ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Lack of a blood trail has NEVER been an issue with these heads. Lack of a total pass-thru HAS. I'm 2/11 in total pass-thrus with this head (2 blade). I also have an "unknown" out there (two, actually).
After seeing the blood trails on the deer I've recovered.....and from the expert opinion of the tracking dog handler I had here last Saturday (who is convinced the deer we were tracking is not dead)....I have to think that "maybe" they didn't die at my hands. Injured? Surely.....but the tracker said there "might" be 2-1/2 ounces of blood on the trail we were on. That's nothing to a deer. The "unknown" from '07 was a similar trail.
BH's fault? No way. "Marginal hit"? Surely.
In each instance, though....I have to wonder if I'd have gotten a complete pass-thru with a fixed BH. Being able to discern/read your arrow at the POI is nothing to sneeze at. I wish I had that information EVERY time.
Man, with that track record, you really should just ditch these suckers and go another root. Tracker dogs and all that. It's suppose to be fun. Just try a good fixed for a while and see what happens. You won't have gaping holes on shots, but you'll have blood on the ground and dead deer. If I had the luck you've had with wounded deer I'd be looking to change. Hey, but what do I know... I've only been at this for 38 o 39 years.
Admittedly it was a close shot from ground level, but if you notice the deer I shot last week... I shot through a pretty heavy section of the shoulder plate and out the back side of a 225 pound live weight deerwith 62 or 63or so fps KE and a fixed blade.