ORIGINAL: annika3
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Exactly, and I dont think anyone knows the answer to this, whether they claim to or not.
Thanks. I've been saying this all along.
if you arent getting pass thrus into the dirt, assuming this is better, then Id look to a smaller Diameter COC head than a 2" rage, if you are happy with having bigger gashes and the arrow remaining in deer, stay with the devastating rage.
Hence my fact finding mission. And....the reason I purchased some fixed heads, today to test.
Don't take this the wrong way but I'm going to state the obvious.
A BH, once it is sticking out the other side, is a passthrough. The bh has done its damage and will do no more damage once it exits the deer and sticks in the dirt. And with a 2" Rage, the arrow will not plug up the hole because the hole is much bigger than the arrow. I don't mean to beat a dead horse but "6" into the dirt" is overrated. I believe we all want to put the animal down quick and to inflict the most damage possibleto put the animal down quick and that is what th Rage does. Bowhunting is not a game of "my arrow sticks in the ground 6" after a passthrough".
So... if you happen to make a "marginal" hit, and the deer runs off with your arrow in it, what are you going to examine to tell how the deer was hit? There's a valid reason for wanting that arrow on the ground when you get down to investigate.
Also, I'll agree that in your scenario, the broadhead has "passed through", but I don't consider that a pass-through. I believe the term refers to the arrow, not the broadhead.