Seconded. I don't know what more you can ask for than a 1.25" cut 3 blade for blood trails. Maybe a vented Contact Archery VBS with the bigger bleeder. But those scream downrange so everything is a tradeoff.Exodus is imo the best replaceable blade head there is. Really only iron wills can claim to be better in any way (materials).
If you want to put animals down faster, and probably get more blood, you need a bigger hole. And that means you need a mech.
Some years ago I tried the 1.5" fixed blade cut G5 Strikers. They flew amazingly well at least to 60. But I never used them on game because of the blade angle (to get them to 1.5") and large vents in them. Very thin front edge with the vent just behind it. I broke some blades shooting through plywood, figured even a rib could easily break them.Once you go bigger cut than 1.25" things start getting western. Especially at western ranges.
I think it's just some animals take a while.
If you want to put animals down faster, and probably get more blood, you need a bigger hole. And that means you need a mech.
Agree with the above. You're not going to gain something without losing something(bigger head=more cut, but less pen and accuracy)Once you go bigger cut than 1.25" things start getting western. Especially at western ranges. So if you want to go bigger I'd also go mechanical. Then you start down the rabbit hole of mech's and the tradeoffs there.
Everything is a balance. No free lunch in the archery world.
How long did it take? How far did it go?I didn't like how long it took.