How did the mechanical broadheads do this year?

[gutsnthegrass]

With the season coming to a close, I was wondering how all the guys that changed to mechanical broadheads thought they performed.  Did they hold up, or let you down?  I was thinking about trying them this year, but was hesitant and stuck to my Shuttle T's.  I was concerned about their durability when used on elk, but I think deer would be fine.  I figured I would wait a year or two to see how well they do.  So, what do you guys that tried them think??

[elkoholic]

Killed my deer and elk this year shooting 125gr Hypodermics, both passed through's elk @52 and deer @30...

[bhawley76]

Got my bear with a Montec Havolon I don't think he went 10 yards, looked like I shot him with a Kbar.

[724wd]

Witnessed a failure of some sort with a Rage.  Deer was hit at 40 yards slightly quartering towards from a 70 pound draw bow.  Arrow penetrated less than 4 inches, deer ran over 200 yards bleeding very little.  The arrow appeared to have entered just behind the shoulder and stopped against the ribs when she ran past me at 20 yards.  We tracked her until the blood gave out around the 200 yard mark.  Very little blood at all.  did not recover the deer.

BUUUUT.... very similar scenario with a buck I shot with a fixed head this year and I never did find a drop of blood or cut hair, even at the impact site 30 yards away.  I saw the arrow in the deer as he ran away but there was NO blood and we were unable to recover the deer.   

my review?  mixed.  I'll probably continue to shoot fixed heads and my partner will likely continue with expandable.  Maybe next year we'll have more definitive results.

[sakoshooter]

Complete pass thru on my deer with a Grave Digger. Cut everything clean off the top of the heart. One of the best blood trails I've ever had.

[YoungGun9]

Used the grim reaper 1 3/8" on my 67lbs mathews no-cam and smacked my deer at 25yrds. Had great massive entry and exit holes, resulting in a continuous blood trail about 60 yards from the shot where he piled up in what felt like a minute. Was really nervous about the mechanical broad heads not opening properly but they worked great, fly great, and are very devastating. Ill for sure be shooting them again next season. Here is the entry hole side of the deer.

[elkrack]

The swackers worked well for me . As advertised

[actionshooter]

Mine work awesome......never left the quiver...

[blindluck]

My friend had a quiver full of swhacker when he was stopped by a warden who began to harass him saying you can't use these broad heads with barbs. What the heck.

[elkrack]

My friend had a quiver full of swhacker when he was stopped by a warden who began to harass him saying you can't use these broad heads with barbs. What the heck.

Barbs? Mine don't have barbs. If he didn't get a ticket it was probably fine

[RadSav]

Wouldn't matter with how they wrote the new rule.  Sounds like he must have been in Monroe/Duvall area.

[Lucky1]

I used a schwacker 2" head on the little spike blacktail I shot. It was a marginal shot/hit but it did kill him. I think the extra wide cutting blades helped. I will use them again next year.

[biggfish]

Didn't work too bad dropped my deer where it stood, but this is what I looks like now.

[LeviD1]

Shot a bear in September with a schwacker. Did a good job went about 60 yards, pass through. Then hit a real big buck at 24 yards just slightly forward on shoulder. Arrow went in like 4 inches and fell out. Jumped him 3 hours later and he took off with his doe like a bat out of hell. After that I switched back to my shuttle t's which have yet to ever let me down. Shot a little buck passthrough rib bone exit out opposite shoulder no problem. Ill stick with my shuttle t's from now on. I know theywould have went through that shoulder.

[sagewalker]

Witnessed a failure of some sort with a Rage.  Deer was hit at 40 yards slightly quartering towards from a 70 pound draw bow.  Arrow penetrated less than 4 inches, deer ran over 200 yards bleeding very little.  The arrow appeared to have entered just behind the shoulder and stopped against the ribs when she ran past me at 20 yards.  We tracked her until the blood gave out around the 200 yard mark.  Very little blood at all.  did not recover the deer.

BUUUUT.... very similar scenario with a buck I shot with a fixed head this year and I never did find a drop of blood or cut hair, even at the impact site 30 yards away.  I saw the arrow in the deer as he ran away but there was NO blood and we were unable to recover the deer.   

my review?  mixed.  I'll probably continue to shoot fixed heads and my partner will likely continue with expandable.  Maybe next year we'll have more definitive results.

I had this exact scenario but with a bear at 14 yards. Arrow went in behind the shoulder only penetrated a couple inches and bear took off with no blood trail at all. Never recovered the bear. Never shooting expendable's again, I don't know why I switched from my fixed blade Muzzy's.