Fixed broadhead suggestions?

[Banded Dux]

Rek FX4

 

[Idaboy]

I've used mechanical for my entire bowhunting career (8ish years), but I'm considering switching to fixed. My biggest concern with mechanical is that it will be stopped by a shoulder blade (I primarily hunt whitetail deer). Anyone have experience with a good fixed broadhead that can reliably punch through shoulder blades?

What's your bow approx set up, and what distances for whitetail? If pretty fast (eg > 285fps, tuning may be more of a challenge)
- choose a lower profile if longer distances in 100gr head and use insert if you need to up arrow weight.
- accurate and BH flight will probably serve you better than larger hole (eg bigger blades may tail more at distance)
- a standard vented blade slick trick will likely tune easily and might be a good starting point, before investing a lot of $ in a higher dollar blade
- a cut on contact design likely better to punch a shoulder blade
-Lusk has a lot of good data on his channel

 

[doc holiday13]

Magnus Black Hornets are probably the best you can get without getting into $20+/per head . After that you have the IW, Day Six, and Cutthroat, etc.

 

[BullsDeep]

Grim reaper micro hades...watch em drop

 

[Kducot5]

Another vote for Magnus Stingers. I have used a lot of different broadheads including Iron Wills and just keep coming back to these heads. They just flat out work and are cheap with lifetime warranty.

 

[jjschuh]

Another vote for Iron Wills. Pricey, yes but durability, true flight and I’ve personally had great experiences with the service. They come sharp but I do touch mine up after I get them. My buck this year went down within 60 yards in sight. My arrow passed through and was buried in the dirt about halfway down the shaft. Plenty of great options out there but that’s my experience.

 

[Ophidian]

Been using IW wides and QAD exodus for years. Both have been amazing in my experience.

 

[copperhead04]

Grim Reaper Micro Hades have been excellent on the last three deer I’ve shot. The pics were from last year but this years buck they punched right through a rib with a full pass through at 30 yards.

 

[Huntnpack 2]

Iron Will gets my vote. Also the Annihilator Katana might be one to consider?

 

[Jlin45]

Day Six Evo's with XL Bleeder

 

[chaseb]

Ive personally really enjoyed trifecta broadheads. I have been running two of what he is now calling the tank and two of the tank busters. Arrow flight is great after broadhead tuning.

 

[406unltd]

vpa 3 blade, st standard, valkyrie, iw, montec, exodus, jekyl.

 

[Backcast88]

QAD exodus are my go to fixed head. Sharp and think blades. Fly great. Put big holes in animals and easy to follow bloodtrails.

Magnus Black Hornet would be my 2nd pick. But its still QAD by a wide margin for me.

 

[overlandozzy1]

QAD exodus are my go to fixed head. Sharp and think blades. Fly great. Put big holes in animals and easy to follow bloodtrails.

Magnus Black Hornet would be my 2nd pick. But its still QAD by a wide margin for me.

With all the votes for the Exodus, I may have to try them out this coming season

 

[Rutjunkie]

I have shot qad exodus for yrs. I switched to g5 deadmeats because i wanted to try something new. That was a mistake.. 1000 yd blood trail that turned into. Just ticked the backside of leg and it made the head into a pretzel. Just shoot a exodus, they just work. Here is some pics of deadmeat head debacle.

 

[fatlander]

Unpopular opinion (maybe), don’t hit the onside scapula.

Hitting the offside scapula is ideal. Even if you don’t get a pass through a shot stopping on the offside shoulder bone is dead in short order.

Provided you’ve got the horse power for a mechanical on whitetails, which I’d be shocked if you didn’t at a grown man’s draw length and draw weight, I see no reason to shoot a fixed head.

Mechanicals are more accurate when you’re at your worst, period.


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[Ballcap]

I’m old school and never trusted mechanicals. There is enough moving parts on a compound to worry about, I don’t want to worry about my broad heads too.
I like the g3 montec. My only complaint with them is that mine were dull from the package when I bought them and the stainless take a while to sharpen. Easy to sharpen though since they are three blade and can be laid on a whetstone.
Shot a large bull quartering to me in the chest at 15yds and it punched through a rib near the sternum and didn’t break a blade.

 

[alexnelon]

Unpopular opinion (maybe), don’t hit the onside scapula.

Hitting the offside scapula is ideal. Even if you don’t get a pass through a shot stopping on the offside shoulder bone is dead in short order.

Provided you’ve got the horse power for a mechanical on whitetails, which I’d be shocked if you didn’t at a grown man’s draw length and draw weight, I see no reason to shoot a fixed head.

Mechanicals are more accurate when you’re at your worst, period.


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Another unpopular opinion on he other end of the spectrum: I'm never worried about a deer scapula. I will happily put the pin directly on the onside scap shooting a 395 grain arrow with a 2-blade mechanical.

You can literally see through it they're so thin. Everything goes through.

 

[fatlander]

Another unpopular opinion on he other end of the spectrum: I'm never worried about a deer scapula. I will happily put the pin directly on the onside scap shooting a 395 grain arrow with a 2-blade mechanical.

You can literally see through it they're so thin. Everything goes through.

I’m like somewhat like you, granted I’m blessed with a draw length on the longer side and I shoot heavy-ish arrows at a high draw weight. Whitetail shoulders don’t concern me in the least bit with mechs. With that said, the shoulder knuckle does concern me, and before any of the ranch fairy disciples bring that gospel, I tried the telephone poles with small cut on contact heads and had an arrow all but bounce off a buck’s shoulder knuckle.

The reason I don’t ever aim for whitetail shoulders is it puts me too close for comfort of the knuckle. I always aim lower third on whitetails, because they usually duck. If one doesn’t duck, and you’re aiming at the lower third of the shoulder, you’re on a crash course for disappointment.


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[Taudisio]

I had a rage 2 blade fail to penetrate, doing the exact same as the last two posts anbout 10 years ago. Either I mis-ranged it, or I dipped the shot low. Either way, I didn’t get any penetration beyond the broadhead at 35 yards 64lb and 30” draw at the time. I stick to the ribs or just behind the shoulder with expandables now. My one and only failure that felt like it was equipment related. I have that arrow and broadhead sitting around somewhere. I’ll have to share a picture, the broadhead broke at the pivot screw. I found 4 drops of blood and lost his tracks after 250 yards. I think it either hit that knuckle or the larger leg bone. I’ve successfully used mechanicals before and after that experience. The exodus has given me near expandable damage and lack of tuning, but gobs more penetration plus no fear of bones.