Mechanical or Fixed Blade

• Jul 7, 2005

• #1

Wetzel

Senior Member

Whats everyone shooting this fall, mechanical or fixed blade broadheads?

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #2

Harvester

Senior Member

Fixed

90 gr. Muzzy

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #3

Randy

Senior Member

100 gr. Fixed Muzzys.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #4

Jim Thompson

Live From The Tree

Montec G5 fixed

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #5

RThomas

Senior Member

I use fixed, fixed, and sometimes fixed.

Wasp 125.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #6

TOW

Senior Member

As far as the mechanical vs fixed blade..

When I shot compounds and recurves I used swaged arrows with Zwickey Eskimos

When I switched over to crossbows I started using the Wasp 100 grain SST Hammers. I've killed 7 mature deer with them with the farthest going 75 yards.

I tried turkey hunting with my crossbow this year and switched over to the Wasp 100 grain SST JackHammer mechanicals. I wanted a bigger cutting path.

The gobbler I called in got to a point close enough to my decoys to determine "Them ain't real" and turned to leave. I shot him walking and hit him a tad too far back.

The JackHammers put a HUGE hole in him and he went down in less than 100 yards. Blood everywhere. My belief is that if I had used the Wasp Hammer or the Zwickey he would have got away.

I'll be using the Jackhammers this year on deer.

I did find out that I had to move the band further up the blades to keep from getting a premature opening on launch.crossbows have a lot of UMMPPHH on launch.

I do think mechanicals get a bad rap from a lot of people. Some tend to blame a poor hit and a loss of a deer on the equipment that they use.

I guess some of that comes from the "I'm not to blame" generation

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #7

Jorge

Senior Member

Fixed! 100 GR Rockys. Tried mechanicals two years ago and won't ever try them again.

Jorge

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #8

Branchminnow

GONetwork Senator Area 51

100 grain 3 blade muzzy.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #9

GAGE

GONetwork Member

Branchminnow said:

100 grain 3 blade muzzy.

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Me Too!

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #10

Jasper

Senior Member

130 grain, 4 blade Muzzy's for me.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #11

Scoutman

Senior Member

Thunderhead 125's for 20 years.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #12

reylamb

Senior Member

All of the above. Mechanical heads are not for everyone as some require alot of energy to get reliable results.

Personally, 90% of my hunting will be done with Rocket Steelhead 125s and I see no reason to switch.

I agree with TOW, alot of the bad rap that mechanicals have comes from folks blaming their gear for poor shots.........

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #13

Jorge

Senior Member

reylamb said:

..I agree with TOW, alot of the bad rap that mechanicals have comes from folks blaming their gear for poor shots.........

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I can't disagree with you or TOW on this completly. Heck, one of the two deer I shot with a mechanical was a little back but the large cutting radius ensured a quick kill by getting the back of both lungs rather than solely a liver shot. However, I have shot enough deer with a bow to know that when shooting a quartering away deer, the broadhead should at least make it to the offside shoulder before stopping (if at all). My second deer with a mechanical got almost zero penetration and made for a very tough tracking job. I just do not have enough confidence in them to use again.

George

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #14

Arrow3

Senior Member

I keep both with me during bowseason....We have a decent hog population and I want to shoot a hog with a fixed blade if all possible....I usually shoot rocket hammerheads for deer...

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #15

reylamb

Senior Member

Jorge said:

I can't disagree with you or TOW on this completly. Heck, one of the two deer I shot with a mechanical was a little back but the large cutting radius ensured a quick kill by getting the back of both lungs rather than solely a liver shot. However, I have shot enough deer with a bow to know that when shooting a quartering away deer, the broadhead should at least make it to the offside shoulder before stopping (if at all). My second deer with a mechanical got almost zero penetration and made for a very tough tracking job. I just do not have enough confidence in them to use again.

George

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Several culprits could be at play here. What was your setup, and which head was it? As I said, they are not for everyone. Anyone pushing less than 60#s of KE should not use a head like a NAP Spitfire, or any of the 1.5"+ cutting diameters.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #16

01Foreman400

Moderator

Staff member

Magnus Stingers 4 Blade 100 gr.

Darrell

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #17

Arrow Flinger

Moderator

I have used both types with good results with each. Currently I am shooting First Cut EXP magnums and it is an awesome head. It is kinda the best of both worlds and it really does some damage.

http://www.outdoorsuperstore.com/st...KER~FIRST+CUT+EXP+MAGNUM~productID~316059.htm

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #18

HORTON

Senior Member

Thunderheads

125 gr. on Aluminum arrows for 18 years.

Goin' to 100 gr. this year w/ carbon arrows

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #19

truittsosebee

Senior Member

I was looking forward to trying the new Atom broadheads that use a wire "blade" until I saw the price of them. Cabela's has them advertised for $44.99, FOR A PACK OF 2!!! I guess I'll be shooting either Muzzy's or First Cut 125's again this year. To me, $22.50 each for a broadhead is just crazy.

 

• Jul 7, 2005

• #20

Just 1 More

Senior Member

100 grn Muzzy 3 blade & 100 grn G5