I have shot broadheads that cost $20 a piece. I found myself passing up shots on other huntable animals like coyotes, racoons, etc., because of not wanting to damage a high dollar broadhead. Also, you can have a lot of money tied up in a single arrow system. Statistics show that an arrow that passes entirely thru an animal has a much better chance of an improved blood trail (entrance and exit holes) a higher chance of lethality (longer wound channel) , AND a greater probability of getting your arrow system back INTACT. A super tough broadhead capable of going thru bone AND having the integrity to survive ground impact without curling, bending, or warping is required. Many mechanicals, and replaceable blade broadheads are pretty much a one shot wonder. This Chinese Ozcut knock off broadhead, at an insanely low price, fits the bill in every category, including super accurate flight, steel barrel tough, and the ability to survive animal impacts to be hunted with over and over.
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So this is the aero system I killed the doe with.
It blew through the doe, cut ribs on both sides, and stuck in the ground five and a
half inches.
Still got the dirt on it.
I'd say it's not a good comparison after it blows through a deer and goes five inches
in the ground.
Yeah, it's still got a little bit of cut to it.
Yep.
Cuts about a quarter inch, but it did great.
I think it's about 515 grains, something like that.
Of course it's got dirt on it, it's probably going to wet a little bit more.
FLC is about 19%, I guess it's 522, but once I get the dirt off there.
So that's lighted knock, 2117, 19 inch, feather fletching, it's got a 44 grain weighted insert
behind the aluminum insert, and then this weighs about 145 to 150 grains.
A stainless steel Oscut rip off, or knock off, from China.
So I'm going to wash it off.
I pulled the lighted knock out.
This is my nocturnal knock, it's got some JB Weld on it to make the anti-dry fire go
off, but I don't want to submerge it, clean this aero up, and may get a refund out of
it.
I like aero refunds.
Pass-throughs have a lot of pluses, usually a better blood trail, pass-throughs tend to
be a lot more lethal shot because of a longer wound channel, and if they stay in the deer,
they tend to get broken off and messed up.
So let's see how we can get this cleaned up, get all the blood and dirt and stuff off of
it.
Sometimes when they go through a deer, they get twisted and torqued, they may kiss off
of a bone, or it goes in the ground and then the deer kicks it while it's sticking in the
ground and that can bend it.
But I kind of look at an aero shaft as being expendable, but what I do want back is my
broadhead and my lighted nock, because some broadheads are $15 or $20 a piece, this one's
not, but you're looking at a $10 lighted nock, and if the shaft survives great, if it doesn't
and I get my broadhead and my nock back, I'm happy.
But I'm thinking I have an aero refund.
Yeah, spins great.
It will move on to harvest another deer another day.
Alright, I cleaned it off.
So it went through a deer, cut ribs both sides, and went in the ground 5 1⁄2 inches.
Stainless steel, not horrible, cuts about a 1⁄4 inch.
It could hit rocks, gravel, who knows, really not a fair comparison, but it certainly blew
through the deer.
It ran about 75 yards and down it went.
Alright, sharpened it a little bit, that side's pretty good.
Yeah, they're both good.
Alright, I just had it turn funny.
Thumbnail catch all the way back.
Once you rinse your feathers, always stand your feathers up so they can dry.
Stand it up, get the blood off of them, and then once they dry, they will link back up.
Okay, there you go.
See what it weighs now, 516, but that's a good weight.
You start getting above 500, penetration starts really improving.
You sacrifice a little speed and get way better penetration, especially on heavy bone strikes.
There you go.
