Broadheads

[bearbait]

O.K.  What's your favorite broadhead?   

[Ironhead]

 Wac Em's are my personal favorite, replacable blades and fly like darts.

[PolarBear]

100 gr. Thunderheads.   I've used them for many years and on many critters have yet to have a problem with them.

[boneaddict]

I use Satellite 125's with the compound, and Magnus stinger two blades with the trad bow.

[mibowman]

 Do you use different ones for different game such as for deer or turkey etc. Edges sharpeded, some say one edge sharpened broadhead will penetrate through bone better by splitting the bone vs. both edges sharpened. I have to do some field work on that to see what I come up with.
               For Deer I use Lightning 4 Broadheads 11/32" & Lightning 4 Ripper's for Turkey, I would guess no one uses these yet.
             See you sept.
                 Regards, Bill   

[boneaddict]

I don't.  Moose, deer, turkeys, they all die the same.  As for sharpness.  I want both edges perfectly sharp.  Big game like elk and moose, if you hit bone, other than a rib, you're screwed and I just don't think it will matter.

[Choclab]

I shoot SlickTricks   :tup:They have performed well for me. I am going to try the Wac'ems one of these days.

[mibowman]

 Lightning 4 Ripper

[Choclab]

It is unlawful to hunt with a broadhead blade unless the broadhead is unbarbed and completely closed to the back end of the blade or blades by a smooth, unbroken surface starting at maximum blade width forming a smooth line toward the feather end of the shaft and such line does not angle toward the point.

I might be reading the regs wrong, but that broadhead doesn't seem to be in compliance....If I am wrong please correct me

[mibowman]

Its all about the trailing edge of a broadhead that the law is made for.  The shoulder of the blades are closed and would not hamper an animal from pulling the arrow out of a wound if it wasn't a kill shot. And the notches would act the same.  (thats if someone would use this on large game, I wouldn't)

The notches cut the other way are to slow down penetration which would make it hit harder on small game like turkey.

   

[Choclab]

I wasn't sure. I would hate to hear of you getting a ticket or something. Did't mean to put you on the spot....no harm ment. 

[boneaddict]

I was thinking, there is no way that I would want to use that on big game as it would slow penetration.  I'm glad my thought process was accurate.  Sure would kill a turkey.

[mibowman]

choclab.....I didn't take your responce as neg. I like input in any form. I just starting out making Broadheads and I have a few ideas that I think will make some good working heads. Some guy's here in Michigan like a heavy two blade broadhead. so I'm working on another die for that to cut a .050"  bld. and another one with just a bleeder bld. added to the main bld.(100gr.) I also make the head shown without the notches at 118gr. in almost 8 in. of bld. cutting that really opens up a hole.
                              Do you guy's get alot of long shots out there, where speed is a good thing. Most of my shooting here is up to 30 yds. but more at 15yds
                                            Thanks, Bill

[sisu]

Pacyew set me up with two blade broad head arrows for my Thunderbird Recurve that are considered heavy by some standards. But like I told Jay, I like big bore guns with a heavy slug, so heavy arrows are a plus with me because they have lots of momentum on a short shot to go through bone, cartilage, organs, etc.
I shot a deer in 2005, farther than I wanted to (27 yards), where the arrow described above entered the left side slicing ribs, lung(s), diaphragm, and blew through the scapula and hide on the right side. All that damage with a 55 pound recurve.

[Ironhead]

mibowman, I Elk and Deer hunt in different areas but the shots on Elk avg. 30 yds and Deer around 40. I have better luck getting close to the Elk than the Deer. Last years muley was 53 yds broadside and dead calm one of the longer shots I have taken but I was very confident and the buck never new I was there. I only shoot 100 grain heads but they fly great and I have had no recovery problems. I am shooting 268 fps with a total weight of 421 gr behind a 29 inch draw and 70 lbs.