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<blockquote data-quote="SpencerSS" data-source="post: 509349" data-attributes="member: 32793"><p>By marginal, I was refering to mechanical advantage and durability. My coworkers and I have begun feild testing modern BHs. We are a few years from releasing results, but I can tell you that Modern designs are lacking in both of the aformentioned catagories. </p><p> </p><p> The BHs are mostly inefficient and brittle (and if they break, they don't work to good). </p><p> </p><p>The reason they work is modern bows <strong>are</strong> very efficient, most bowhunters are persuing whitetail deer (soft target), and have low expectations (They feel that if certain shots are made, its a bad shot, and there's nothing they could have done, or no arrow/broadhead that would have worked). With proper equipment, there is no bone in a whitetails body that should stop an arrow; so bad hits are mitigated (can't help gut shots, leg hits, or ones that miss vital organs and blood vessels). </p><p> </p><p>National stats have it at more than 50% of all deer hit, are lost. That could be helped alot by changing arrow components.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is what can be done, with the right stuff. Obviously, you don't have to go this heavy and what not for smaller animals, but the concepts are still valid.</p><p>[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iy6uPyQU0U]YouTube - elephant penetration2&rlm;[/ame]</p><p> </p><p>Again, I refer to Dr. Ashby:</p><p><a href="http://www.alaskabowhunting.com/PR/Ashby_Ultimate_Hunting_Arrows.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.alaskabowhunting.com/PR/Ashby_Ultimate_Hunting_Arrows.pdf</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpencerSS, post: 509349, member: 32793"] By marginal, I was refering to mechanical advantage and durability. My coworkers and I have begun feild testing modern BHs. We are a few years from releasing results, but I can tell you that Modern designs are lacking in both of the aformentioned catagories. The BHs are mostly inefficient and brittle (and if they break, they don't work to good). The reason they work is modern bows [B]are[/B] very efficient, most bowhunters are persuing whitetail deer (soft target), and have low expectations (They feel that if certain shots are made, its a bad shot, and there's nothing they could have done, or no arrow/broadhead that would have worked). With proper equipment, there is no bone in a whitetails body that should stop an arrow; so bad hits are mitigated (can't help gut shots, leg hits, or ones that miss vital organs and blood vessels). National stats have it at more than 50% of all deer hit, are lost. That could be helped alot by changing arrow components. This is what can be done, with the right stuff. Obviously, you don't have to go this heavy and what not for smaller animals, but the concepts are still valid. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iy6uPyQU0U]YouTube - elephant penetration2‏[/ame] Again, I refer to Dr. Ashby: [URL]http://www.alaskabowhunting.com/PR/Ashby_Ultimate_Hunting_Arrows.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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