" ...not getting consistant fixed broadhead flight and checked everything i know."

You have either a tuning or a shooting issue.


" ..my local pro-shop recommends mechanicals"

I' m not surprised. The ones around here don' t seem to know much about tuning bows either. [:' (]

JRW

This past season was my first with a bow in the woods.

I was very happy with the way I was shooting and fully convinced that all I had to do was SEE a deer within 25 yards and it would be lights out.

That was until I screwed in my fixed blade broadheads and started to practice with them before the season........my confidence went quickly downhill as I watched random flyers coming from my bow. I tried EVERYTHING known to man, I checked my arrows, heads, bow, tune, release, anchor point, form, grip, rest, until I just gave up. I could not eliminate the flyers from my practice sessions. Sometimes I would only get 1-2 and sometimes I would get more. Different arrows and head combinations did not solve the problem. This carried itself into the season and I had no choice but to hope I did not get a flyer at the moment of truth...........1-2 flyers out of 40-50 practice shots was enough to aggravate me but not enough to keep me out of the woods IMO. As luck would have it I had a broadside shot on a 6pt at 15 yards and my arrow struck nothing but dirt under his chest. I was astounded that I missed from that close but I had a sinking gut feeling that told me why I missed..........when I retreived my arrow the fixed head was destroyed by a half rotted tree root no bigger then my finger. I dug up the area to be sure no rock was hiding and all I found was dirt and root. This all was a slap in the face that I needed a change. I went home and bought a pack of WASP JAK-HAMMER SST mechanicals and they shot as true as my field points right out of the box. Shot after shot after shot.........no flyers to be found.

2 days later I put one of those WASP' s through the heart of another 6 pt at about 13 yards..........no surprises this time......that arrow flew right where I aimed it. The deer ran about 100 yards and was dead inside of 30 seconds.

I will once again strap on a couple different fixed heads this year to see how they fly.......I like to try new things Besides thousands of hunters get great flight from them every day so why shouldn' t I?? Whatever the reason was for my occasional flyer though.......if it rears it' s ugly head again this year I will not hesitate to strap on another WASP and go to work.

Another vote for the rocket steelheads. they are mean little heads.
but, I' m changing to the rocket sidewinder, for the larger cut, so
I can use them for deer and turkey both. I have 2 bows, one set
up for turkeys, and one for deer.

I have a friend who has about 15 deer with the Wasp Jackhammer SST 100 (3 blade mech.) These heads have a 1 3/4" diameter cut. He told me he' s had one deer go 100 yards but all the rest average out at 30-35 yards! He told me if you have good KE, shoot a large cutting diameter head, the blood trail is unbelievable!!!! So at the beginning of the season I decided I was going to try them. He wasn' t kidding! I shot two deer with it and the blood trails were much bigger than I' ve ever had with a shotgun slug! If fact the big buck (235 dressed) I shot had a double blood trail (entry side and exit side) 2 feet apart. Each trail averaged 5" wide. I told him my success and he just laughed and said I told you so! The first deer I shot a medium doe went through the shoulder bone and still fully passed through the deer. Once agian an unbeilvable blood trail! When you see these entry and exit holes you just say wow! My KE is about 63. If you have the energy look hard at this head its tough and devistating!

I use Rocky Mtn Snypers and love em deffinitly give em a try

I would hope to convince you on trying the Rocket Hammerheads 100gr with 2inch cutting diameter. They are an awesome broadhead, and I have had great succsess with them and they fly just like my field tips.

Shockwaves here also. They penetrate like a hot knife through LIQUID butter.

I love them and consider them tops to me. 2 shots 2 deer and no tracking over 40 yards.

Brian

100 gr. Spitfires. I have used these the past few seasons with excellent results.

100 GN Spitfires! Two shots in two years = two dead deer within 50 yards.

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