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Is this an ethical point to hunt deer?

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sleek:
I really do need to get better at thinning these things though.

half eye:
sleek,
    Seems every time I throw in my two cents....it gets real ugly real quick. Here are photos of the ones I use, they are patterned and sized from actual artifacts of this area. They dont seem any smaller than your example. I've killed several deer with them, one arrow each, and no long trails. The DNR Regional Commander said they are perfectly legal as well.
    The last 2 pictures are artifacts from a dig in OHIO and they are smaller than mine or yours.
I dont consider myself unethical, and would not use them if I thought that they were.....but the final decision is yours to make....get close, shoot well, the head will kill cleanly.
rich

sleek:
Rich, i am always happy to hear ypur opinion. Thanks for the pics. I wish i could nap like you. Those are some amazing looking points.

aaron:
Sleek, keep in mind that if the stem on the green one is narrower than the shaft, any sinew wrapping will not grab the point. Mine are shaped pretty close to that, but with a stem that is a tiny bit wider than the arrow shaft. How do they fly and how does their weight compare to the field points you use?

half eye:
Sleek,
    The knapping is done by Dan Hamblin (UTAH)...I am lucky enough to be his friend and he knapps them to my specs ( we call them girly points)....Dan is a member here. I also like my heads to be flint/chert and not obsidian, also they are "well ridged" meaning they are not super thin as I believe the point is better supported AND the thicker head "pulls the hide/meat" into the cutting edge and will make the wound bigger than the head is wide.
    I posted a deer kill using a 42" and 42# bow that was gifted me....shot that big doe clean through using a girly point.
rich

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