sawtooth
Senior Member
I once shot a doe with a field point and it zipped right through her and she piled up 80 yards from where she was hit. The blood trail was as good as any I've ever seen. I was planning on shooting an armadillo under my stand when a small group of does showed up and in my excitement I failed to put a broadhead on the string. Not very responsible of me, I admit, but it proves a good point. I didn't even realize what I'd done until I pulled the arrow out of the dirt on the dead side of the deer. That was over 25 years ago.
When I started shooting trad bows in 1999 I talked to a fellow named Robert Carter on the phone and he told me how to sharpen broadheads. I've always used heads that I had to sharpen myself, I've never used a pre-sharpened head with trad bows. I'm sure that there are guys with way more experience than me, but I've knocked over a few big game animals. I've averaged about 5 deer per year since I started shooting a traditional bow back in 2000- and a pig here and there- 22 big game animals in one year back in 2015 I think it was- every one of them with a file sharpened broadhead, finished with a strop. Like I said before, all I need for my broadhead to do is poke two holes and so far the way I sharpen my heads has worked out fine for me. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
When I started shooting trad bows in 1999 I talked to a fellow named Robert Carter on the phone and he told me how to sharpen broadheads. I've always used heads that I had to sharpen myself, I've never used a pre-sharpened head with trad bows. I'm sure that there are guys with way more experience than me, but I've knocked over a few big game animals. I've averaged about 5 deer per year since I started shooting a traditional bow back in 2000- and a pig here and there- 22 big game animals in one year back in 2015 I think it was- every one of them with a file sharpened broadhead, finished with a strop. Like I said before, all I need for my broadhead to do is poke two holes and so far the way I sharpen my heads has worked out fine for me. There's more than one way to skin a cat.