ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
I think the difference is that if any of the bow stuff failed you likely wouldnot have an arrow in the deer whereas if the broadhead failed to open...........
IMO even if the broadhead blades failed to deploy/open, if the shot is placed well the result may be a bit harder track job but still a dead and recovered deer.
Not entirely true...If your rest fails it
could cause a complete miss but it
could also cause a far off the vitals hit as could a release failing at the wrong time or a peep not aligning perfect. THEORETICALLY the worst that could happen with a rage not opening (as you mentioned) is you have an arrow through the vitals.....that's still a dead deer.
I see your point though, most likely if your rest fails or release etc...you will end up with a complete miss.