New broadhead on arrows

[The big greasy]

Maybe a stupid question, I have a used fixed blade broadhead for practice, so does everyone just make sure their new broadhead blades line up where the old one did and hunt?, or do you shoot it once at a target and dull the blades a little just to make sure it’s accurate like the practice one was. I’m assuming just screw the new one on and hunt?

 

[Moneyball]

All else being equal, if you have a solid tune on your bow, you should be able to take a broadhead of equal quality, weight, and true spin to hit where it should.

If you bought a three or four pack of heads, I would use one as a practice head and the others would be my killing heads. Spin test them, screw them on, and go hunt.

 

[bmart2622]

I use 1 broadhead to broadhead tune with, spin all the others and as long as they spin, they go in the quiver; touch up the blades on the practice head and keep as a spare

 

[ATL]

My procedure:

1) Select arrow shafts to be dedicated hunting arrows. Pick the straightest ones with an arrow spinner. The installed components must hold a paired new/sharp broadhead concentric to the center of the shaft. If needed, the insert can be squared off slightly on an ASD.

2) Each arrow selected to hunt with is shot extensively with field points to make sure one of them is not a flyer from the group. Possibly nock tune to get them to be consistent, or cull the trouble maker and select a different shaft.

3) A dedicated practice broadhead is then shot on each hunting arrow to ensure the arrow still flies true.

4) The paired new/sharp bladed heads are installed on each hunting arrow, spin tested again, and left assembled for the season.

Since I build my own arrows, I index the blades and fletch so they are the same orientation on each shaft. This is not required for arrow flight, but it makes it easier to align arrows without blade/vane contact in the quiver. The quivers of today are much tighter spacing than years ago.

 

[Billy Goat]

I have never really worried with any kind of blade alignment.


Normally always shot atleast 2 of the "new" heads I was trying. Sometimes sharpen them up and hunt with them, or just buy another pack and hunt with fresh ones.


If it was a head I was concerned it wouldn't fly right out of the package, I wouldn't hunt with it.

Generally its not a broadhead issue that causes bad flight, just having everything right for that head.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

For fixed blade heads, i won't hunt with them unless I've shot them on that specific arrow enough times to be confident, then sharpened and spin tested them. I've had some shafts and fixed heads not get along, and some shafts that won't shoot any of my fixed heads well. For mechs, I just make sure they are sharp and spin true. I always have my bow tuned so my fixed and field points hit together to my max range.