ORIGINAL: hallj86
You act ass if fixed blades have never broken inside of and animal before. Mechanicals are new and they scare people, but as the years pass they are going to get better and better. It is like the switch to carbon arrows people had these same kinds of arguments. I personally see a complete pass throug a waste of energy. I have taken a lot of physics classes in college, and know that a arrow flying through animal and sticking in the ground is a waste. You want all the KE to transfer to your target thus giveing a more effective and humane kill. I personnaly do this through mechanical arrows. Others can get bigger arrows, but My ultimate goal is for my arrow to create and exit hole but stay in the animal or fall/be pulled out by the animal.
I would tend to agree with you if a broadhead killed the same way a bullet does, but it does not. From my observations over 30+ years of bowhunting I've seen deer hardly react at all to a good double lung hit when the arrow passed completely through. They do react to the noise it makes when it hits the ground. I've shot deer that took a couple bounds, maybe 100',and stood looking around till they fell over.
On the other hand I've had shots where bone was hit and the loud "thwack" created made the deer take off running. With that and the arrow cartwheeling around inside created a lot of trauma, making the deer run harder and faster, seemingly trying to "get away' from the intrusion. And anybody who's ever seen a deer run can attest that they can cover a lot of ground in that 8-10 seconds that takes them to die. Maybe a couple hundred yards.
Now which one would you want to trail. The one you just watched die or the one that flew helter skelter to who knows where?