Change from Fixed Broadheads

[S.Clancy]

My set up is fine. I got one of those new Matthews and I shoot 30.5" and 70#. What I'm thinking about is decreasing my penetration potential by adding a bleeder or shooting a wide blade broadhead.

To get a pass through on the shoulder knuckle, I believe I'd need an african dangerous game type set-up... 1000+ grains with a grizzly Stik ashby head. I'm not doing that. So, I'm considering increasing the tissue damage potential i.e. bleeder and or wide head.

To get a pass-thru on the "knuckle" you need a gun.

As far as shooting a bigger broadhead, I am all for shooting big expandable with a setup like yours.

 

[roosiebull]

I just got back from my archery trip this year and unfortunately, I made a bad shot on a bull and did not recover. I shot too close behind the shoulder, quartering away and I think I only got 1 lung. I have been rethinking everything about my set up and other than not making a bad shot, I am thinking about tinkering with my arrow set-up. As a traditional guy I have always leaned toward the heavy-arrow cut-on-contact SB side of the spectrum. On my componud, I currently shoot an Iron will broadhead. While I could never swing to the other side of the spectrum and shoot an expandable, I am thinking about shooting a wider broadhead or adding a bleeder blade.

Can you guys share some experiences of bleeders or wide single bevels that you have had? Pros and cons?

Why would you want a wide head to be a single bevel? I do not understand why they even make them in concept, and they are terrible to pull from a target

I do like the 150gr kudu (1.4” wide and you can get them with a bleeder) but I don’t shoot them anymore because they are single bevel and the cons outweigh the pros

The GK xl is probably my favorite head in general, they are well built, very sharp out of the pack and easy to sharpen, forgiving, and not very loud in flight for what they are

The evolution Jekyll wyde is another that I think I’ll like, but they have a little more hiss, but that has never been a concern of mine with elk (or anything)

I killed a couple bulls with the 1.5” anarchy when they came out years ago, but they sucked to get out of targets so bad I just quit using them…. That’s a theme with me

I have killed several bulls with single bevels and seen several more, but have not seen anything particularly special about their performance, and I just don’t know what the argument is for wide single bevel heads, they are better suited as double bevels imo

I would pretty much shoot kudu exclusively if they sharpened the other side of the blade

I think single bevels are popular based on mainly snake oil and manufacturers love it because they are popular and cheaper to make not having to sharpen both sides

I would gladly pay the extra sharpening fee to turn many single bevels into double, and bleeders on single bevels… haha, marketing is effective I guess