Another fun topic as always. How’d I miss this?

I think it’s all relative really, and I see what Navy is getting at, and I agree. In deer sized game with sufficient energy anything will work. For lower poundage setups, short draw lengths, etc your best bet is a cut to the tip head.

I also think more folks should worry about tune, accuracy, shot placement and angles, and what kind of energy they are putting out. If you are not getting pass-throughs on deer sized game (and not contacting major bone) with modern replaceable blade heads, you have a problem somewhere.


That said, I’ve used a few different Cut to the tip heads and I don’t anymore, for several reasons

1) most models plane at the speeds I shoot even w/ big helical feathers
2) weight variance can be atrocious on some, especially after re-sharpening
3) Some designs do very poorly on shoulder or other hard bone hits and “curl”
4) I have a hard time sharpening a pencil.
5) I prefer a 3 blade over a two or four blade design

I wouldn’t mind trying the G5 Montecs, as they seem to offer the best of all worlds. Flight is great at higher speeds, stout design w/ little chance of curling, 3 blades etc. But I shoot a pretty hot set-up and I like the wider cuts of mechanicals, and they work for me. That’s not to say if I had a mechanical broadhead related mishap I wouldn’t consider something else, just that for hunting whitetails IME, I don’t see any need to change.

Now, for larger game, I’d certainly go back to a Wasp Bullet or SST/ Muzzy, the G5’s etc.

Dr. Ashby’s report is a good one and there is plenty of food for thought in it. I haven’t read it in years, but it is interesting reading regardless of whether you agree or disagree with his methodology.

And Arthur….C’mon..let’s look at both sides of the coin here ..OF COURSE the SteelForce did better in their own video test. Just like NAP’s do better in theirs, Rockets in theirs, WASP in theirs, etc. Geez…are you falling for that stuff like you did w/ the carbon arrow ads? Yeeesh....I thought you were wizened and experienced! That wasn' t a foam block, that was a CINDERBLOCK!..couldn' t you see it?

Seriously, that’s why I like 5 shots reports. Independent testing, and while not based on shooting game, I feel they give a good indicator for actual field experience (and as far as a few of the heads he has tested goes, I would concur w/ his findings based on my own).