Do you think the equipment you used in KS last year was the best equipment for the job in the situations you might encounter while hunting whitetails....???
-strong winds
-nervous/rutting deer
-If your follow through wasn't perfect
-hitting low in the front shoulder
Isn't 8" of penetration 1" behind the front shoulder is better than pass through in the guts...???
honest answer no - the "best" equipment is this years best bows on the market that just came out .... and $35 each broadheads, and I imagine there are $150 rests and $200 sights that might make a bit better shot for most people.
I didn't have that last year, most people don't. Would have having a 40 fps faster bow have helped last year on my KS shot? Yes - I think it probably would have as the buck reacted very fast at the shot and ducked and turned. I think back to other bucks I've killed .... well I haven't compound hunted much in the previous years, but the recurve bucks were close, not far shots. That buck last year was the longest shot I've ever taken at a whitetail.
I can see the advantage on shooting fast with antelope for sure especially spot and stalk.
Thanks to a couple of great people, I do have an awesome Xplorer bow now, and it performed very well on that doe, as did the Rage head. I found no fault in the setup at all but with the shot I made, I think just about any head and arrow combo would have worked as long as it flew great. It was a good shot - and like I posted back then, there IS a difference in the quietness of bows .... I believe that doe with my old Drenalin would have jumped the string a bit ... with the Xplorer did not.
I'd still like 500 grains total weight
How about this comparison .......... a .223 vs a 300 win mag.
What happens when there is a shot and a bad hit with that .223 and its a sold shoulder hit? The .300 win mag will give a better chance of recovering on a solid shoulder hit, right?
Now that won't happen often (bad hit) ..... but it DOES happen, and it gives validity to shooting a smaller caliber bullet vs a big bore one. Some people love small caliber, light and fast. Nobody PLANS a bad hit with the .223 ..... but it does happen.
Light and fast works when hits are great. When hits are not great, then what?
This OP was talking about why the tv shows had such bad penetration - the answer is mechanical heads. Yes, I think they probably were 60-65# draws and light arrows but screw in a Zwickey with same setup and they'll get way more penetration and the holes will be similar as will the kills. Takes more tuning if they're shooting super fast though, no doubt