PaDavy - If you have the pic on your computer, send it to me and I'll get it posted.
If you pulled the arrow and head out, did you pull against the head ? That would close the blades, right ? I aint doubting you any - what did the hole in the deer look like ? What poundage bow, arrow weight ?
Good example fellows of how mechanicals STILL can fail, and possibly end up in lost deer. Anti-hunters love mechanicals.
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