Evolution Hyde, Jekyll, or Sevr 1.75 Hybrid Magneto

[KamronG7]

Curious to hear what everyone would choose for an elk broadhead with a compound out of the three choices listed above.

Thank you!

 

[fatlander]

SEVRs are the least impressive broadhead I’ve used. Sample size of fifteen critters from turkeys to elk and everything in between, blood trails were lack luster. I also had the most unexplainable deflection on a broadside whitetail doe. Arrow went in mid body, perfectly broadside, and turned almost 90 degrees, exiting on the same side of the sternum as the impact. I killed her with a follow up shot about 10 minutes later. I’m pretty positive the deflection can be attributed to their blade locking and pivoting technology. It sounds okay in marketing, in practicality, it’s a poor design.

I think SEVRs popularity is largely due to them being under eastons umbrella. Everyone that gets a check or free stuff from Easton, gets SEVRs. They also perform well on Lusk’s tests. With that in mind, I’ve yet to shoot cardboard, particle board, steel, or cinder blocks while hunting.

I’m a huge fan of grim reapers. They solved the mechanical problem 20 years ago. They flat out work, they’re cheap, sharp, independently owned, and still made in America.


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[CB4]

Avoid the Sevr. The pivoting blade is a major issue that most won't talk about. If you hit any bone on the way in that blade is getting bent, then the blades can't pivot and the blade that is bent will get stuck back while the opposite blade will be at a 90 degree angle. Below are my suggestions for fixed and mechanical.

QAD Exodus
Day Six
Iron Will

Evolution Hyde
Speed
Beast

 

[Arrow4Christ]

Not to be a pain, but I wouldn’t choose any of those heads. The prior posters have explained why the Sevrs have issues. I have killed 8 big game animals (whitetail, eland, gemsbok, kudu, two springbok, impala, black wildebeest) with the Evolution Hyde and won’t use anything else from Evolution unless and until they address their poor blade steel quality. On every animal where I hit a bone with the Hydes, the blades were absolutely mangled. And every time I hit a bone on entry, I was shocked at how long it took the animal to expire, even with excellent shot placement. I’m a big believer in blade sharpness and edge retention. If your blades are dull (or even worse, in the case of the Hydes, completely folded over) as they go through the vitals, they’re not cutting as they should and are not as lethal. As one example, the whitetail I shot with the Hyde was quartering to and I was in an elevated stand. The arrow entered high in front of the onside shoulder and exited low directly behind the offside shoulder. Despite what I would consider to be perfect shot placement and an ideal exit for a massive blood trail, the buck left virtually no blood on the ground. He ran out to 55 yards and stood there a while coughing until I put a follow up arrow in him that put him down in seconds. I also got two bizarre deflections in Africa with the Hyde — one where the arrow deflected sharply upward after hitting a gemsbok rib and another that deflected rearward after impacting an eland rib on entry. I think the Hyde design is prone to this if the sharp mechanical blade catches a rib on entry and starts to hinge over.

I’ve had exceptional results with Speed broadheads, particularly the Crosscut.

 

[T-Rex]

I haven't had good luck with the Sevrs, so I would pick them, and I haven't shot the others you mentioned. I have transitioned to mostly G5 - T2's for everything, I still shoot some of the Rage NC's as well, but those weren't on your list.

 

[sivart]

Agree. Say away from Sevrs. Personal experience. The evolution heads are all good

 

[Speck1]

Everyone has an opinion. We have killed four bulls with the Sevr hybrid. 3 double lung and 1 frontal. All short tracking jobs. I have zero complaints and will continue to use them on elk.
1.5 Hybrid 565 total grains

 

[Mtbhikernv]

Avoid the Sevr. The pivoting blade is a major issue that most won't talk about. If you hit any bone on the way in that blade is getting bent, then the blades can't pivot and the blade that is bent will get stuck back while the opposite blade will be at a 90 degree angle. Below are my suggestions for fixed and mechanical.

QAD Exodus
Day Six
Iron Will

Evolution Hyde
Speed
Beast

Evo or Evo x from day six?

 

[Rowdy99]

I will be using the evolution Hyde for elk. I carried the evolution WF for deer season, they make big holes and good trails. I’ll size down a little for elk.

 

[nphunter]

Evolution Hyde or G5 deadmeat for me. I’d also probably try the new Day 6 mech over most others and it may be the next I try if they make a glue in 4mm version. Hyde’s have held up great for me, so have the dead meat, the one bull exited though his front leg.



All killed by a Hyde 150ge glue in, most of the elk were shot at 50+ yards





Killed with G5 dead meat




Rage Trypan

 

[CB4]

Evo or Evo x from day six?

Evo with the 3/4 bleeders.

 

[TLammert]

Evolution Hyde is my vote but I’ll be trying those new broadheads from day six probably as well. But I will always have a Hyde or two in the quiver

 

[MT3LK]

Also shoot a Sevr hybrid 1.5 and have taken 1 bull and seen multiple others with great blood.

 

[KamronG7]

Thanks for all the replies. I picked up some evolution Hydes and Jekylls to try. May still grab some Sevrs but haven’t decided.

Feel free to post any other comments or feedback about any of the broadheads listed.

Thanks again!

 

[TimbeHuntin]

I’ll play the broadhead opinion game. G5 T2’s are awesome. Some of their detractors don’t like how hard they are to force open by hand… I can’t remember the last time I forced a broadhead through a living animal slowly/by hand. I can hand-throw a T2 through cardboard with no opening issues. I view the “stiff” blades as a feature that prevents them from opening in a quiver or while sneaking through brush with one nocked. Blades are scary sharp and the couple that rode in the back of my quiver most of the season feel just as sharp as day 1. I caught a deal on them last year ($25 a pack!) so bought several packs to run them for 2025. Clean pass-through on a mature bull elk at 59 yards through ribs on both sides. Clean pass-through on a 475 pound black bear a couple weeks later. 15, yes FIFTEEN deer. No problems whatsoever. The blades have had about a 50% rate of coming out perfectly straight after going through an animal. The other half slightly bent but I wouldn’t have called any of them mangled. Zero ferrule bends, not even the tip (which are all still pointy). I could really pinch a penny and resharpen the half of the blades that were still straight but for $15-18 depending on where and when I buy replacement blades I’m looking at $5-6 per broadhead for the foreseeable future since I bought so many heads from the get go. Most of the blood trails were good enough for my colorblind eyes to follow at a walking pace (on the rare occasion I didn’t see or hear the animal crash). It’s criminal that these heads aren’t talked about and praised more than they are. Rage hit a home run back in the day with the broadhead design and G5 perfected it with high quality metal, no plastic or rubber rings collars bands, and strong, sharp blades out the package.

I had one pack of SEVRs and that was enough for me. I squared a humerus or shoulder knuckle on a whitetail doe with one and the arrow stopped dead in its tracks and fell straight down to the ground where she stood as if it was a blunt tip. When I picked it up the tip was curled over beyond 90 degrees. Another one of them I had the tip curl but to a lesser degree on a spring gobbler’s hip joint.

The Hydes receive enough praise that I’d trust trying them but for the price of their replacement blade kits I could almost buy a brand new pack of QAD Exodus and know for a fact that they’ll work.

 

[Trial153]

I have about 30 plus kills on sevrs, MT loin, Caribou( one short of a slam ) Bear, Mt goats, Elk, mule deer, Pronghorn, couse deer, and whitetail. All but a handful have been 1.5s and since the hybrids came out 1.5 hybrids. Seen a BC yukon moose killed with one,
No issues what so ever. Only knock i had on them is they could use better blade steel. Edge retention could be better.
No need to buy practice heads as you can lock them in place a shoot them till the cows come home.
On our farm I bet total we have 150 plus kills with sevr over the years and i think your hard pressed to find a mech as reliable and sturdy. Shot placement trumps everything, Hit one in the humerus and or scapula ridge and that’s on you not a broadhead.

 

[Trial153]

Hyde’s,
Bought a dozen, 3 packs of 125s and one 100s, I Have three left,
All have been clean fast kills on deer, everyone the blades have been trashed. Great design terrible blade steel, especially with the poor angle on the mech blades.
blade steel on these are junk. People complain about the little retention pin, plastic nub, i haven’t had any issues with it at all.
Another upside to hyde are the practice heads are great. I would love to see a premium version of these with some decent blade steel. Even with that said they are still one of the top five mech heads being made right now.

 

[Trial153]

If i was forced to use a Mech on elk, and i may this year…I think i would go with a Beast 2.0 COC, or a sevr 1.5hybid

Beast i have a smaller sample size, I want to 6-8 ( one head, a TI 125 i killed a 3 or four before breaking a blade in the dirt ) deer and one big bear with a COC this spring. They been super impressive so far. Sharpest blades i have seen in broadheads. I have replaced a couple blades as well, way easier than people think.
I wouldn’t be afraid to use them on just about anything. They are also the best flying mechanical head i have ever used. Like stupid easy to shoot.

Another head, i like so far but haven’t killed with yet is the Verse, by day six. I bought a 1/2 each in 100 and 125s.
I only have about 50 shots on one head in a blob ( they eat up broadheads ) and so far the head is still perfect.
What I am not 100% certain on about it is it flight. I am shooting it out of a very quick set up but my hit/miss ratio isn’t a good as i want to make my A list. That said 50 ish shoots is super small sample size. For comparison i have fixed blade heads that i have 500 plus shots on for my hit/miss ratio.
That said So far i am impressed with the design and materials.

 

[bowhuntinnut]

Evolution Hydes are awesome! We’ve been using them for years now! Elk, bears, whitetails, mulies and antelope! I’ll never use another sevr! Or any two blade broadhead for that matter!

 

[jstanton007]

Have not shot the Jekyll or Hydes but gotta be Sevr Hybrid 1.75s for me.

Started with the original 2 blade 1.75" and shot a mule deer buck in Wyoming at 60 yards steep downhill shot, cut sheet was a 50 yard hold. That buck maybe went 30 yards after a clean double lung pass through and massive blood trail. The whitetail buck, numerous whitetail does, and pigs here in Texas were all pretty much broad side shots within 40 yards. Nothing Ive shot with them has gone further than 100 yards including a 400lb boar. I dont always get a pass though but I have never had issues with lack of blood trail.

Switched to the hybrids when they came out and ordered the new Magneto this week as well.

With the Hybrids I have shot a bull elk in Colorado 2 years ago that didnt know what hit him. He ran 10 yards, stopped, and fell over. Clean frontal heart shot at 20 yards. Then a cow elk in New Mexico last year that was a downhill slight quartering away at 30 yards and that was the one anomaly. She ran about 100 yards and i could see arrow went in about 2/3rds of the length. The anomaly was the internal deflection that made the arrow come out her front chest which was odd as it wasnt that hard of a quartering angle. I think the only reason she ran as far as she did was adrenaline and it was downhill. Nonetheless still had a good blood trail. Then countless pigs here in Texas. Too many to keep track of but probably close to 30.

With all that said here is my honest opinion on them.

What I like is that they fly very close to field points out of a properly tuned bow, I like the 1.75" cutting diameter with bleeder blade for a good balance of penetration and wound channel, blades are sharp right out of the box, you can set the blades to not open for practicing with the head you will hunt with, weights have been spot on, blades are replaceable, and I have never had one fail to open.

What I think needs improvement. Blade durability is a little lacking and they could use better steel, however replacement blades are relatively cheap and easy to install. Its $18 for a 3 pack of blades. There can be a slight rattle when closed and if you push them too far into the quiver they can cut the o-ring and deploy. The last 2 issues may now be fixed with the magneto so we will see.

All in all I think there is some level of compromise with every broadhead out there, none of them are perfect. Find one whose compromise is manageable for you. IMO it comes down to what works best for you, your setup, and intended game. I've always been of the mindset that if you dont have confidence in your equipment then you are more likely to make a bad shot.

I have been intrigued with the new Day 6 mechanical but I have so much confidence in the Sevr it's hard for me to switch.

Id also through out that the QAD Exodus is a fantastic option with proven reliability and performance.