Here is the opinion of an old head that started archery hunting seriously in 1962. I have gone through more different vintages of archery gear than I dare try to list here. If I could offer a new archery hunter any one advice that would be keep your gear simple. Enough can go wrong on an archery hunt as it is, so there is no reason to introduce anything more .... and that is how I see any mechanical broad head.

I know of no well sharpended stoutly built fixed or replaceable blade style broad head that is not a deadly killer. Even with the fastest set-ups a fixed blade can be found that will tune well to a properly splined and fletched shaft. My personal favorites are the Montec G5 and the NAP Thunderhead. I have killed hump-teen deer with these two over the years. There is absolutely nothing short on the Magnus Snuffer or the Muzzy 3-blade design.

I am sure I'll get push back on not recommending a mechanical. I know tons of guys who like 'em. Me ... I am very reluctant to change what is working, and this approach to simple has worked for me from my first days using a $17 Pearson fiber glasss stick bow to my joy of shooting a Wonder Bow recurve, through my days with the compounds which saw me go from the first generation Bear design and ending up with my last being a Mathews SQ-2. Sadly, I can no longer draw anything over about 45#, but I can still lay 'em in the weeds with my cross bow .... and the 125 gr. Montec G5's.