I agree, Im guessing due to velocity at impact a typical animal hit wouldnt cause them to expand quite as much. Ideally I would try for a 2-300 yard shot which should give adequate time for some of the velocity to bleed off. Im surprised the petals stayed in tact so well, Im not sure if that would have happened in a more solid test medium. Accuracy is near MOA with very little tweaking and recoil is very acceptable.