Elk with mechanicals

[Duckslayer89]

All I gotta say is I will never hunt with mechanicals again for elk. They may be fine for deer. Brother hit a doe at 30 yards broadside and didn't get a pass through, still killed the deer and recovered. Not meant for elk. I highly suggest thinking twice before using mechanicals. I know they fly great and everything but they just aren't as tough and most don't cut on contact

[tgomez]

Did you lose an elk you hit?

[DaveMonti]

I've never had a problem with them.  I've not shot an elk with one, but have killed plenty of deer with clean pass through shots.  There are plenty of stories out there and it's hard to determine if the "problems" are truly due to the broadheads. 
I'm glad you recovered the deer. 

[Duckslayer89]

Did you lose an elk you hit?

Perfect direct 60 yard broadside standing still shot. The kind you dream about shooting at the flat range. Saw the arrow directly behind the shoulder with pretty much the whole arrow sticking out. Didn't go in after her because I was worried about penetration and was hoping I got a lung and she would lay down that night. Followed blood for 150 yards the next morning and she never laid down. Pretty sure she's still alive and well. I've killed 4 elk with shuttle T's and always had pass through never wounded an elk before. My dad was super super bummed never seen him so excited and then let down. Anyways bad experience and I just don't think they are made for thick hair and hide. It was a perfect shot

#depressed.... Anyways worked our asses off in a wilderness unit just to get a shot and that happened we are done with mechanicals. I have 12 Ulmer edge broadheads I will give to anyone on this site for free with 3 rage cage broadhead cases

Will meet up and give away or trade for anything else you wanna give away

Seriously free or they go in the trash

[bowman]

You weren't by chance in the Colockum were you? I found a dead cow that was shot by an expandable.  It had been dead a couple days and the coyotes were all over it.

[JM]

I shot a bull maybe 4" high right behind the shoulder at 15 yds last year with a G5 montec and never found it. 3 days later I shot another bull in the exact same spot with a rage hypodermic and it barely made 50 yds down a steep hill.

I guess that both of my shots were within 14 yds, but I will never shoot a fixed blade head again if I don't have to.

Sorry about losing an animal. Never a good feeling

[shadowless_nite]

I shot a bull maybe 4" high right behind the shoulder at 15 yds last year with a G5 montec and never found it. 3 days later I shot another bull in the exact same spot with a rage hypodermic and it barely made 50 yds down a steep hill.

I guess that both of my shots were within 14 yds, but I will never shoot a fixed blade head again if I don't have to.

Sorry about losing an animal. Never a good feeling

I don't think your results had anything to do with "fixed blades" but more so the Montec g5, I know a guy in our group that has lost numerous elk using that same broadhead, He finally switched to mechanicals but has yet to have the chance with them on a elk since they were legal. General online reviews would agree on the montec's spotty performance over the years.

[kentrek]

G5 Montecs are way way to dull.....

I don't see any advantage to mechanicals....any good fixed blade will be absolutely devastating to anything you shoot

[Reidus]

With that little of penetration it seems like you'd have to hit some major bone. I killed a bull couple years ago with a rage hyperdermic. Perfect broadside at 35 yards hit a rib and didn't penetrate very well. Took a while for him to die. Maybe 10-12" of penetration.....i wasn't very impressed. Mechanicals can be devastating on animals with perfect shot placement. I try to stick to fixed blades now for elk.

If you put a montec through an elk and didn't kill it.......it wasn't the broadheads fault 

Maybe some elk are tougher than others....maybe sometimes your broadhead finds a path through the kill zone with less arteries and vessels.... i dont know  but their lungs are about the size of a beach ball and they aren't going far with any broadhead through both lungs.

[Hibbsr]

I have always been a slick trick standard 125 guy and still use them.  Last year I started using Grim Reaper Razortip 125s.  Last year shot a bear and a blacktail, both animals went less than 30 yards with massive blood trails.  "Not that they were needed" this year I shot a a really nice bull at 51 yards, he ran 10 yards a fell over dead.  Double lung complete pass through.  I will continue to shoot both until the Reapers fail me.  You gotta love the Tricks, they fly true and are also devastating.  Everyone has their own story and own experience, shoot with whatever you are confident in.  I have used every broadhead out there and my top head would be the Tricks.  I do like that the Reaper heads come in 125.

[Reidus]

Tough to beat the slick tricks for the money! I've  really been digging the qad exodus lately.

[ffbowhunter]

I agree with the guys talking about slick tricks. My bull made it 30-40 yards then dropped, the amount of blood coming out of him was impressive. I also didn't have to adjust anything on my sight like I usually did for my montecs.

[Bullseye108]

I shot a buck and a bull this year with grim reaper broadheads.  Both animals left huge blood trails.  Buck was at 53 yds and bull was at 51 yds.  Short easy track jobs. 

[MtnMuley]

I only use fixed blades for big game animals. Although I feel expandables are suitable for deer, I don't think they should be used for elk. With proper broadlead tuning, fixed blades preform like field points. I see no benefit in an expandable.

[Duckslayer89]

You weren't by chance in the Colockum were you? I found a dead cow that was shot by an expandable.  It had been dead a couple days and the coyotes were all over it.

No I was in 249 alpine unit backpacked in. Ya I guess everyone has their own opinions on broadheads but I don't think I hit a bone at all, possibly a rib bone but there is no way it was a shoulder shot or high in the backstrap/spine from where I saw the arrow. I hit a rib with my Shuttle T's on a bull and it sliced all the way through double lung and broke a rib on the way out. Complete pass through. I heard slick tricks were great, I loved my shuttle T's though and I already have 9 of them think Ima stick with them.

The design of this particular head makes it to where the beginning of the blade is covered up by these little dull pieces of metal that make the blades slip open. I'll post pictures. Honestly probably my fault for not really thinking hard how they open up but they fly so nice and group so well I was sold on them.