5 Shot makes an excellent point. You don't know when the head broke. I shot a 900 lb. 5x5 elk 2 yrs. ago with a muzzy 4 blade - 90 grain. The broadhead was trashed after finding it in the elk - all blades gone with the tip broken off... I'm fairly sure the broadhead broke apart when the elk was sliding down the steep moutain side and not upon impact. Regardless the muzzy didn't do much better with more KE then it sounds like was used with the mechanical in this thread... The shot was very close, about 8 yards.

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CG, thank you for the information. As to what happend I don't have a clue, but that is one of the main reasons I don't recomend anyone use mechanical heads on animals larger than deer. The KE of the arrow was a factor for sure, but the heads should not have buckled under the pressure. Now one thing to keep in mind is that we really don't know when the head broke, before or after the elk fell on it? I think we all tend to asume that it happend prior to the elk falling, thus the poor penetration, but with a low KE level and an untuned bow could also be the problem. I don't know if your friends bow was tuned or not, and I know the tip can curl up on the snypers if you hit somting really hard that won't give any, like a rock( I had that happen after penetrating fully through a deer). Again I still really like the snypers but not for elk. They are not perfect, but better than most mechanicals. The Steel heads ferule is stronger, but the snypers blades are stronger. I would also suggest you send the head to Bruce Barrie and Barrie archery. I know he will want to take a look at the head, and will be intrested in your story.

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