Coho-
Your logic sounds good to me. I am a beginning archer (like you couldn't tell, right) and based my questions on info I read on pg 26 of the March 2003 issue of Bowhunter magazine in an article about finding wounded deer, by CJ Winand. If you check it out, he goes through several reasons why he thinks retractables are the key. However, like you, he said shot placement is the key to any broadhead. Thanks for the info. Brass