Hunting arrow point

An improved hunting arrow point, said point comprising, in combination:

• a) an elongated main body having a rear end and an opposite front end, said main body having a rear extension for releasably securing said point to the front end of a hunting arrow shaft, said main body defining a central longitudinal slot extending from adjacent said rear end to said front end;
• b) a hunting arrow point front tip releasably secured to said front end of said main body, said tip having a front nose bearing at least one flesh-penetrating sharp surface, said tip having a rear end and a strengthening and aligning member extending rearwardly from said rear end of said tip and into the front end of said slot to guide and support said main body;
• c) a plurality of blades, each said blade being elongated and generally flat with inner and outer sides and having at least one sharp cutting surface, said blades at about their rear ends being secured in said slot for rotation between a collapsed forward position wherein said blades abut said tip and an operative cutting position wherein said blades extend laterally and rearwardly of said main body for cutting the flesh of an animal pierced by said point, said blades having cutting surfaces abutting said tip in said collapsed position and extending on the leading edges of said blades when said blades are in said cutting position, said blades having laterally directed front pusher tips which engage the flesh of an animal during said piercing and cause said blades to rotate to said cutting position, said main body including stop means for preventing rearward collapse of said blades from said cutting position, said blades including detents which releasably secure said blades in said collapsed position until an animal is pierced by said point, said detents comprising protrusions extending from said blade sides adjacent the rear end thereof to engage at least one of 1) said blades and 2) the portions of said main body which define said slot.