Rage Hypodermic broadhead vs. tree root

[GJgo]

Last week I went on my first archery hunt, and harvested my first archery game- a mule deer buck. No pictures, let's just call him a "meat buck". I was done hunting, drinking coffee & packing up my camper when he and his buddies decided to come mill around my camp & not leave before I finished the cup.

The day before had I had a shot on his daddy and over estimated the distance, rookie mistake, putting the arrow clean over his back. When I retrieved the shaft it had lodged squarely in a nice moist tree root. I cut it out to bring it home where I could remove it later, and once it was dry I split it open. Thought this was a cool picture- I've read where some people have concerns about the broadhead expanding if hard things are impacted. I think this pretty much answers the question for me. I only have my draw set at about 55 lbs. right now, and the impact was about 45-50 yds. from where I shot.

 

[Patocazador]

I'm surprised the blades didn't break off.
Was it a live tree?

 

[buck460XVR]

I've had many a broadhead survive that errant shot into a tree or stump, but generally the arrow shaft suffers.The old 2216 Easton's not so much, but the new Carbons generally shatter.

 

[MEHavey]

I gotta tell`ya folks...
These new broadhead designs give me nightmares.

 

[jmorris]

That reminds me, there is a broadhead inside a pecan tree, in the back yard of the house I grew up in.

 

[GJgo]

It was a live, exposed & moist tree root on the forest floor. The blades didn't even bend or dull! For comparison the one I shot the buck with the next morning did bend & dull.

The shaft is an Easton Full Metal Jacket, and the shaft still looks straight. We'll see how it flies. These seem to be pretty tough.