ORIGINAL: Matt / PA
Sounds to me like its a bit more of a misrepresentation of what happened? I think it much more likely that he just pulled the shot a little and grazed the deer.
If you know anything about these heads and practiced with them like I have........they don't BOUNCE off anything. There isn't an angle that a fixed head will get through that these won't just as well if not a little better because of the length of the tip and the cutting blade insert.
Because the animal you mention had a slash on it means nothing other than a pulled shot. The fact that there was a slash simply means that the hide pushed one blade back and cut the animal as it glanced off.........exactly what would have happened with the same shot on ANY head.
Nobody is calling you a liar I don't think, only that there is most likely some misinterpretation of what actually happened. Severe shooting angles mean a much smaller margin for error and a shot that would only be 1-2" off on a broadside animal is still a perfect shot. On a severe quartering animal 1-2" off could mean the difference of the tip never biting anything.
I know these heads and if the tip hit where it was supposed to on impact the rest of the head would have followed. These heads will not deflect anymore than any other broadhead you can tell just by looking at the design. The blades don't lever out and away but straight back and they angle is no steeper than many of the current popular short fixed heads. Combine that with an extended front which will actually HELP penetration on angled shots and blaming the broadhead makes no sense in reality.
Its easy to poke blame at a piece of equipment we have little to no experience with and away from the guy behind the bow, it's human nature.
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The last thing you said there has alot of truth to it. However it goes both ways, these rages are new heads with hardly any expierence to go on like you said. Howeverthey've gotta prove themselves as well. By this time next year we all will be knowing the pro's and con's of this particular head with all the people shooting them this year and next year, the more people thatshoot them, the more we can base our facts on. I wasn't calling you a liar by no means, i was going off a post that someone told me to get serious, so i did!!!