My mom would spend a lot of time working with bloodshot meat.

She would remove all the jelly type goo that was on it and would end up soaking the meat in some cool water helping to remove the blood. In the end about all she would discard would be the actual wound channel through the meat.

We would then usually use that meat for stew and soups.

 

I discard the bad stuff, but meat with "strips" of blood shot goes into the grind pile.

 

This probably is not the answer you were looking for, but don't use an expandable broadhead and that will help greatly to reduce blood shot meat. I noticed several years ago when I first started using an expandable
that there was a lot of bruising around the entry wound that is not present when you use a cut on contact broadhead. Just further proves that you need more energy to use an expandable. With that said, I use c.o.c. broad heads and have not really considered the bloodshot meat, as there is so little.

 

That's interesting. I never even thought about that until you mentioned it. I looked back on some photos from a buck I shot with a hypodermic compared to the Cutthroat on an elk. You are absolutely right. There was way more blood shot on the buck.

This is a little off topic but I shot the Cutthroat with a little over 100g more to the arrow than the hypodermic. The elk hardly flinched vs the buck taking off. The yardage difference was about 12, heavier arrow being closer.

In your experience do you think a heavier arrow send more energy directly through the animal without it noticing as much?

I bring 3 cutthroats in the quiver with 2 rages. I feel like the heavier cutthroats fall off past 50 compared to the hypodermic.

 

If you shoot a C on C blade, it takes very little energy to penetrate the animal. With an expandable, it takes much more. One year, my hunting partner shot a spike elk that was feeding in a meadow. It raised it's head, looked around and then went back to feeding until it fell over. He was using a Bear Razor. It used to not be uncommon to shoot an elk, it would trot off and then you could bugle it back. That sort of thing probably never happens with an expandable. I've yet to have a cut on contact blade not pass thru an animal. I know of rifle hunters that have to shoot an elk multiple times to bring it down. An arrow shot thru the vitals generally only takes 1 shot. I believe it is the "slap" that they feel as the bullet expands which gets the adrenalin flowing. An animal can run a long ways on adrenaline. I personally don't credit arrow weight with anything important except arrow noise reduction, speed and momentum. When using a cut on contact broadhead, momentum is really low on my priority list. It just isn't an important factor. I find an arrow combination that works well for the quarry I am hunting. I have killed deer, elk, antelope, bear and hogs. Always a pass thru when using a C on C broadhead. Generally my arrow total weight ranges between 350 grains to 386 grains. I have a 30 inch draw and until 5 years ago or so, I shot 70 lbs. I now shoot 62 - 65. The age factor has won out.