Bow and Broadheads for Elk

[Frontline Defense]

Yeah I hate opening up this Pandora's box of opinions lol.
I have a 60lb Mathews Triax. Been great On NC Whitetails, Illinois and Michigan. I use the G5 Megameats, 100gr.
I use to hunt at 70lbs, but my Army Airborne Ranger shoulders are trashed. I also understand 1,000% about shot placement. As a former Army and FBI trained Sniper, I also own a 1,000yd rifle range in NC and train dozens of hunters yearly heading out to the midwest to rifle hunt.
But I got addicted to bowhunting because of the challenge and I want to do it as long as I am able to.
I am going to Montana Sept 2026 and I want to make sure I am good to go with my setup. I am working on getting up to 65lb draw at 29.5" but my southern brethren say 60lbs is plenty. I love the G5 megameats, since they fly just like my field points, I'm very confident in the performance I have gotten over the years. I have heard I should use the new G5 Montec M3's but I don't want to have to deal with tuning etc. My arrow weight is at 476 with the 100gr. Either go 125gr or get weighted inserts?
Thanks in advance.
Sua Sponte.

 

[Dakota Dude]

Sounds like you have a good set up already. If I was being really picky, I would get some arrows with inserts, but your operation should work just fine. I shoot a 500 grain arrow with 70lbs at 28" draw. I get 260 fps. Here is what the 100gr. G5 2" Megameats did to the bull I shot a week ago.

The first picture is the entry. The second is the exit while I was cleaning it. I forgot to get a picture of the exit before I skinned it, but both holes were bigger than a golf ball. It was my first time using the Megameats, and I honestly couldn't believe it. It was a clean pass through and the arrow was stuck deep in the dirt.

 

[wind gypsy]

476 grains is plenty.

I dont know much about megameats and their penetration or lack of but you're going to want a good tune for perfect arrow flight regardless for penetration. A small fixed head shouldn't be that hard to get flying right.

Small sample size for me but I have no concerns about going through an elk with about the same draw length/weight and slightly slower bow than what you use with 450 grain total arrow weight and QAD exodus or viper trick heads.

 

[Frontline Defense]

Sounds like you have a good set up already. If I was being really picky, I would get some arrows with inserts, but your operation should work just fine. I shoot a 500 grain arrow with 70lbs at 28" draw. I get 260 fps. Here is what the G5 2" Megameats did to the bull I shot a week ago.

The first picture is the entry. The second is the exit while I was cleaning it. I forgot to get a picture of the exit before I skinned it, but both holes were bigger than a golf ball. It was my first time using the Megameats, and I honestly couldn't believe it. It was a clean pass through and the arrow was stuck deep in the dirt.


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Awesome. The megameats leave a nice hole for sure. I was looking at the dead meat because of the smaller diameter and getting through the ribs better.

 

[Frontline Defense]

476 grains is plenty.

I dont know much about megameats and their penetration or lack of but you're going to want a good tune for perfect arrow flight regardless for penetration. A small fixed head shouldn't be that hard to get flying right.

Small sample size for me but I have no concerns about going through an elk with about the same draw length/weight and slightly slower bow than what you use with 450 grain total arrow weight and QAD exodus or viper trick heads.

Yeah the megameats fly exaclty as their practice points. I tried a real one vs the practice at 30yds and I shaved a vane off.