Not disproving but trying to understand how a 1" fixed can put a deer down dead extremly quick on a good shot but a 3/4" Rage that didn't open on a "almost perfect shot" can't put a deer down quick, the deer went over a quarter mile, let alone even kill the deer. The deer was still alive when they found the deer.
It's 1/4" difference in diameter and according to all the fixed guys when you compare your 1-1 1/4" diameter fixed to a 2" diameter head (a 3/4-1" difference) you all say "that little bit doesn't matter" and/or "well if you hit them where you're suppose to it doesn't matter".
Again, I'm not trying to disprove it happened I'm trying understand:
Why a small fixed head (1" diameter) can kill a deer quick but a 3/4" diameter can't? when the deer is hit almost perfect and you get a passthrough.
Because that small diameter fixed blade is razor sharp and is cutting going in, going through, and exiting. Razor sharp blades cut cleanly and cause massive hemorrhaging while a mechanical that didn't open up would act much like a field tip. It would do very little damage and the damage that it did do would be rips and tears instead of clean cuts and would allow the wounds to clot very very quickly thus allowing the animal to travel long distances before eventually succumbing to his wounds, possibly days or weeks later.