CG

I had to reply - not my style but this warrants it..

My first thought is this : You said you shot a coyote in the neck, and the head. The neck shot at 20 yards, the 'eye' shot at 8...who in their right mind makes neck and head shots with a bow ? I am sure others will agree. I am a pretty good shot - not the best in any token, but better than a lot. I used to shoot chipmunks in the summer at 20 yards with blunt tip arrows for practice - hit 6-7 of 10 shots...so Im not bad I guess... my point is I would never try that shot.... its useless....And if you were not aiming at the head or neck...and you missed that bad on 2 animals.. yu REALLY need practice or a shotgun....
My opinion is you must have a VERY untuned bow...Have the sights way off... have VERY bad luck, or your nose is growing VERY long....

Really CG, I shot a mechanical last year - first time. I used a shockwave broadhead. I took a quartering too shot at a 240 pound deer - a northern deer, a walking shot (yes he was moving) no shot deflection, no bent blades, and a pass through.... and 25 yard recovery. I shoot a Fred BEar Code bow at about 65 pounds....
My main gripe is you complaign about these heads but I have to wonder what kinda person makes head shots or neck with bow at 8 or 20 yards ??? Please no offense is meant here - Ya gotta admit it looks bad... As far as the elk...no comment on it falling on the arrow.....

Just my 2 cents worth... Id love to hear others reply to this....

Tom

Dont take this personal CG... but Im a pretty serious outdoors guy, be it my fly fishing, bow hunting, you name it.... I take it serious... it seems to me something is very wrong. I really am sorry to hear of your misfortune, but Id like to see whatsgoing on here before you post that these products dont work when THOUSANDS of people are very succesfull with them... One failure I can see....ANYTHING mechanical is prone to failure... but numerous times ??? If Mechanicals were all that bad, the Game Commisions of various states would have outlawed them already....

Edited by - eightwgt on 10/02/2002 15:57:59