Before I got serious about my "trad journey", I used nothing but Montecs with the compound with about 12% FOC. From my experience: Killed probably 20 deer total and the longest blood trail was about 80 yards from hit site to downed deer. All were chest shots contacting rib bones, except one shot through the scapula, high angle close to the tree-deer. Saw a bit of tip curl on one deer and killed multiple deer with the same head. Can't comment on heavy bone hits but ALL shots were pass throughs with good to great blood trails. Sharpening: seemed hard to get them as sharp as I now get my Tuffheads but I used to be alot more "sharpening challenged". The flat stone sharpening seen on G5's website does work well. If I went back compound (Ya! like THAT's going to happen!) I would go back to the Montecs.