Originally Posted by
burniegoeasily
That is one of the reasons I will not let people use mechanicals on my land. Your arrow deflected and all you did was cut into the skin (which is why you saw the clear fluid on your arrow). Ive seen it twice with quartering away shots and mechanicals. Shots that would have been dead deer with a fixed head.
When I first started, I took a similar shot to the OP, and it glanced off the shoulder blade.
With a fixed BH/! If the shot is well placed to avoid the shoulder blade, major bones, etc, it
will penetrate, fixed head or mechanical. On a reasonably fast bow, a Rage head will go through a deer like a knife through hot butter. It's all about shot placement. I'd pass on a high-angle shot now, given my experience (and that of others)...with
any BH.