a shot from 15 feet. The very light weight carbon arrow, from a 70# compound, tipped with a light-weight multi-blade broadhead hit only a rib on entrance. Total penetration, measured against the blood and tissue on the broadhead was a mere 22 millimeters (0.87").
It is never wise to hunt with a setup which
requires a near-perfect hit in order to be reliably lethal, yet many seem to consider such a setup as representing 'adequate'; which they generally qualify by adding, "as long as you do your part and put it in the right place." To be adequate your setup should be capable of killing cleanly and humanely on as many of the hits likely to occur as possible; not just on near perfect hits.
requires a near-perfect hit in order to be reliably lethal, yet many seem to consider such a setup as representing 'adequate'; which they generally qualify by adding, "as long as you do your part and put it in the right place." To be adequate your setup should be capable of killing cleanly and humanely on as many of the hits likely to occur as possible; not just on near perfect hits.