Finding arrows

[Hornseeker]

In 07' my buddy shot a bull and killed him, but never found the arrow. in 08' we went back into the same spot to see if we coudl get a nice repeat. We were checking out the bones from his elk and walking around looking at sign and talking about the kill from the year before, when we found half of his arrow... a little while later we found the other half... Not sure how the arrow broke in half and both halfs ended up out of the elk???

[Snapshot]

  I guess it was a pass through but I would have figured I would have found something on the right side sooner. 

Two possible scenarios come to mind.
The first: Poke holes clean through a bucket somewhat up its side and start filling the bucket with a hose; water won't come out until the bucket fills to where the holes are. Same exact thing happens with the chest cavity of an animal.
The second: The arrow blocked the exit hole until the elk pulled it out and tossed it with the flip of his head or it hooked on a branch and was catapulted away from the trail.

[Snapshot]

Not sure how the arrow broke in half and both halfs ended up out of the elk???

I've seen the exact same thing.

[Johnb317]

I kind of worry about stepping on a 'lost' broadhead.
I've lost some target shooting where I believe the arrow submarined into, and under the ground.
luckily with two elk - found one resting in the sage brush (full pass through), and the other sticking out of a tree.
One reason I'd vote for legalizing luminocks....

[lokidog]

Talk about submarining... I once shot a porcupine (that I intended to eat) at point blank in a salt marsh.  I rolled him over to get my arrow, and no arrow.  I dug over six inches down with a stick and never did find it.  I had missed a couple elk in the area before and could never figure out where my arrows went.  I guess the ground there just swallowed them up.

[Snapshot]

Talk about submarining... I once shot a porcupine (that I intended to eat) at point blank in a salt marsh.  I rolled him over to get my arrow, and no arrow.  I dug over six inches down with a stick and never did find it.  I had missed a couple elk in the area before and could never figure out where my arrows went.  I guess the ground there just swallowed them up.

And each time you gave an arrow to the marsh you made the arrow gods very happy. That is probably why they placed the porcupine there for your sustenance.

[lokidog]

Talk about submarining... I once shot a porcupine (that I intended to eat) at point blank in a salt marsh.  I rolled him over to get my arrow, and no arrow.  I dug over six inches down with a stick and never did find it.  I had missed a couple elk in the area before and could never figure out where my arrows went.  I guess the ground there just swallowed them up.

And each time you gave an arrow to the marsh you made the arrow gods very happy. That is probably why they placed the porcupine there for your sustenance.

I don't mind offering them up, IF they have blood on them.  It's losing the clean ones that is annoying!   

[Snapshot]

Well, that is the nature of the sport.