I may have been wrong about 2 blade stingers
To start I will say that these are great looking broadheads, with a great warranty, produced by a great company. But in the past two weeks I have encountered some bad experiences. The first was about a 350 lb hog at 30 yards. The hog was standing broadside, I was the camera man at the time. On camera you can see the fletchings pass through, a perfect lung shot, and stick in a tree on the other side. we waited for a while then began to track the hog. After nearly a mile the blood trail ran out. We were astonished. We watched the shot over and over again to confirm what we had seen. It ended up with no hog in the truck and we felt horrible.
Six nights later more hogs. This one was eating some soured corn, standing in a quartering away position at 25 yards. Again I was the camera man. My buddy's shot runs straight through the lungs and is hanging out by the fletchings as the hog begins to run. Not 10 feet later the arrow falls out. Another perfect shot. We can see on video as the hog turns that the arrow was hanging out between the front shoulder and the briscuit area. Again we wait... half a mile later, the blood trail runs out.
in both instances we went back the next morning to see if we could find any sign and hopefully recover the hog. Unfortunately it didn't happen.
I was somewhat disappointed. These broadheads did indeed provide incredible penetration. My friend was shooting a 62lb LX with gold tip arrows. A full pass through on a hog is in itself impressive. I just question myself as to whether or not these heads do enough damage on their way through the body cavity. While I was thinking about it, I realized that as a 2-blade head passes through, there is a possibility that a major artery or vein can go untouched. Any other 3 or 4 blade head would cut these arteries. I don't know what to think, but I know I'm sick about these 2 hogs.
I think that before I give up the stingers I will try the 4 blades.
Any opinions? thanks for listening to the long post.