What's the white thing in the package at the bottom?
I have not opened them yet but I will let you know later today or tomorrow. I have been busy getting my new bow setup and tuned but now I’m curious. Out of the package sharpness is not a crucial factor for me personally. I have an amazing sharpener setup properly with honing oil bath and all. I use to make knives quite often for a hobby before moving to Colorado so achieving shaving quality shouldn’t be an issue.
I’m after elk so I decided I wanted the best penetration. Two holes are better than one.
I hear a lot about possibly lack of blood trail. I’m aiming for accuracy and penetration in my elk broadhead. I was hoping someone had some first hand experience with these heads but I may have to just find out for myself.
Which mechanicals do you use? Also are you getting lung shots or heart? I should have said that accuracy was 100% a main factor for me. The TOTA are supposed to fly very close to field point, I will find out soon for sure. I also pre ordered the new 3 blade from them so I’ll always have that for a backup plan if I’m not satisfied. The solid one piece with American made quality is very appealing.
Certainly nothing is a guarantee in hunting. Accuracy with these heads are supposed to be very close to field tips with a well tuned bow. The smaller cut with 2 blades will penetrate better than larger cuts and mechanicals. The 2 blade single bevel also continues to spin after contact unlike many other BH.
When people talk in terms of “more penetration”, in a practical sense it belies reality. On a broadside shot with an average set-up, full penetration is highly likely. On a quartering away shot where the head hits the offside leg, no head is going to reliably provide full penetration - and in that case a larger entrance would help with the blood trail.
I have used rage Trypan and G5 dead meat. I prefer the dead meat because of the collar, both performed great. This year I’m going to be using glue in evolution Hyde’s.
Iron Will are probably the next BH I’ll be picking up. They look to be pretty nice and I hear a lot of good things about them. In my opinion accuracy and penetration is the most important. Blood trail is more dependent on shot location than the BH.
Can’t argue with those results at all. So many BH out there I think as long as it’s sharp and pointy and you’re accurate then you can kill animals. Great work and I hope to be as successful as you.
