That's gotta be it. I'll try them again and see if the results are the same. I really like the way the heads are built, and in this setup they fly incredibly well to very long distances but I was shocked to see no blood at all.
Unfortunately for me I need a larger sample size to trust them or not. I bought into them from recommendations of good flight and durability and on those regards I am more than happy. Thst head went through the deer and was in the dirt and still came back sharp, butI hadn't heard much about their ability to put blood on the ground. I'd assume they should be good based on size, but I've seen some heads regardless of cut sizd just do something special when it comes to blood letting potential. I think the shape of the hole might come into play, as well as the ability of the broadhead to stay sharp enough to cut rather than push through the exit side.
My last deer with an exodus died in 3 steps WT doe at exactly 60 yards hit behind the shoulder dead center hight and 1.5" back from the crease she didn't live long enough to bleed outside the body cavity. I shot a bull elk a couple of years ago with the same exodus dead center double lung from 32 yards. He went about 30 yards and died on his feet. He didn't bleed for the first 15 yards but after that it looked like it was poured out of a pitcher right to where he laid. Hit a nice WT buck year before last a bit high from a tree stand think upper third slight quartering to. The arrow came out low and about 12" behind the offside. He ran about 180 yards and laid down in some CRP. Blood was ok quarter size drops every 5-6 ft from the point of impact to where he was down. The exodus is designed to penetrate and pass through so you have 2 holes and as long as the shot is vital they won't last long. If you hit shoulder or maybe body long ways with a low poundage or low FOC and it didn't exit there will be very little blood. Also if the hit is high the body cavity has to fill up before there will be any blood trail. I called in a bull for a friend that shot it from 15 yards with a grim reaper with a 2" cut and his shot was downhill and he draws 55 lbs with his bow. It hit in the lower third right behind the leg crease, but at the angle went in under the heart and lodged in the sternum and ribs at the base of the chest. It did get 1 lung really low and the arrow stayed in. That bull bled 3 drops and went for over 2 miles. It took us 5 days to recover it and we couldn't salvage the meat due to warm temps and time. Simply it's all about shot placement.
Thanks for your input. Worried I invested in 3 packs of broadheads that don't do what I need them to do, so I thought I'd ask other people what their experience was before I commit to using them fully.
3 blade or 4 striker? I really liked the performance of the 3 on all the deer I shot with them but the 4s seems to not be as durable as the 3s for some reason
Totally get it, I try not to ever base my opinions off a sample size of one just in case it's a fluke.
Sharpest blades out of the box by far, love those. I shot a doe way low because she didn't even flinch at the shot and then just trotted off without tail-flagging. I thought for sure it was a miss in the low light since it made zero impact noise and I could see the lighted nock still flying like a dart past the doe into the ground. Walked over to grab my arrow and it looked like a massacre. Easiest track job I've ever experienced.
They are so sharp... I have a scar from taking one out of a pack!
I disagree. My experience has shown that some produce markedly different hole shapes and sizes even though they're still a 3 blade head. Tip design, blade thickness and angle as well ferrule design is what I would imagine creates the differences.
Good luck in your search, but I assure you that the bigger variable is what you're cutting on the inside and where the entry/exit hole is. Shoulders have multiple layers of overlapping muscles that can clog up external blood loss while they run. I've seen plenty of examples of it, but never on a hard quartering away shot that goes behind one shoulder and out the front of the other, those are always easy blood trails in my experience. Deer are an inconsistent medium for testing, so don't base your opinion of a company on one underwhelming variable of an experience where the Broadhead still dd its job effectively.
I do love me some quartering away shots, seems that deer dont ever give me them though. Its like they know....
