I hunted with them last year. I only bought them because I got a good deal at Gander Mountain. I've shot a lot of different arrows (my friends say I'm the consumer reports of archery) and they hold up better than anything I've ever shot. Last year my friend and I were siting in my bow with a new site in his basement; for some reason he said check your 35 yard pin and for some reason I listened. I shot a foot over his bag target and stuck the arrow in the block in his basement wall, I never shot that arrow again but it looked fine. I think any less of an arrow would have self destructed for sure.