Are you sure I am? I know a lot of people who bowhunt, and I don't think any of them go to the extremes that some of you guys pretend to adhere to.

That's funny, coming from a guy who shoots a bowtech.

Exactly Why I shoot a Bowtech
1st Class all the way!!

Dan

That is a GREAT analogy.

To me....saying that because I'm re-sing a BH....I'm using a "dull" BH is mildly insulting. I'd never do that. I know people who use BH's that need to be sharpened OUT OF THE BOX.

At 300fps......and packing almost 90#'s of KE......I'll take my chances with what I KNOW will handle the game on the receiving end.

Good luck to all.

What speed affects is the abitility to tear. The faster it is traveling the cleaner the tear will be. Yet a cut from a sharp blade will be just as clean whether it is a fast or slow one. A clean cut bleeds more than a fast tear.

Since everyone seems to be into testing take a steak knife and a razor and put the smallest cut you can into your thigh or arm. You'll see which bleeds more. If for some reason you argue that it is the location of the cut with the razor that made it bleed more, test again. Keep doing so until you either pass out from lack of blood or figure it out

I agree. With the sharpening products available today it is really easy to put an edge back on. Take the carbide sharpener from G5 I'd bet within a minute you can get each head back to shaving sharpness, probably sharper than out of the box (after shooting into a target). If you think this might affect flight, test it. Keep doing so until you know how many times you have to resharpen before it affects point of impact. I bet you'd give up long before this ever happened.

Which is exactly the one I use.

Also....ANYONE who's been on these boards for any amount of time knows Fran (Quik) is far from "unethical". I really wonder how this conversation gets to this stuff. If he knows his "fired into a target once....or however many times" will get the job done....I give him the benefit of the doubt that he knows what he's talking about.

To the new guys....."yeah"....use new blades. When some of these guys in here tell you they're re-using a BH.....don't think they're sticking an old, dull head on the end of their hunting arrow. They just aren't SO "PC" that they say you can't re-use a head....EVER.

Use some common sense.

nope and I have alot of once used BH's and not used....they just add up...

Guys, I thought the whole point of this post was if you ditch a broadhead into terra firma (Dirt) Roots, stones, debri, frozen ground..ect,ect....not if you tested in better conditions in a target, would you reuse the BH again on a deer as is, kind ofquestion

And I answered that , too, Dan. YES.....AFTER I clean, sharpen and re-lubricate the Rage 2 blades.......I re-used them, again.

I just think we need to all use some common sense.

The sharper the better is common knowledge. Having the common sense to know your equipment will get the job done is every hunter's responsibility. I left for the woods on the last day I hunted with 4 arrows in my quiver......with 3 different BH's on the end of them. Also.....all but 2 were different lengths.
But....I had tested ALL of them and they flew true.

I had total confidence in all my gear. Just like every other day.

that is just what i was just thinking he ask about dirt not a deer or target

And that is exactly the way i go about it to Just not straight out of the Dirt, common sence as stated.