Abuse an arrow??? I shoot my practice arrows into good targets that stop arrows like they are supposed to and haven't bent or broken any. When you shoot an animal with an arrow or miss an animal, that's where the controlled stoppage ends. It's also where they get broken or bent, which is exactly where I've seen it happen. Is it abuse if it's out of your control? I don't think so.. Had a tom turkey break one of my first Axis arrows and also had a buck bend an FMJ. He didn't lay on it but brushed a tree as he sped away after the shot. If it would have been a carbon I wouldn't have thought it would have broke it. The bend it tookwas slight but clearly noticeable.

If the arrow does it's job I guess it's retirement time anyway but it would be nice if they take a little more abuse.