The only thing I can think of on the blades being clean is that passing through the outer layer of fat and heavy fur cleaned them off. Now that you have posted that pic with the O ring behind the wings there is absolutely no way that broadhead failed. David Blaine couldn't even pull that off.

Look at it this way, you ridded your area of one yote. Because that thing sliced a 2 3/4" hole in him GAR-ON-TEED.