RB - what you're missing here, is that when we say "dull" we're talking about the difference in sharpness between your garden-variety field-dressing knife (dull), and a surgical scalpel (sharp). We're talking about shooting a 150 pound animal, not a rhinoceros. We're talking about running these blades through an animal at 200+ miles per hour.

The difference (if any) between the two is so miniscule that it's not even worth noting.

I mean, yeah, it would be nice if every broadhead in every guy's quiver in this little utopiawas scalpel-sharp. But, this is the real world, and that will never happen. Guys kill 2-3 deer with the same head. They shoot them into the dirt, clean them off, and put them back in the quiver. It happens.

Fact is: More deer will be lost to bad shotsthan will ever be lostdue to a broadhead that wasn't razor sharp.

A lawnmower blade spins at 200 mph (same speed as an arrow flies). Most mower blades aren't exactly scalpel-sharp, but you wouldn't wanna put your fingers in there. The speed and force of the whirring blades change the entire dynamic. This is a great example of how energy makes up the slack for a dull blade. You don't need agiant razor bladeunder the deck of your John Deere to mow the lawn, just like you don't need a scalpel-sharp broadhead to kill a deer.