ORIGINAL: quiksilver
ORIGINAL: KodiakArcher
You've got to be kidding right? Broadhead sharpness and KE have NOTHING to do with each other. I don't care how much KE you're shooting you need to be shooting the sharpest broadhead you can. Dull broadheads don't cut, they plow and they'll plow elastic veins and arteries right out of their way without cutting them. You need a sharp head to make a quick, humane kill, unless you're going for a head shot...[:'(]
Not kidding at all. Like I said - I smashed a muzzy practice head right through the boiler room on a broadside doe - dead in seconds. Dull broadheads have EVERYTHING to do with KE.
I've killed deer with heads as dull as a butter knife. When I was a kid, I was too broke to afford replacements, so we hunted with 'em until they were destroyed or lost. Good shots always did the job.
Not that scalpel-sharp blades won't help (they will) - but they're just another part of the equation, like everything else.
Pretty simple, really. Run a butterknife over your bare skin at 3 fps. Now run it over your skin at 250 fps. It'll rip right through the skin.
It's all about the speed and pressure behind it. If you have energy to burn, a dull blade won't make a lick of difference.
Sorry...this is just not what most would consider responsible hunting.Possibly the animal will die, but how quickly and how humanely? Our job as hunters is to insure, to the extent that we can, that the animal dies quickly and is recovered. Sharp blades cut blood vessels they come in contact with...dull blades can punch a hole but can also push blood vessels aside. Sharp blades are capable of leaving good blood trails. Sharp cuts cause excessive bleeding. Dull cuts tear and dull cuts clot easily. Sharp blades are therefor much more capable of quickly killing an animal...you can't recover something that lives long enough to get into the next county.This is not an argument for or against Montecs...it is basic commentary as to what the job/function of a broadhead is. To:
1. Fly accurately enough for proper shot placement
2.Be strong enough to hold together when impacting the target
3.Have the sharpeness to quickly and humanely dispatch the animal
All are equally important. Certainly the your Montecs have worked for you. Possibly they were sharper than you thought. There is no denying the NEED for as sharpa broadhead as you can shoot. We, as hunters, are charged with giving our game no less.