Problem is most bowhunter’s (and I mean the vast majority of guys who are not hardcore archer’s), could care less as long as they can poke a deer in the Kill-zone from 20 yards…and the manufacturers know this. They know most guys can’t get any more accuracy/consistency out of Goldtip 3D Pro than they can a Goldtip Hunter, for example.
And that' s because it' s a moot point. If people were shooting on an Olympic level at 90 yard targets then yea it' s makes a difference. What we are talking about is making mountains out of mole hills. Deer can only get so dead. If I can hit a golf ball size object at 30 yards with an inferior arrow then what ******* difference does it make? This ain' t rocket science. People are talking out of both sides of their mouths. " I think the sport should be simpler" " The sport needs to go back to the traditional ways" blah blah blah Then on the other hand " I want the straightest most technically perfect dozen arrows that has ever been produced" but wait a minute when I say I want the same thing out of a bow then I am not a traditionalist(" it' s barely even archery anymore" " you might as well be shooting a crossbow" etc.). Everyone needs to step back take a breath and realize it' s just bowhunting and it' s suppose to be fun. Sure some of the fun is in " over analyzing" but let' s be for real. The friggn Indians were better archers than any of us and they didn' t have any way to test the straitness of their shafts. Number your damn arrows and shoot the ones that group together and put the rest of your effort into the important stuff (i.e. scouting, treestand placement, & talking your wife into letting you buy more stuff
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(Jeff that " rant" was not directed at you)