RE: Broad head ?
Yep--what they said. I know the broadhead is a very important part of your set-up, but you get to a point where you aren't getting what you pay for--or you are paying for a lot more than you really need. For instance, you don't need a .300 Mag for rabbits.
There are lots of great heads on the market, but for my general use I have been very pleased with Ribteks--and they are one of the most reasonably priced heads on the market. I've shot gobs of small game with them, and the one deer I've shot with them went down in about 30 yds. This was after a complete pass-through, knicking a rib going in and coming out, and burying up 7 5/8" into the ground. The head is not damaged at all, and with a small amount of touch-up sharpening (and washing the dirt off) would be ready to hunt again--but I have the arrow lying on the rack.
In my limited experience, there are two things that are very, very important in how far the animal is going to travel--shot placement, and the mood of the animal. A deer that is on alert is generally going to travel a lot further than one that has no idea what just bit them. A deer with a hole in both lungs isn't generally going to go nearly as far as one with one lung taken out, or even a heart shot. Super shap heads seem to bother an animal much less also--getting cut with something really sharp doesn't hurt much, if at all.
Chad
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