fixed blade or mechanicle broadheads?

[Dbl.throat_patch]

I sure appriciate all the valuble feed back you all have given me. A little history n myself, I started out bow hunting with my father when i was about 11. But once i turned 16 and got my drivers licence my brother and i spent most of our time duck hunting. Now I'm 28 years young and have a family of my own, and i'm getting backk into bow hunting. Last year was the first year i bow hunted seriously in about 10 years. Did ok harvested my first archery buck he nets 115 I'm petty proud it. also harvested a dandy muzzleloader buck. He gross scored 143, he doesn't net very well cause he has a lot of abnormals and some broken stuff he's still a trophy to me though. It's gonna be tough to top last years hunt this year. What the heck i'll give it my best try anyway. Don't give up!...Relentless pursuit!

 

[Ollie]

Try a Wensel Woodsman broadhead. They weigh 125 grains without inserts and are sharpen yourself broadheads. Look kind of like a Snuffer with a lower profile. Has a 3:1 ratio. Excellent penetration and flight characteristics. Not the easiest to sharpen but maintains a keen edge even after complete penetration.

 

[Bowdoc]

I would say that NAP puts the best edge on their BH's of ALL manufacturers IMO. I have used Thunderheads and they are a very good BH (extremely sharp). I personally don't shoot them anymore as I prefer the Magnus 2 blade and Muzzy 3 or 4 blade BH's. I actually like the 90gr 4 blade Muzzy quite well. These are my choices for conventional heads.

I must admit that I usually shoot Mech BH's and have done so for nearly ten years now. I have harvested Elk, Bear, Nilgai,WT & Mule deer, fox, turkey, Antelope, coyotes, and other small game with the mechanicals (over 60 animals to be sure). My preference is definately Mech BH's. My top picks are the Rocket Steelhead 125gr, the Spitfire (100 or 125gr); the Jak Hammer (1.5" cut diameter). There are other good ones, but I do not consider all Mech BH's good by any means. I don't consider all conventional ones good either.

You need to consider your setup and the game you are hunting. With that in mind, just make good choices. I shoot about 65# @ 30" draw and about 70+ ftlbs of KE so I'm pretty well covered for anything in the USA or CANADA. I've not experienced or even seen most of the problems people talk about concerning Mech BH's. I'm not saying they don't exist, but simply that the 'bad reports' are blown way out of proportion (generally) and often a Mech BH will get the blame for a poor shot or some other factor that went wrong.

In any case, if you wish to try Mech BH's I'd recommend you try the Steelhead 125 or the spitfire or Jak hammer (depending on your setup).

By the way, I very often got pass throughs on even the largest animals (elk, Nilgai & 400 # bear)

Jerry

 

[Vince Stefanski]

I'll put my dollar on fixed blade broadheads any day. If you are having problems with arrow flight it is probably because some thing in your setup is not correct. If have always used fixed blades with aluminum shafts and had good luck. When I wanted to go to carbons I couldn't get good arrow flight. I saw a device that a friend turned me onto. It's a broadhead tuning tool. You can spin your broadheads while they are on the shaft and make sure that they are straight. After checking my carbons I found that half my arrows the inserts where not glued in straight. I have sorted them out and was able to tune so that my broadhead fly the same as my field points and group about an inch below the field point at 20 yard. Also keep in mind, if you are hunting in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho mechanical broadheads are illegal.