I've got nothing against mechanicals but I still like fixed blades. I think of if this way, something can go wrong with a mechanical nothing can really go wrong with a fixed blade it will perform the same no matter what. Now there are people on here that say they have shot dozens of animals w/o a problem but that doesn't mean there "couldn't" be a problem. I have only shot two deer with my bow and they were both with mechanicals because I couldn't get fixed bhs to tune out of my underspined arrows. I know this wasn't the way to fix this problem but I was on a tight budget and it needed to be this way. Anyway I felt that with the certain brand of mechs that I used there was a problem when they contacted bone and richoet.