Evolution outdoors Hyde

[doc holiday13]

Just got a 3 pack of these and I'm impressed. Very sharp. We'll find out in 2 or 3 weeks if they are durable . I bought the Hyde model in 150g.

i wanted to start a reliability thread on these. I like the leading cut on contact blade too

 

[ol490]

Let’s discuss my experience with both an evolution Jekyll and Hyde. I shot a 230 ish pound big game animal last weekend. 1st shot was a hard quartering pass through with a fixed blade Jekyll at 19 yards. The animal fell downhill from me, was laying on its side, so I sent an insurance arrow from 28 yards as it was slightly moving. The shot angle would be the same as shooting perfectly straight down through the back. I hit the spine but the arrow penetrated 15” into the lungs. Pic is the result with the 125 grain stainless steel Hyde. Concerning ferrule bend but 15” of penetration after this impact. I’d think I’d still call it a success given what it hit.
435 grain total arrow weight. Victory Rip TKO arrows with iron will hit inserts and iron will collars. 285 fps.

 

[RaggedHunter]

I will be shooting the Hydes this year for my moose hunt. I will hopefully have results to report back in a couple of weeks. The heads are shooting great. I have confidence they will perform well on a moose.

I am shooting the 125gr Hydes. 70lb bow, 30.5" DL. Day six arrows 530gr arrow weight. Speed 280fps.

 

[doc holiday13]

I am shooting the 125gr Hydes. 70lb bow, 30.5" DL. Day six arrows 530gr arrow weight. Speed 280fps.

I'm shooting the same weight arrow but I'm 80# 31" and using 150's at 285.

However the bent ferrule above is a little concerning. I know dead deer is my desired end result, but dang.. Even at $20ish a piece I'd like there to be some higher durability.

 

[camelcluch]

I haven’t had any issues with durability. Pass through into hard dirt and small rocks. Fly perfectly. They hold up but like everything, sometimes things happen.

 

[Bamf_Pa]

Not arguing but I would not see the bent ferrule as a concern if you hit the spine but still penetrated 15 inches

 

[ol490]

The bent ferule pic is mine - and, for the record, I am calling that a success. It hit the spine very directly/hard, which folded up the tip and bent the ferrule, but it held together for plenty of penetration.

 

[fatbacks]

I’ve shot several blacktail and axis with the Evolution Hyde 125. Some pass throughs and some not. All have held up just fine. Totally devastating on game and recovered animals that have had poor shot placement because they cause so much trauma.

Only issue I’ve had is stripping a screw while replacing blades. They are definitely staying in my quiver this fall.


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[nphunter]

Shot this bull last fall, 78 yards. That’s the exit, 440gr arrow 290fps. Went in through the front of the shoulder in the other side.




Here’s the head I killed it with after washing it in the sink.

 

[Bergy-Bowsmith]

I cut the leg completely off of a whitetail doe with the 125 hyde, in 2024. went in quartering away and came out low ( treestand hunting) hit her elbow joint on the offside leg, and severed it right off. she ran away on 3 legs, they work well.

 

[doc holiday13]

Made my first kill. I would recommend buying extra blades. I haven't checked the interior rib cage yet but I think i hit some ribs because the expanding blades are trashed..

*just checked, and i blasted thru a rib on both sides

BUT

full pass thru. I hit some little high and a little back. still hit lungs but no heart. but she went down within 50 yards so there was massive internal bleeding. I'm sold on these

 

[nphunter]

Nice work. Killed a buck and bull with them this year. I agree on the spare blades, I’ve defiantly ruined some expanding blades but they perform awesome.

Bull was bedded so the arrow hit his offside that was on the ground without a pass though, he went less than 100 yards. Broadhead looked good.


Buck ruined a couple blades

 

[Dirtbag]

Both killed with a Hyde this year. They are a great broadhead. Both heads were in great shape and will be used again with the blades swapped.

 

[HunterGatherer]

I heard Dan and Brian talking these up on the Eastmans podcast and thought I might give them a try until I got online and saw all the pics of bent blades and bent ferrules. Hard pass

 

[nphunter]

I heard Dan and Brian talking these up on the Eastmans podcast and thought I might give them a try until I got online and saw all the pics of bent blades and bent ferrules. Hard pass

IMO they are the best expandable out there. The two I bent blades on this year any head fixed or mechanical could have done the same. One hit a rock after passing through and the other hit the spine. I’ve shot 6 mature bulls since switching to mechanicals in 2019 and 2 broadheads needed blades, 1 dead meat chipped a tip off of one blade and 1 Trypan bent the blades. Both bulls I killed with Hyde’s the heads looked great.

I’ve killed a lot of animals with mechanicals and have shot several different brands and have never bent a ferrule. I have also ruined more fixed heads shooting animals than mechanicals and have shot them both for a similar amount of time. I’ve even chipped Iron Will S100’s bad enough they needed new blades and have bent a ferrule on a RMS Cutthroat 200gr with my recurve (I was able to straighten it).

My point is all heads can get damaged under some circumstances. I missed several antelope this fall with my Hyde’s and was able to just clean them up with my work sharp field sharpener and keep hunting. It could have been one of those that killed my buck and bull.

Here are a couple heads that each killed a big mature elk, not sure how much more you could ask for.

2025


2024



2022 dead meat

 

[HunterGatherer]

IMO they are the best expandable out there. The two I bent blades on this year any head fixed or mechanical could have done the same. One hit a rock after passing through and the other hit the spine. I’ve shot 6 mature bulls since switching to mechanicals in 2019 and 2 broadheads needed blades, 1 dead meat chipped a tip off of one blade and 1 Trypan bent the blades. Both bulls I killed with Hyde’s the heads looked great.

I’ve killed a lot of animals with mechanicals and have shot several different brands and have never bent a ferrule. I have also ruined more fixed heads shooting animals than mechanicals and have shot them both for a similar amount of time. I’ve even chipped Iron Will S100’s bad enough they needed new blades and have bent a ferrule on a RMS Cutthroat 200gr with my recurve (I was able to straighten it).

My point is all heads can get damaged under some circumstances. I missed several antelope this fall with my Hyde’s and was able to just clean them up with my work sharp field sharpener and keep hunting. It could have been one of those that killed my buck and bull.

Here are a couple heads that each killed a big mature elk, not sure how much more you could ask for.

I’m not trying to change anyone’s mind about what they shoot. If you’re getting good results, by all means, keep shooting them. I was really only considering them as a follow up shot broadhead anyway. If a blade can bend on as little as a rib bone, as some people have reported, that’s a deal breaker for me. Not because I want to reuse the head, because I rarely do that anyway, but because a bent blade wrecks penetration potential. I’m one of those “penetration is king” guys . Here’s a pic of a rib my Kudu point went through and passed through the other side at 42yds - I’m only shooting a 420gr arrow with a 27” dl and 70# dw…


Broadhead still spun perfectly and was hunting sharp after the pass through. Here’s another pic of my broadhead after a pass through on a big bull this year at 37 yds …

 

[HunterGatherer]

Even if I hit heavy bone on the offside they don’t bend. Just speaks to strength of a thick 2 blade head. And they’re only $15 apiece. Fits my criteria and my budget

 

[nphunter]

Even if I hit heavy bone on the offside they don’t bend. Just speaks to strength of a thick 2 blade head. And they’re only $15 apiece. Fits my criteria and my budget

I’ve shot kudu as well and still have several them they are great heads. Not as forgiving as a mech in flight and nowhere near the blood trails which is why I switched to mechs. (Color Blind).

Penetration has been a non issue for me. Shooting 440gr with a 27.5” draw and 70lb bow. The majority of my shots have been pass throughs on elk with mechanicals, trypans, dead meat and evolutions. My bull last year was killed at 78 yards and with a complete pass through and exited his leg on the offside.

My son killed a nice 4 point buck a couple years ago at 35 yards and was shooting 29” draw at 45lbs and a dead meat with a 410gr arrow and passed though. Hitting them in the right spot has way more effect on getting two holes than head choice.

Glad there are so many choices so we can all pick what we like best.

 

[fatbacks]

My quiver currently has 4 evolution hydes and two kudu points. Love them both!


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[HunterGatherer]

My quiver currently has 4 evolution hydes and two kudu points. Love them both!


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I’m curious, when do you shoot one vs the other ?