Broadheads for Hunting

[BlacktailStalker]

I agree with Kirby.
To each their own but I am no longer a fan of mechanicals after last year, I too had a bad experience with spitfires.
Rocky Mountain Titaniums this year.

[Wildfoot]

just got a pack of montec 100's. so far im impressed. thick blades, super easy to sharpen, and one piece of metal!

[jessbennett]

well personally kirby, i know my way around a bow fairly well. im confident in my ability to tune a bow. i have my bow set up with fixed blades right now as we speak. but for the majority i prefer mechanicals. just the way it is. as far as im concerned you get a good quality broadhead fixed or mechanical, your going to get the job done. spitfires has a piss poor design as their blades are way to far forward in the closed position and on steep angle or quartering shots those blade ends can cause a kickout or tailwhiping action of your arrow. they work great on broadside shots though. seen some killer b-side shots with them. but who gets perfect broadside shots everytime.???


but..... to each thier own. you like fixed?? great shoot em!!!1 i like fixed and mechanicals..... i'm gonna use both...

anyways good luck on this season.... kootenay bound in 4 days........
elk videos are like watching porn...... lol

[Kirby]

but who gets perfect broadside shots everytime.???

And that right there is why I stay away from mechs But as you said to each their own. I am sure there are some great mechs out there, but chances are you won't find me flinging them... personal prefence

Good luck in the koots, one of these years I'll put off mulies and go down there.

Kirby

[Bowzone_Mikey]

Kirby the reason I shoot mechanicals is that to get a fixed BH tuned properly you pretty much gotta use larger than 3" Vanes .... Now coming from where I come from ... The windyest place in North America ...South Alberta and Crownest pass area One wants as small profile as possible otherwise drift and planing becomes more a factor. With my Mechs I can use 1.5" vanes to give a smaller inflight profile therfore being more accurate (not having to as much wind drift) and thus being more confident in the shot ....

Now those that have had Mechs skip out ... Probally the same result would have ensued with a fixed head ...because each shot if differant there are never 2 shots identical ..... so one cant say that a fixed head woulda done the job

[yote]

We had a grim reaper head fail us last year. I was perplexed as I liked the design and wondered why. My brother in law had a perfect broadside on a cow elk from 20 yards and the arrow made a complete passthrough. When we found the arrow, the mechanical never opened up. good thing it was a good shot becuase it was a hands and knees tracking job till we found her dead at 150yrds. My take on it was that the little bleeder blades line up with the blades that open up. I feel they cut a wound channel ahead of the other blades so they never got the pressure needed to open up. That's all I could think of, I was right there watching and it was a picture perfect broadside shot.

That doesn't mean we won't hunt mechanicals again, in fact this year we'll be using the Tekan II's because they have a good rep. so far and I really like the design, bleeders do not line up with the opening blades.

Out of this experience we learned how important a good shot really is, that mature cow fell to a would chanel no thicker than the closed mechanical and only went 150 yrds.

Leaving next Thursday after work to do it all over again...we hope.

Good luck folks.

[Ddog]

i am very surprised at a few peoples responses on mechanical broadheads.
i am a bowhunter, i have no problems tuning a bow to a broadhead, i use mechanicals, SPITFIRE XP to be exact, and before the XP'S came out SPITFIRE and in my opinion they are simply the best. never had one fail after 40 big game animals down with these broadheads including elk,deer bear and every small game in there aswell do you think i will ever change?
people who comment on mechanicals without actually trying them in the field are as ignorant as they come.
On all the animals i have put down with these broadheads i can not remember one that wasn't a pass through, including an elk at 20yards right through the shoulder blade and out the other side.
I was shooting a Martin Fury set at 62lbs, now i shoot a Hoyt Magnatec set at 68 lbs.

[diggerpax]

Lets face it, if you land a well placed shot with a pointy rock, it's going to be lethal. My biggest concern with mechanicals is that shot that doesn't land exactly on mark- jumping the string, nerves, whatever the cause. The risk of the mechanical not locking-out is considerable- then the blade is no longer cutting as the animal runs away. The blades may open, but when the animal moves, they can then close. I've taken 81 big game animals with a bow, my name is in the book many times, and I have used more BH than I can count, including mechanicals. I think if all your shots are 20 yards broadside then use your whisker biscuit and mechanicals. For those of us that consider bowhunting more than hobby, fill half a dozen tags every year, and are killing out past 60 yards- mechanicals are not likely to be found in our quivers. When I go on a serious hunt, I always revert back to a muzzy. They may take more effort to tune, but I'll be damned if I've ever heard of one failing.

[Will]

Lets face it, if you land a well placed shot with a pointy rock, it's going to be lethal. My biggest concern with mechanicals is that shot that doesn't land exactly on mark- jumping the string, nerves, whatever the cause. The risk of the mechanical not locking-out is considerable- then the blade is no longer cutting as the animal runs away. The blades may open, but when the animal moves, they can then close. I've taken 81 big game animals with a bow, my name is in the book many times, and I have used more BH than I can count, including mechanicals. I think if all your shots are 20 yards broadside then use your whisker biscuit and mechanicals. For those of us that consider bowhunting more than hobby, fill half a dozen tags every year, and are killing out past 60 yards- mechanicals are not likely to be found in our quivers. When I go on a serious hunt, I always revert back to a muzzy. They may take more effort to tune, but I'll be damned if I've ever heard of one failing.

Well that kinda ended this thread didn't it.......

[bc sportsman]

I use NAP Crossfires. Fixed three blade that free spins...shoots with little need to fine tune after sighting in with field points. Worked great this season on a fine whitetail.