Originally Posted by
GMMAT
I'm guessing the arrow broke when it hit whatever it hit in flight. Pure coincidence the pieces were close to one another.
Like I said, if you think of what it would take for a BH tipped arrow to NOT stick into SOMETHING......a deflection (in flight) is the only thing that makes sense.
It dont take much to deflect an arrow in flight.Small branch or thick weeds will do it.It just needs enough force to level the arrow out for it not to stick in the ground.Dont know where the OP is at but the grounds froze right now here making it even easier for a arrow not to stick in it.
An arrow breaking in flights gonna explode, its not gonna fall to the ground perfectly lined up with all the pieces within inches of each other.