Trying to avoid that part. Thinking I need something heavy and beefy enough to laugh at the shoulder.
Who's shooting? Tuning? Tinkering?
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Then use a piece of lead. No arrow should be used to “laugh” at a shoulder. Just shoot them in the ribs. The heavy part of the shoulder blade is a long way from where a person should point an arrow.
Deer move, things happen. I don’t know anyone that has ever aimed for the shoulder. That isn’t my intentions here.
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I suppose. I’ve shot a few deer, never have hit one in the hard part of the scapula. There is only an area that is smaller than a baseball that most any arrow will not penetrate. The really tough part will not be penetrated by any arrow. And that spot is not where the lungs are. IMO, the “shoulder “ shot is used nearly as often as the magical “twig” for an excuse. Don’t waste your time over thinking it, just don’t shoot into the tiny spot you can’t get through.
I believe both of those are just excuses for poor performance from our set ups. Not every time, but often.
I guess what I’m trying to ask and check here is : Is my current set up the best that it can be?
Obviously, it’s good enough to keeel.
Obviously, it’s good enough to keeel.
So let me get a bit academic on you here...
If you're going to define "best", or, in other words, success, you need to have a measurement. Simplified, success = dead deer. But how much more dead can you make a dead deer? Especially with an ethical, clean shot was made. Now, if you were to apply the scientific process to this conversation, you'd have an infinite number of variables to consider, making this a nearly impossible hypothesis to test, let alone reaching a definitive measurement that says "this is best for any and all combination of variables". So what I am saying is you're obsessing over a near rhetorical question. Find an informed, reasonable, acceptable solution and spend more time on shot execution than experimenting with the hypothetical.
If you're going to define "best", or, in other words, success, you need to have a measurement. Simplified, success = dead deer. But how much more dead can you make a dead deer? Especially with an ethical, clean shot was made. Now, if you were to apply the scientific process to this conversation, you'd have an infinite number of variables to consider, making this a nearly impossible hypothesis to test, let alone reaching a definitive measurement that says "this is best for any and all combination of variables". So what I am saying is you're obsessing over a near rhetorical question. Find an informed, reasonable, acceptable solution and spend more time on shot execution than experimenting with the hypothetical.
Well, I mean, it's kinda broke. Did you see that blade?!? 
Nope, I must’ve missed that.Well, I mean, it's kinda broke. Did you see that blade?!?
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Agreed. I’m just not going to argue. I’ll do some tweaking once I get things figured out. This could be fun at Logan.
I attached it a few post back here. So if you’d like to rewatch/listen, it’s here.
Ranch Fairy answered every email I sent him and I was one of the reasons he made this video this week. I sent him pics of my “flapper” and had simple questions along the lines of getting started down this process of finding something better.
I just had time to watch this.
I just had time to watch this.