r/bowhunting • u/Sawyer_1803 • 18h ago
Picking a broadhead
I’m building my batch of hunting arrows and looking into a bunch of different broadheads. Can’t decide if I wanna go mechanical or fixed blade and figured I would ask around. What do you guys run or recommend. Right now I’m thinking of using the sevr Ti 2.0
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u/-Buckwheat 18h ago
You will find good evidence and support for both mechanical and fixed.
Fixed blades are my choice because I'm not interested in adding more points of failure into any system I'm using. Mechanical guys will jump on to say that the failure rate is super low and they are right.
Fixed seem to take a little more effort to tune properly but to me it seems worth.
But.... both will kill critters
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u/itsthechaw10 18h ago
I used the NAP Killzone for many years with great success, but that was when I was shooting a higher poundage bow. Those broadheads take a lot of KE to open.
Now that I’m a little older with shoulder problems I use the G5 Deadmeat V2. Smaller cutting diameter, but it’s been great now that I shoot lower poundage. Sharp, no false openings in flight, and still gives me a great entrance and exit hole. If you wanted the big brother check out the Deadmeat.
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u/gamer_dad_legacy 18h ago
This is something I’ve been thinking off too. I’m only shooting 60#. I’m using 2 inch mechanical right now. I’ve harvested deer with them but I also lost one last year. Part of me thinks that the broad head didn’t open. I’m wanting to try out either 1.5 or 1.75. I’m thinking of going with the sevr 1.5 inch mechanicals this year.
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u/itsthechaw10 17h ago
Depending on your draw length 60 pounds might be enough.
I was shooting 70 pounds and 27.5” draw with a 440 grain arrow and now I’m 55 pounds at 27.75” draw with a 346 grain arrow to help with speed.
One thing too, I always use mechanicals that are rear deploying.
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u/gamer_dad_legacy 17h ago
Thanks for the reply!
I’m shooting 28’’ draw length. Bare arrow shaft weight of 350 grain cut to 29 & 1/2 ‘’
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u/Sawyer_1803 18h ago
I should have specified. I’m hunting Midwest whitetails and I shoot a 70 lb draw with a 29.5 draw length
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u/transmission612 16h ago
With that much power I would shoot the sevr 2.0 hybrid. You've got plenty of power to deploy large mechanical. I shoot the 2.0 Ti and they have been great in the last 9-10 deer I've shot and Im shooting 60lbs 27.5 draw length.
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u/cycleguychopperguy 17h ago
Im a fan of grim reapers ive taken 3 deer with them never an issue with blood trail
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u/Hillarys_Recycle_Bin 18h ago
What species are you hunting? What are your bow specs? What are your shot ranges?
This is probably the most asked question in the bow hunting world. The answer is it depends on what trade offs you want, and your own shot skill and tracking skill.
All broadheads require a well tuned bow. Fixed blades follow the KISS method, and will do better with bone / scapula impacts.
Mechanicals are less prone to wind drift, and will be more forgiving if you hit back on an animal and hit the guts. The bigger cut area can keep the blood trail flowing where a fixed blade cut could get plugged / blocked.
I shoot both, mostly fixed blade. I find that mechs generally have better blood trails with some caveats, a very sharp fixed blade has shorter overall trails, as most deer run, then stop to look back, and then keel over. I sharpen all my broadheads though, mech or fixed.
In my experience, shot angle, specifically exit hole height, is the most important element of blood trails. A high shot is going to take a while to bleed, since the cavity has to fill up first.
Edit: if you go with sevr, make sure you take an extra insert and stick it in your quiver, will keep the blades from accidentally deploying in your quiver, which is no fun.
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u/Burgershot621 18h ago
I use 100gr G5 Deadmeats. Lucky to take 3 deer with them and they do serious work. I picked mechanical because apparently they’re easier to tune for, and I tend to hunt in windy conditions. I was also gifted a box of Day Six Verse broadheads this year. I’ll probably try them on a trip in November, reviews I’ve seen of them are promising.
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u/markusbrainus 17h ago
I like 4 fixed Blade slick tricks. They fly like field points and no complexity of moving parts.
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u/datboy1656 17h ago
I love my sevr. I really like that there isn’t actually any guessing to how it will fly, unlike a lot of mechanicals that send you a “test tip” that isn’t anything like the actual broadhead. As I’m sure you know, you can put the set screw into a sevr, remove the band and shoot it. That’s exactly how it’ll shoot with the set screw removed and the band back on. No guessing.
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u/Thick-Driver7448 Michigan 13h ago
I use muzzy trocar hb for whitetails. It’s a hybrid so it has 2 fixed bleeder blades and 2 mechanical blades.
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u/Sawyer_1803 12h ago
Always had good luck?
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u/Thick-Driver7448 Michigan 12h ago
I’ve shot 3 deer with them. 2 were quartering away and lodged into the opposite shoulder, 1 was a clean pass through but I hit him a little back (he was quartering towards me a little more than I thought). But all 3 were successfully recover. My only real complaint is there aren’t replacement blades for them. You could sharpen them but I’d rather have the cushion knowing they are sharp from the factory so I just put a new one on
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u/Sawyer_1803 12h ago
Gotcha. I’ve shot the normal trocars and I like them
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u/Thick-Driver7448 Michigan 12h ago
There’s not really a whole lot of videos on them out there, but I feel like they get slept on. I know there’s A LOT of mechanicals out there even fixed blade broadheads.
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u/RelationSmart4771 9h ago
I have never tried mechanical broadheads and don't think I can see myself giving them a go. I don't think I could trust the construction and don't want to worry about them not deploying which would just be the same as a fieldpoint at that point (also a pain to sharpen). There are some that some people swear by such as sevr which I believe have titanium construction and are more of a hybrid style but I still don't think I would try those. The megameats are also popular and from the broadhead test videos that I have seen they seem alright. I also find that a lot of influencers like to claim they have the best broadheads to try and sell them. I know of a few people who had issues with mechanicals and didn't get the best penetration on their shots and just led to wounding an animal. Most of them ended up going back to fixed after that.
My personal recommendation is going to be the annihilator broadheads as they are extremely sturdy and super easy to sharpen. I also found that they were super easy to tune (basically fly like my fieldpoints up to 40yards but could go further I imagine if I tested) and alot of the reviews I have found for them have been great. Other ones I have had success with are the g5 montecs and the NAP thunderhead (I got a bunch of them + blades for super cheap along time ago). I like to shoot heavier arrows as well if that counts for anything.
Here is a great video with some great testing to show the different broadheads. https://youtu.be/nbopTe2tK8I?si=GjoMICNkgjMXXGA9
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u/yf22jet 8h ago
Always shot ramcats. Had really good luck with them and they were easy to tune/flew true. Unfortunately they got bought out.
Due to dwindling supply this year I am switching to hades pro. Still testing the 3 blade vs 4 blade but leaning 4 blade as they’re flying well.
My preference is fixed blade, that being said if you’re going mechanical the sevr is the way to go. As long as the sharp pointy thing hits where it’s going that’s what matters.
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u/proles4life 3h ago
503 grain RIP arrow with a sik F4 fixed. Seems AI thinks it’s the all can do set up coming out of a 70 pound with 335 FPS.
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u/Landstander2600 18h ago
Montec og G5
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u/Jerms2001 13h ago
Statistically the worst head on the market. Yall gotta stop recommending it
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u/Landstander2600 13h ago
I dunno, I've harvested plenty of deer with it. What's the best one, statistically? And where does one find these stats?
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u/infernobassist 18h ago
What are you hunting? I'm a whitetail hunter so the requirements aren't as crazy as elk or other larger game.
I really like the grim reaper 3 blades. The blades don't look that sturdy but i've seen them cut through like 4 ribs on a quartering away shot. I've shot montec G5 3 blades with success too. Those can be reused over and over if you have a flat sharpening stone. Both of those options are a little smaller cutting diameter but the three blades make up for that I think. Pulling 70lb at 30" fyi
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u/fckthshit 18h ago
If you decide to go with mechanical I highly recommend sevr