This came to me via email from Steven Kling of Benton Harbor, Michigan…..pretty interesting story.
MIKE: RECENTLY PURCHASED A BARNETT QUAD 400 CROSSBOW FROM MY BROTHER IN TENNESSEE. PURCHASED SOME EASTON ARROWS AND BROADHEADS. SHOT THE CROSSBOW 4 TIMES TO CHECK ACCURACY OF SCOPE AND IT WAS RIGHT ON.
LOOKED OUT MY PICTURE WINDOW AND SAW 3 DOES IN MY BACK YARD, CRANKED UP THE BOW, LOADED A BROADHEAD AND WENT OUTSIDE. THE DEER RAN OFF AND I WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE TO GET A TARGET ARROW TO RELEASE THE BOW STRING. WENT OUTSIDE AND THE DEER WERE AT THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE.
BACK INTO THE HOUSE GRABBED THE BROADHEAD, WENT OUTSIDE AND A DOE WAS RIGHT NEXT TO MY DRIVEWAY. I PUT THE SCOPE CROSSHAIR ON THE FRONT OF THE DEER AND FIRED. I HEAD A THUD AND KNEW THAT I HAD HIT THE DEER HARD. PUT THE BOW BACK IN THE HOUSE AND WENT TO LOOK FOR THE DEER.
AT FIRST I COULDN’T LOCATE IT, SEARCHING FOR IT AND WALKED THE TRAIL NEXT TO THE RAVINE WHERE I SAW A DEER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL. WALKED DOWN AND THE DEER WAS DEAD WITH MY ARROW EXTENDING FROM THE BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULDER. I THOUGHT THAT WAS STRANGE BECAUSE THE ARROW WAS FROM THE OPPOSITE ANGLE THAT I SHOT AT IT. I REMOVED THE ARROW FROM THE DEER AND SAW THAT THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE FLETCHING WHICH SHOULDN’T BE. CALLED MY HUNTING BUDDY AND TOLD HIM ABOUT IT AND HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT I HAD HIT 2 DEER WITH THE SAME ARROW. I SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, WENT BACK AND LOOKED SOME MORE. I FOUND THE FIRST DEER AROUND 50 FT. FROM THE SECOND DEER.
I CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GAME WARDEN THE NEXT MORNING AND TOLD HIM OF THE INCIDENT.
I HAD SHOT THE FIRST DEER IN THE VITALS AND IT WENT THROUGH AND HIT THE SECOND DEER IN THE SPINE WITH THE SAME ARROW.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS ? KILLING TWO DEER WITH THE SAME ARROW. THE 150 LB. BARNETT IS ONE LETHAL KILLER. THIS WAS ONE HECK OF AN EXPERIENCE THAT I WIIL NEVER FORGET.
STEVEN L. KLING