This past season was my first with a bow in the woods.

I was very happy with the way I was shooting and fully convinced that all I had to do was SEE a deer within 25 yards and it would be lights out.

That was until I screwed in my fixed blade broadheads and started to practice with them before the season........my confidence went quickly downhill as I watched random flyers coming from my bow. I tried EVERYTHING known to man, I checked my arrows, heads, bow, tune, release, anchor point, form, grip, rest, until I just gave up. I could not eliminate the flyers from my practice sessions. Sometimes I would only get 1-2 and sometimes I would get more. Different arrows and head combinations did not solve the problem. This carried itself into the season and I had no choice but to hope I did not get a flyer at the moment of truth...........1-2 flyers out of 40-50 practice shots was enough to aggravate me but not enough to keep me out of the woods IMO. As luck would have it I had a broadside shot on a 6pt at 15 yards and my arrow struck nothing but dirt under his chest. I was astounded that I missed from that close but I had a sinking gut feeling that told me why I missed..........when I retreived my arrow the fixed head was destroyed by a half rotted tree root no bigger then my finger. I dug up the area to be sure no rock was hiding and all I found was dirt and root. This all was a slap in the face that I needed a change. I went home and bought a pack of WASP JAK-HAMMER SST mechanicals and they shot as true as my field points right out of the box. Shot after shot after shot.........no flyers to be found.

2 days later I put one of those WASP' s through the heart of another 6 pt at about 13 yards..........no surprises this time......that arrow flew right where I aimed it. The deer ran about 100 yards and was dead inside of 30 seconds.

I will once again strap on a couple different fixed heads this year to see how they fly.......I like to try new things Besides thousands of hunters get great flight from them every day so why shouldn' t I?? Whatever the reason was for my occasional flyer though.......if it rears it' s ugly head again this year I will not hesitate to strap on another WASP and go to work.