Great story and life time memories. Kids, daughters, neighbors, doing for others, sharing experiences, enjoying the outdoors - we need a lot more of this in our world for sure. Congrats on an excellent experience and the teachable moments, and passing on our great sport!!
I have and really like the MBG sites. Like you, my favorites are the fix pins. all of MBGs are bright and seem bomb proof. For what it's worth, you can go on S&S Archery's web site and build your custom 4 pin site with the color and pin size you desire. Pretty easy.
I have shot the 100 grain vented for several years now on whitetail, boars, and bear. All have preformed well when the arrow is in the right spot. Have recently been considering going to the 125's to up the FOC some. Sharpening has been well described in above posts.
Had this happen recently in a deer stand I left hanging over the gun season. The "new" user left my a nice note written on a tree limb about his success.
Have taken the VPA vented 100 gr 3 blade the past several elk hunts. No shots yet, but if they work anywhere close to how well they work on IL white tails, I should be fine. Never had a problem with pass throughs on bigger bodied deer, so anticipate good penetration on elk. If find a fault with...