It is my personal opinion that getting killed by a broadhead brings much less suffering then many of the other ways they could die. Heck, I' ve even cut myself pretty seriously and wasn' t immediately aware that it had happened.

Death by automobile or starvation sounds kind of terrible. I' d much rather be shot by a broadhead then a slug. Many times deer that are shot by an arrow, don' t run far before stopping and looking around as if nothing much had happened.

I also believe animals are able to endure far more pain than we can, without suffering. They are built to curl up in a snow bank when it' s 30 below and they haven' t eaten any nutritious food in a week. To me, this would be great suffering. For them, it' s a normal occurrance. I' ve seen animals that were recently wounded, acting very normal - chasing does, etc. It is my belief that nature gave them what it takes to be a prey animal without having to suffer too severely in many situations we would consider terrible. I mean, just imagine a pack of wolves bringing you down and then have them start eating you, without killing you first. This is a normal occurrance in the life of an animal like a deer. We interfere with this process, by killing them first, with a very sharp, fast broadhead, that probably doesn' t involve a lot of pain or shock. It' s been my experience that if the broadhead doesn' t kill them, they recover rather quickly.