I would have voted for the NAP' s too - until this weekend...

I think I' m growing less & less lucky - I had a broadhead issue during deer season & now I have one chasing the ugly bird.

I whacked a decent tom (~7" beard) at about 8 yards & I thought it was a perfect shot - he rolled & flopped & I thought he was done. I started opening the blind & about fell over when he got up & started running away. I grabbed another arrow & jumped out & saw him run off with my arrow dangling out of his side - it appeared as though it was barely in him - Long story short, we didn' t recover him or the arrow - so I spent the last 2 days wondering what happened.

Today my hunting partner took a perfectly broadside shot - same results - this time the arrow came out about 10 yards after the hit. We recovered the arrow & it shows no sign past the head - like it got 1" or so of penetration. One blade is gone, one is bent & the 3rd looks new.

What does this mean? I don' t know for certain - but I *believe* we both hit square at the base of the wing bone (fat spot) & didn' t penetrate.

Today I picked up the standard whitetail NAP spitfires with a sharp point.

Last year I took a 10" eastern @ 22 yards 1/4ing to me - I cut the ticker clean out of him & he didn' t go 3 feet.

For what it' s worth - I' d stick with the sharp heads.

BTW - I' m shooting a 450 GR arrow @ ~ 230FPS which yields ~ 53 ft-lbs of energy. My partners setup is probably a bit lower but I' d assume both have plenty of KE to do the job.

I just can' t believe it!