I was reading all the specs and reviews I could on broadheads last night and agonizing over choosing one, when I had what seemed to me a revelation that made the choice easier. I was trying to decide between the broadheads that were best at cutting hide and soft tissue versus the ones that were best at breaking and cutting through bone. Then it occurred to me that any of the broadheads I was considering should easily pass completely through my targets if they were attached to a 400+ grain (total weight) arrow and being pushed by a modern 70lb compound bow, as long as no bones were hit. Since they all would work reliably if no bone was hit, that meant that I only really needed to concern myself with how a broadhead would perform if it hit bone, right? If that's true, a broadhead like the Muzzy 3-blade that I had previously decided to use before I started reading all the specs and reviews was a good choice from the start. Is there something I'm missing that should make this choice more complicated than it seems to be? I will be hunting deer and elk, by the way.

Edited by - Jason McCurry on 12/03/2002 13:51:17

Jason,
Excellent choice! However, I would have to say no broadhead on the planet is going to go through a shoulder or leg on an elk. Muzzy's are great heads but they aren't magic. Bone of any kind will at the very least minimize penetration. Just avoid the bone and the muzzy will do the job.

"What we do in this life echos an eternity"

Well, I doubt that I'll ever intend to hit a bone, if any decent broadhead out there will work if I don't hit a bone I want one that will still work if I do hit one (assuming it's not a solid upper leg/shoulder hit on an elk). There's a pretty good chance of hitting at least one rib when I take a shot elk hunting, and I want complete pass-through even if I happen to hit two.

Edited by - Jason McCurry on 12/03/2002 14:35:46

I agree great choice. It's not rocket science, if it was I couldn't test them!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> The main thing is to pick a quality head that has sharp blades and is durable. Mechanicals can be more tricky, but picking a fixed blade head is pretty easy, especaily with Muzzy, Magnus, Rocky Mtn, Wasp and others making great heads.

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You can't go wrong with a Muzzy. This year I killed two deer with a Stos two bladed head and then went back to a Muzzy 145 grain four blade to take the third one.

Edited by - BobCo19-65 on 12/04/2002 11:24:15

I have found most heads to be plenty durable (Muzzy,Steelforce,even NAP shockwave was tougher than I thought!)
To ME, it comes down to accuracy. Don't want to hit bone, get a head that will always go where you tell it. For me, that means mech heads or Slick Trick heads.
My Brother put it best. &quot;Pretty much ANY head will kill a deer with a double lung shot....pick one that you can hit the lungs with every time&quot;
Shooting between 290, and 300 fps...not ALL heads fly PERFECTLY for me...but mech heads, and slick tricks do. (And the slick tricks were the toughest head I tried so far)

Mech heads are illegal here in WA.

Guess you'll want some slick tricks then huh? <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Nope. I'll be using Muzzy 3-bladers.

Stealth, correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't you the one reporting deflection problems with the slick tricks? Did you get the problem resolved?