Very true. I am very curious to see how my single bevel 1 1/16" 2 blade does...if I can ever stick one with it. I see the "S" cuts in my targets so I know that will happen. Be interesting to see if that makes any difference. I would think so...gerald strine wrote: ↑Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:44 pmCongratulations on the both harvest!
Blood trails are strange things with little rime or reason to them .
Shot angle, How the hide is stretched at the time of impact , how meat , fat organs can move to plug holes ect all are a factor .
Take your night for example one hunter might think I don't like this head the blood trail was disappointing and the other hunter would be happy as can be with the same head .
I have seen a 3 inch mechanical leave almost no blood when the organs were bulging out the hole plugging it.
I also have seen outrageous blood trails for 100 yards dry up and no deer ever recovered.
The Magnus is double bevel and just went straight through. Deer didn't go far, but I may re-think it because of the pine thicket and the fact that I am 99% of the time on the ground....so a flat shot trajectory.
But to be fair.....a 35 yard shot for me means center the 30 and 40 yard reticles (vertically) on the chest.....it's not as pinpoint as say a 20 or 30 yard shot would be. On those I would aim a tad lower to try to clip the top of the heart which should help with blood.
Another thing I am watching for this year.........in the past few years I have shot probably 4 deer that were feeding at 30 yards or so. I was aiming middle body (vertically....like on this one) and they jumped the string and I hit the spine. This deer at 35 did not. BUT.....it's head was up. I am going to try to wait until the head is up this year as best as I can...because I think if the head is up they can't jump the string as bad. "Jump the string" actually means they drop from where they are in order to spring load their legs to run. With head down, they can use the weight of the skull as a lever by throwing the head up thus helping to drop the body down. If head is up, they can't do it. Also, if you notice...that head up posture seems to be their natural body state. Ever notice how when a deer dies and everything relaxes, if it's on it's side that neck comes to an upright head position? I think that's why they can snap that head up so quick.
