Originally posted by Lucidess:

What damage does Arrow do, Pierce.
What damage does a fully upgraded Wolf Fang Spear do? Lots of Pierce. (don't throw it)
They just lowered stamina drain on all weapons so this is probably more viable.
You have your answer.

Yeah, they borked up stamina with the H&H patch. They're still fixing it... perhaps the most recent patch finally repaired the damage they did in H&H.