RE: mechinacials. dont think i ever use em...
 

I killed deer with both fixed and mech! I don`t know about the horror storys some talk about. I have lost deer with both type heads. one time or another if you bowhunt long enuff it will most likely happen.but i hope it dont! Goodluck, I really can`t comment on what others post only the experience that i have.I have been bowhunting for more than 20yrs.I started useing mechs about 5-6yrs ago. they just sounded to good to be true.a broadhead that would fly like a field point? well i tride them and the only thing that i can say about mech that i have hunted with is that some times you just don`t get as good a bloodtrail as with fixed heads.BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF FIXED OR MECH YOUR TALKING ABOUT. and how many pounds your pulling.The deer i have lost was most of the time just bad shots! I hate to say it but it is true.there are alot of factors you have to look at when you compaire the to heads.mech`s i will agree are not for every one! but if you set your bow up right and place your shot where it should be.the animale will die fast! But the trouth is we don`t always get the pefect shot. so here is where thing come into play? like others have sead bending around tree`s twisting and other wierd shots that make the biggest diffrence.on weather you get a passthrough or not as for me I will hunt with mechs and i fill confident with them. i have taken some nice animals useing them. but i also take a little more time placing shots just to be sure.But when you talk abount fixed blades there is no doubt they cut a lot faster than mechs and won`t slow the arrow down near as fast.the only reason i switched is it took me a while longer to tune them.getting one to fly right and to do what i wanted seem to take a lot more time than it should. I have shot muzzy`s and thunderheads and they are great and i would not have a problem using them agian. And i may even use them again in the near future.but like i sead bad shots is what is the problem with most people`s lost deer! mechs or fixed!:)

RE: mechinacials. dont think i ever use em...
 

Sorry for the spelling! :)

RE: mechinacials. dont think i ever use em...
 

Cougar mag


I don't and will not agree that any fixed blade head above 7/8" will be as FORGIVING as a field point or mechanical.This is just a physical impossibility.That is not to say you can't get good flight and even groups the same.I,myself have my broaheads and field points shooting the same out to 50 yards.But as soon as I start twisting and turning,which causes torque,the fixed will start to take over.


Try this,take a broadhead tipped arrow and stand at 40 yards and grap the handle and twist the grip a little and shoot and see where it impacts.Then try the same shot with a fieldpoint and I think you will see where I am saying a fixed will not shoot like a field point.Also wind will have much more of an affect on the fixed than a mechanical.Especially for the advanced shooter/hunter that takes shots longer than 40 yards.


Please don't misunderstand my posts.I am not trying to bash fixed or am I saying you can't get them shooting great.It is quite possible and like I said,mine do shoot great,but they are not as forgiving.As a result I will be shooting my Rockets next year.I just like them better and that is what we,as hunters need to be looking for.Something we like and are confident in.

For the record,I used GKF Deadheads this year and they are great heads,but not a field point.;)

RE: mechinacials. dont think i ever use em...
 

I use the cheapest broadheads i could find and killed my first deer just fine, its all about shot placement.

RE: mechinacials. dont think i ever use em...
 

TFOX, it's easy. Quit trying to blast the lightest arrows you can get as fast as you can make them go, use STRAIGHT arrows, put adequate fletching on them and tune the bow... It's a breeze to get good quality fixed blade heads to fly like darts.

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I can`t get over how someone that has never used a mechinacial head hunting! Can begain to give there opinion on how well they work on game.I like fixed blades as well as anyone.But to set there and say that mech`are unethical . Well thats just plain crazy.it sounds like who ever was doing there test on mechs already had thair minds mad up before they ever shot the first one.I killed my first deer over 20yrs ago with a fixed blade. and if i may add that i did not have the problem that some hunters n had with there fixed heads plaining when they shot. i was lucky but it did take a good bit of time to get all of my heads to fly the same. you see thats why mechs were invented so many hunter back then were so frustrated with this problem they would practice all season and then just before opening day they had to face the windplaine problem again.and this also coused many bad hits! and lost game! so you see thats one of the biggest reasons hunters switch to mechincials.as for others even me i had a hard time getting used to something moving opening like a mech head but sence i have tride them i can say they work! they don`t plain and they do take game every year.and let me say there are as many bad hits with fixed heads as mech heads .but to say that they don`t work! well i can say that there are a lot of good bowhunters that take game each year with no problems and i`ll add that there are few being put in the record books each year buysome one using mechs. Before giving an opinion with your backyard test! at least try them first for real! then give an opinion! there are junk fixed blads made today just as well![:@][>:]

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Since I'm the only one who's used that word in this thread, and since I'm the only one who mentioned testing them, I can only assume you intend that post to be aimed at me.

I suggest you reread what I wrote. I did NOT say mechs are unethical. I SAID:

"Anybody that thinks they can simply take mechs out of the package, screw them onto their arrows and go hunting is a fool! They MUST be checked out thoroughly for function and sharpness before they go to the woods. Not doing so is just plain unethical."

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I can't put down deer hunters for using them, But I hunt elk and there is no way I would ever use mechanicals on elk. Those ribs are too big to be bustin through with a mechanical. In fact, I wont use a fixed if it doesn't have an edge to the tip. Get an elk quatering away and its like trying to shoot through a picket fence sideways. Under the right circumstances I am SURE that you can kill an elk or moose with a mechanical. But I want to have the best penetration in all situations. Some of the bigger bulls are pushing 800-900 pounds. I set my bows to shoot around 270-275 fps, Two bladed fixed tune like a dream at these speeds. I can split hairs with my broadheads and they hit the exact spot where my field points do. If a bow is tuned properly there should be no differance in impact points. Next year I am planning on using the same set up on griz. Thats how confident i am with the penetration. And no. You are not unethical for using GOOD mechanicals on deer. But as ArthurP put it your are unethical for hunting with gear that you have not tested if that be the case.

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The same can be said about fixed blades. Anyone who takes any broadhead out of the package without practicing with them should not be in the woods

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Exactly!