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Don't take this the wrong way. Only trying to help. Your 3 years vs my 43 years. Your 5 deer with a bow vs my 100+ deer w/ a bow AND if I'm being truthful also TOO many lost deer. I have screwed up a bunch over the years. but I also have learned a few things. It's how we get to be better hunters. Anyway, 4 out of the 5 deer you've shot were alert by your admission. Where are you holding on alert deer? On the ones that you killed, where did you hit? I bet mid-body to high, On alert deer, it doesn't matter what speed your arrow is flying at. You HAVE to aim low. It is physically impossible to outrun the speed of sound w/ an arrow. SoS is roughly 1100 fps. Any speed increase you get is only marginal in terms of time to target. Your lighter arrow will only get there milli secs before the heavier arrow will. They duck because they are surprised. The quieter your arrows, the less jumping the string. The quieter the bow, the less jumping the string. Your "lighter" arrows are not the reason you killed those 2 deer w/ your previous setup. You may have passed thru 2 deer like butter but 2 deer is not a large enough sample size to say your "lighter" arrows are the "bee's knees" of set ups. Eventually you will hit bone. When you do, I promise you that day could be a bad day. Been there, done that. It it's even worse when it's big buck. Ask me how I know! The ONLY way that I know to prevent that bad day is to follow Ashby's principles. Your "older" bow is probably WAY faster than my Dad's Jenning's Model T. He lobbed them in there at a whopping 165-175 fps w/ 550 gr XX75's tipped w/ Bear Razorheads. They NEVER ducked. His bow was whisper quiet. This was back in the early 80's. He also didn't have penetration issues. Back then we didn't Have Ashby or the the Ranch Fairy or the Internet. You learned by doing it and screwing up. The old timers knew what worked and passed it on to the new guys coming up. It's only when I strayed away from what they taught me that I found out they were right all along. Heavy arrows tipped w/ non vented 2 blades give you blood trails that lead to dead deer. Now I'm that old guy w/ a white beard and I'm passing it on to you.With a bow yes, I only picked up archery hunting 3 years ago, I’ve been hunting longer and shooting bows for 15. there are other reasons for my switch but I’m not diving into all that, I’ve had zero issues with pass through a with my “lighter” arrows. I’ll use the heavier ones for my faster bow. But my older now draws and shoots like butter, hard to beat while hunting.