I shot a doe out of my Matrix this past fall at 12 yards....Yes, right through the mesh, no problem at all....Depending on the broadhead you use.
They are a little nervous around it at first.....The doe I shot was really giving me the eyeball, bobbing her head, stomping her foot...all that good stuff. She calmed down in a couple minutes, stepped into an opening, and realized she should have gone w/ her first impression....
You just really gotta brush them in. The top especially. Break up that hard roof outline. They work for deer, but they are the cat's you know what for turkeys.