ORIGINAL: Antler Eater
Big Slick, thanks for sharing your experience. You will have to forgive my cynical attitude, my Momma always told me I would never become President with such cynicism...looks like she was right. [&:]
You aint alone in that department my friend.
A couple of questions. How does the "wire" connect to the ferrule? Is the wire flexible enought that when it goes through muscle it compresses? If bone is encountered, how can it "spring back" to it original shape while still inside?
1. The wire is passed through the front of the ferrule, and it clips into the rear of the ferrule (in the one I shot, the production ones may be different).
2. The wire is razor sharp, but very firm from the angle of contact. It is not flimsy at all, and very difficult to bend even by hand with pliers. It cuts through meat like butter. I have a photo of the heart of that animal that has a pretty wide cut through it on either side to indicate that the blade did not compress at that point. Also, the exit wound was X shaped. I won't post that photo here, because of the graphic nature of the photo, but I will give you a link to it if you wish.
3. How it can spring back is that it will be made from a material that retains it's shape, and since this material will also be very firm (more firm than spring steel), quite a bit of force will be required to cause the blades to collapse, but they will return to their original shape because the inside of the animal is not solid material, but flesh and body cavity spaces. I hope that answers the question for you.
With all due respect to you, that little immature doe is hardly a good test subject for a head, but I do understand they have to start somewhere in gathering data and experience.
That doe was very mature. It may be small compared to some in other states, but for Texas hill country, it's a fairly large doe. Regardless, I know of two bucks that were taken with this broadhead as well. You can see the pics on the front of that brochure in the photo someone posted above.
I mean no disrespect to you or Dynamic Solutions by my comments or questions. If I can get my hands on some of these in the future I will have to check them out "up close and personal".
I don't take any offense at skepticism. The owner of ArrowDynamic Solutions is one of the most skeptic people I have ever met. He is not a gadget person, nor am I. We do not own any flying lures (no disrespect to Flying Lures).
Again thanks for your contribution.
You're very welcome. I am not the authority on this broadhead, but I probably have more experience with it than anyone here, so I can answer some questions. Matt could answer your questions much better that I, because he's the inventor.
We all know that if it's not viable, it will not sell (for the most part). No one here needs a new gimick. We have all been gimicked to death already. This is not a gimick.
btw: I shot this broadhead through camo netting from the new Double Bull Matrix blind. If you like ground blinds, check that one out.