Sealesniper
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I would say one blade deployed when fired, or you hit something like a branch along the way, or your arrow deflected on impact. It happens. What I did not hear you say in your description was that you were able to watch the arrow flight. I do two things. I always use a lighted nock (where legal) and I set up my phone to video the shot. The video is very important. It lets you see impact, reaction, where the animal ran, what direction, if it was bleeding, and where your arrow went. I found one of my arrows (again from the Ravin) that deflected hard right exiting the rib cage. Arrow should have been in the line of shot 5-7 yards beyond where the does was standing. Instead it deflected hard right and buried in the grass. If I did not have the video I would have had to wait until that night to try to recover the bolt from a morning hunt. The nocks add cost, but they save that money in finding a bolt and more importantly allowing you to see arrow flight through impact. If you arrow had a deployed blade, or hit something, your nock would have been making screw thread movements in flight.
I have a Raven and a Parker. Raven shoots their expandable head and I have taken shots that looked great watching the lighted nock, but the arrow came out weird after impact. I have had one on a nice Illinois buck hit above the heart, but them came straight down out of his chest and stuck in the ground standing almost vertical. Buck was not recovered. Had an Illinois doe do the same. I should say that both were shot at 55 yards.
Now my Parker, I shoot Muzzy fixed. I have not lost a deer or bear with the muzzy. It powers through and cuts the whole way.
I keep saying I need to test the accuracy of the muzzy out of the Ravin and while writing this post, I have committed to do that.
I will say the deer and bear that have been hit by the expandable, and the arrow traveled as intended through the vitals without deflection, have been devastating. The expendables have also been deadly on turkey without fail.
I have a Raven and a Parker. Raven shoots their expandable head and I have taken shots that looked great watching the lighted nock, but the arrow came out weird after impact. I have had one on a nice Illinois buck hit above the heart, but them came straight down out of his chest and stuck in the ground standing almost vertical. Buck was not recovered. Had an Illinois doe do the same. I should say that both were shot at 55 yards.
Now my Parker, I shoot Muzzy fixed. I have not lost a deer or bear with the muzzy. It powers through and cuts the whole way.
I keep saying I need to test the accuracy of the muzzy out of the Ravin and while writing this post, I have committed to do that.
I will say the deer and bear that have been hit by the expandable, and the arrow traveled as intended through the vitals without deflection, have been devastating. The expendables have also been deadly on turkey without fail.
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because that all they're worth to me. I may limit my distance using a fixed broadhead, but again know your range and stay within it and use something that will give you entry/exit wounds.
