Longbow Bowhunter

I've bowhuted for ..... gosh, 20 years now ? I've killed a lot of animals, elk, mule deer, whitetails. I've destroyed a lot of broadheads and I found one constant - a 2 blade broadhead will tip curl / bend if they strike something heavy/hard. I've bent/broken Magnus, Zwickey, Bear and quite a few others. The braodheads that DON'T tip curl at the Thunderhead type heads.

That said, a two blade WILL out penetrate because they have less surface area cutting - its an aerodynamic thing IMO. One blad slicing cuts deeper than two, both cut deeper than three and all of those cut seeper than four.

All things being equal in my opinion, a small diameter 3 blade broadhead like the G5 Strikers I used this year, ulta, ULTRA sharp and a cutting tip, will cut just as deeply as a big 2 blade broadhead that might not be quite as sharp.


I've killed one deer with my trad bow. 200 pound KS whitetail, 3 blade Thunderhead.

I've lost a couple of deer ...... and I shot a variety of other heads along the way.

Its my opinion, based on my personal experience, NOTHING beats an ultra sharp head, and very few bowhunters can sharpen a Zwickey or COI head like that as sharp as a factory Thunderhead of G5. So while a 2 blade Zwickey will penetrate better than a 3 blade Thunderhead, it might not if its not ultra, ultra sharp.

Again, my opinion only. My #1 problem is not shooting the animal low enough. my #2 problem is a 52# longbow IMO.

I can fix the #2 by going to a heavier bow. The #1 is MUCH harder to fix and I don't know how to do it. I'm at a loss ......... because my practice is hunt-like, from a treestand, odd positions etc. Maybe shoot 3D this year if I can ?Maybe try a pin ? I dunno ........ I really don't.