I’m an equal opportunity impaler. I keep a mixed quiver. At any given Hunt I could have 5 different heads in the quiver. I’ve had great success with both fixed and mechanicals. On average fixed blade kills have shorter recovery’s where mechanical leave more blood on the ground. I’ve had many more what I like to call “white belly selfies” with fixed heads. That is where they crash in sight and able to get a pic with me and deer in it from the stand. While most of the deer I kill with mechanicals leave much more blood on the ground they tend to make it 100 yards or more. My theory is that the impact and energy transfer of a mechanical opening is more like a punch to the side and spooked them more and they are running on adrenaline. Where as a sharp fixed blade zips right through more like a bee sting and before they know what is wrong they tip over. In the end the results are the same and there is meat on the grill. Here in Georgia I’ve really liked the 2.3 rage extreme on deer here. A mature buck will weigh 200lbs and the average doe is 75-100. So penetration is not really and issue. They are real jumpy around here and most of the time they will be moving before the arrow gets to them. Can hold on the heart and could be a heart punch if they don’t move. Could be double lung if they drop or could be mid body (liver or gut) by the time the arrow gets there. They never back up so shoulder is not much of a worry. The 2.3 will open them up good and put a lot of blood on the ground. I have killed a bunch of deer here and in the Midwest and have used both mechanical and fixed with success. I like the Slick trick Mag, probably my favorite fixed, grim reaper 1 3/8” razor tip, rage hypodermic, old school Muzzy 100 grain, Magnus stinger, 2.3 rage, ram cat. If they will spin true and hit where the pin is they will work. Broadheads are a topic that can be discussed to the end of time and never have the “best” figured out. Kinda like Kenny Rodgers said every hand is a winner and every hand is a loser. A mechanical to the shoulder is a lose situation but a 2.3 inch gash through guts and they are bedded inside 150 yards and dead. A fixed might punch through shoulder but make for a hard tracking job through the guts. Each situation called for a best at the time but most of the time it is never the same head.
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so says the midgets of the world with 27 draws. 
