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I'm a rookie hunter, so take or leave this advice. Last year, I shot a doe with a mechanical broadhead. Not much blood, never found the deer or the arrow, so I don't know how much damage there was. A vetran bow hunter gave me a little hunting "seminar", and basically swore up and down on steel force. He has hunted over 30 years, and said he has tried almost all the broadheads on the market, and still goes back to steel force. There durable, consistant, and the little bleeder blades make a huge difference by causing a big blood trail. He worked years as a state meat inspector, and these are also the first blades that he can't get sharper than they come from the factory.
Enough about his opinion, here are my experiences. I shoot the 100 grain, and the broadhead shoots about 8 inches high at 20 yards. Slight re-aiming of my bow for height, but the left/right was fine.
I shot a big doe a few weeks ago, and found her about 100 yards from where I shot her. There was a nice blood trail to follow (my first ever deer, so I'm a total rookie at tracking also). The broken arrow (she fell and rolled over when I shot her) was covered in blood. I never found the broadhead, but it went through both shoulders, both lungs, and the heart. There was still a perfect + shape in the heart where it passed through. For being a rookie hunter and seeing my success, I'm definately using them again, and again, and again,................. Sometimes you DO get what you pay for. I'll never use the $3 mechanicals again, they look like an old pop can after using steel force.
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