Here you can see the opposite healthy side
The bone had grown over the broadhead and through the vent in the blade and bridged the gap.
The upper left arrow shows how much hinge movement was allowed in the jaw, The opening and closing of the mouth had worn a curved area away
The shot appears to have taken from the ground and not an elevated stand and looks to be nearly perfectly broadside.
In a prior year, This same hunter brought me a deer to process and while deboning the hind quarter I discovered an anomaly with the bone and as I dug deeper and removed the meat, I realized the bone had been smashed and re-healed so I boiled it out while removing the meat, a broadhead blade fell into my wash tub. Here is what it looked like after boiling. I was certain that the large bulge in the bone contained the rest of the broadhead so I took the bones to work X-ray them to see if my hunch was correct. It turns out that I was wrong but. It just amazes me how tough these criters are.
