well, if you are gonna lose them in a non-hunting incident....thats the way to go....when i was sighting in my bow, i was using a crappy styrofoam walmart target and the bullseye was wore out so I was shooting at the back 4 small targets and I was shooting at the bottom left, it just happened to be next to my clothesline poll and it hit the metal pole, and broke the arrow off a couple inches....i would much rather have robin hooded the arrow and been sighted in, then lose an arrow and realize i got some more shooting to do...