ORIGINAL: HuntingEd
I know the Mech vs Fixed issue has been beat to death here... but here is mydilema.
I love Rky Mnt Snypers (mech). I've killed two antelope and a deer with them, and none of the animals went more than 30 yrds. I will continue to use these heads for deer... Its my opinion that I'd rather increase my accuracy chances and I like the design of them opposed to the flip back type. Besides, Im pumping about 65-66 ft-lbs of KE so im not to worried bout the KE loss of opening.
BUT. I have a bear on our property on my cuddeback that we estimatecould be over400lbs. Ive heard of many guys killin bear w/ mechs.. but for this case (bear hunting)im choosing to put as much KE into cutting as possible.
So now comes the question... I need to choose btwn Magnus stingers (bleeder blades) and Muzzy 3 blade. Assuming i can get both to shoot equally accurate outta my setup which should choose?
Basically I just want opinions of both heads. I've had a Muzzy not punch all the way through a deer shoulder blade at 5 yrds (65lb Mathews Q2 @ 245fps), and ive also killed 3 deer w/ muzzy at a max of 35 yrds... So im torn... I like the cut on contact of the magnus and I tested them last year and they are very tough head. So any opinions will be appreciated.
The snyper you are using would be fine for the bear or you can check out the Rage broadhead site at
www.ragebroadheads.com. They have some bear pictures that were taken this year on there. It's the same design as the snyper bur a bigger cutting diameter.