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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".
Are you that guy affiliated with Rage?
Actually, you will have a decrease in blood loss if the arrow is still in the deer. How could you not?
I've never heard someone say "oh yeah, pass through baby...but the arrow is still in the deer".
I'll stick with my strikers, and have an arrow to look at before taking a trail.
Hey pal, read my earlier post, I said I would always like to get a "complete" passthrough so I too can get the information off my arrow. BUT
The arrow and BH will NOT DO ANY MORE DAMAGE once it exits the deer. IMO I would prefer a 2" cutting diameter BH going all the way through a deer and sticking out the opposite side (if I don't get a complete passthrough with the arrow stuck in the ground) over a 1" head stuck 6" into the ground.
Which of these 2 scenarios is going to inflict more damage to the deer?
Shoot what you want but too many people are worried about "I found my arrow 6" burried in the ground" after it went through the deer. Again, my opinion is you wasted energy by killing the ground and not the deer.
But again, I state, that I too would always like a complete passthrough to see my arrow and get the information from it. But depending on what you hit as you go through the deer you may not get that passthrough no matter what BH you use.