Stealth, I haven't forgotten the failed fixed blade stories. Just like I told TFOX, I think they are mostly the direct result of using too wimpy of an arrow. Honestly - I have never had a broadhead failure of any kind in 40 years of bowhunting...well, except for those cheezy Satelite Aeroheads that shed all their blades when they fell on the ground that time<img src=icon_smile_dead.gif border=0 align=middle>...but never a failure on an animal.

I want to make it perfectly clear that I do NOT intentionally aim at the shoulder blade. I think anyone that does that is an idiot. Problem is that, like I said before, stuff happens and Murphy LOVES to mess with bowhunters. I want that extra momentum, just in case.

About using a target quality rig for hunting... Wanna see all the field archery and 3D trophies I've accumulated using my hunting bows? Personally, I feel accuracy is more important in hunting than it is in target shooting. I would use a hyper fast, form-critical bow on the 3D range. I don't care all that much if I wound a McKenzie and lose 5 points. I want an extremely forgiving, accurate setup for hunting. Wounding and losing an animal is nothing I want to experience again. Bad enough to hit and lose a rabbit. I won't take the chance on a deer.

Okay, I'll say it for you. I'M NOT A GOOD ENOUGH SHOOTER to hunt with a speed bow. And a heck of a lot of others that are trying to hunt with 'em aren't good enough either. The difference between me and the ones that get frustrated and quit is that I've been around long enough to know about heavy arrows and forgiving bow designs. I enjoy my shooting time. When I was trying to shoot light and fast, I always felt like I was beating my head on a brick wall. No wonder people aren't joining archery clubs and shooting as much as they did 15 years ago. Except for the hardcore speed addicts, nobody has any fun shooting (or trying to shoot)that kind of stuff. There is, or should be, more to shooting a bow and arrow than numbers and physics and chronographs.

Yes, the idea of heavy arrows is an old one. It's worked just fine, in hunting and warfare, for thousands of years. And light arrows do work if you get them going fast enough and if nothing goes wrong and if you have the inherent talent to shoot the buggers. Personally, I think the whole light arrow/speed thing falls into the category of trying to 'keep fixing it until it breaks'.

Edited by - Arthur P on 08/19/2002 08:05:18