The Comprehensive Broadhead Selection Guide

[Stéphane]

I cannot tell you how frustrating it is look for a broadhead. Everyone has an opinion, yet some differ from others so much it is not even funny.

I think I am lucky enough to have friends who are successful bow hunters. 3 of them have actually been really successful this year, and none of them uses the same broadhead. Can you imagine my frustration in trying to get the right one for myself? I think that if the most successful bow hunters can tell us why they choose a particular broadhead, it might become a very useful thread. Please, don't put links about a certain point that goes 5 times through a steel barrels because I don't eat that. I don't eat gel either.

What I think I want is real results in the fields. Compound, traditional and crossbow.

IF possible, please copy the section below and fill it out. I think this will become very useful for novice bowhunters like me.

Bow Setup:
Successful Years of bowhunting:
Type of games killed:
Favourite broadhead:
Why?:
2nd choice(optional):
Why?:

NOTE: I wanted to put the broadheads' name in the survey, but only 10 choices available. You can choose more than one.

[keoke]

Bow Setup: Strother sx1 60lbs
Successful Years of bowhunting:0
Type of games killed: 0
Favourite broadhead: montec 100gr
Why?:Fail proof and proven
2nd choice(optional): Nap killzone 100gr
Why?: No O rings slip cam design

Hopefully in the spring I can give you an actual field review. lol

[Bowzone_Mikey]

Bow: Elite Answer(currently) All bows I have hunted with have shot my arrows faster than 280 fps (most better than 300 however) with the exception of 2 (mid 90s vintage PSE polaris express and 2001 model Martin Jaguar Magnum)
years: 12(ish)
Type: praire Muley,mountain muley, Whitetail, Moose, Elk, B bear
Fav Broadhead: Rocket Steelheads(mech) ... killed everything I have shot with them .. used them for 10 years .. pass thru on everything except wher I hit solid bone(spine or shoulder leg etc...) I used mechanical because where i started Bow hunting in southern Alberta ... its the windiest place in North America and was looking for as small as a cross section while in flight as I could get ... I usedskinny arrows, small vanes and as small as heads as I could find.
---- I have switched to the G5 brand of T3 mech heads in the last couple of years simply because i cant seem to find the steelheads locally with the Trocar tip and loving them.

2nd choice: Rocky Mountian Premiere (fixed blade)
tried tested and true by many of my friends ... I took my first 2 bow kills with this head (WT buck and Cow elk)... open blade design makes it not plane at all ... found however they whistle when traveling north of 300 FPS

[NovemberBravo]

How are the g5 T3s penetration wise on a lower speed bow. I am new to bow hunting so I am only using around a 50lb draw for the time being. How do you think they would penetrate?

My bow is a PSE stinger 3g

[BiG Boar]

Bow Setup: 70lb browning and 70lb PSE (both compound)
Successful Years of bowhunting: 3
Type of games killed: Elk, water buffalo, black tail deer, sheep, black bear
Favourite broadhead: G5 montec 100 -125gr
Why?: only one I have tried. Hasn't not worked yet.
2nd choice(optional): NA
Why?: NA

personally I don't really think broad head choice is crucial. Shot placement....is.

[000buck]

60lb apa mamba
1 yr
2 blacktail
rage mech cause i don't know shit about it.
very satisfied with a pass through length ways (slight right to left 1/4 away) and a double lung drop shot

[jrjonesy]

Bow Setup: Mathews Drenalin 70 lbs
Successful Years of bowhunting: 13 +
Type of games killed: Deer, Caribou
Favourite broadhead: G5 Montec
Why: Flies like my field points (killed 2 of my last 3 with these (the other was a RAGE, which also worked great)
2nd choice(optional): G5 Tekan II and 3
Why?: Fly great. Killed about 7 deer with these.
I've killed animals with quite a few different broadheads and haven't really found one I didn't like. I think the new ones are all really good. I'm a firm believer that most claimed broadhead failures are actually operator failures.

[J_T]

Traditional set up:
Bow Setup: Chek-mate Take Down Hunter 64lb
Successful Years of bowhunting: 18
Type of games killed: Bear, deer, elk,
Favourite broadhead: Journeyman two-blade
Why?: Super flight with the arrow
2nd choice(optional): Montec
Why?: Moved to the G5 Montec in the last couple of years. Looking for better penetration. 16 years with wood arrows (700 gr) 2 years with carbon arrows 640 gr total weight

Compound set up:
Bow Setup: Bowtech Fugitive
Successful Years of bowhunting: 2
Type of games killed: Deer
Favourite broadhead: G5 Montec
Why?: great arrow flight, dependable broadhead. Sturdy, durable
2nd choice(optional):
Why?:

[bugler]

Bow Setup: Hoyt Protec, 60lbs, 540gr arrow weight
Successful Years of bowhunting: 23
Type of games killed: Elk, Bear, Sheep, Cougar, WT and Mule Deer
Favourite broadhead: Magnus Stinger, 125gr
Why?:2 blade design gives best chance for deep penetration/pass through, hits with my field points
2nd choice(optional): Bear razorhead, 125 my old favorite but hard to come by.
Why?:

First you need to hit what you are aiming at. Second, your head must be razor sharp and designed to go as deep as possible for those times when you don't exactly hit what you are aiming at.

[Scotty-B]

Bow Setup: PSE EVO (2011 model) @ 70 lbs. This was an upgrade from a 21 year old Browning compound with wooden limbs set at 60 lbs that I had since new.
Successful Years of bowhunting: 23
Type of games killed: Elk, Black Bear, Moose, Deer (WT, M, BT), Grouse*, Rabbit*, Squirrel*
*(Judo Points, so I guess that doesn't count for this poll)
Favourite broadhead: Muzzy
Why?:Started with Muzzy on day one. Never lost a hit animal. Love the chisel tip for when I happen to hit bone. Fixed blades. I like the style of target blades for practice. Strong construction. Realistic price on replacement blades.