by tuthdoc on Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:44 am
FYI, I'm shooting 58 lbs, 29.5 inch draw, shooting 370 grain arrows at 290 fps out of an 05 Allegiance. The only thing that stops the things are opposite shoulders. My first axis had the arrow blow through him, hit the ground (it's rocky in the Texas hill country), shoot into the air about 20 feet and come to rest about 15 yards behind the deer. When watching my video, I could see the arrow's exit path) My second axis and my brother's axis had the head imbedded so far into the oppostie shoulder that we couldn't get the head out until we quartered him and cut it out. One was the 2 blade in the axis in my pic and the other was the 3 blade in my brothers deer. Penetration for most modern compounds at reasonable poundage is worried about way too much for deer sized game.
They could probably make a 125 grain head, but I doubt it would see as well and I don't think 25 grains makes that big a difference on a head. Why slow one down without a decernable benefit.
Only problem I have with the heads is carrying them. Poking them into foam will open them. Those with a bow quiver and two contact points for an arrow probably won't have a problem. With one contact point and the head in foam, you're going to eventually pull out an open head. If you don't notice it, it could be a problem.