regular broadheads or mechanical ????

[mnsportsman49]

what are the opinions of others in here , im debateing wether to leave the muzzys and go mechanical or stay with my muzzys ..????????
opinions anyone ?

[stevejedlenski]

my biggest problem with broadheads is getting dull from being in the quiver all season, i am thinking about going to mechanical to see if they stay sharper. i have heard that putting veggie oil on your blades and making slits with a heated broadhead in the foam will help for dulling? anyone ever tried?

[Cody Gruchow]

stay with your muzzys, atleast thats what i switched back to i was shooting rages but im almost positive that it didnt open up on impact(possibly stuck shut) and i ended up crippling a deer

[cole]

I would agree on sticking with the muzzy's thats what i have returned to and it seems that every deer I have shot with them dies quick and doesn't go very far or there is a really good blood trail and they are easy to track every shot thus far has gone completly through the deer. I tried some mechanicals a friend was shooting and when I shot a deer with them I wasn't very impressed.  We tracked the deer for a long time and the arrow was still in it I am not sure if the head did not expand properly or what but that was my one and only experiance.

[mnsportsman49]

another ? i hunt out of a blind will a mechanical open when i goes through the mesh ? or no i would think they do is there anyway to tell ?

[Spinach]

another ? i hunt out of a blind will a mechanical open when i goes through the mesh ? or no i would think they do is there anyway to tell ?

I wouldn't trust them to open.

[Cody Gruchow]

most mechanicals open on contact and that goes for shoot threw mesh also then it alters your arrow flight. stick with the muzzys. if anything get the muzzys MX4's

[Stensethfan]

Well gang I am not sure what to think either.  I started out the season by shooting a doe and the 2 blade rage made a huge wound channel.  The next deer I shot was a little far back but did not pass through which made it harder to trail.  You would think shooting 70#'s and a 28.5 inch draw would make a pass through even if it was in the guts???  Am I wrong?  The third deer that I hit just last week with the rage was square in the shoulder and after tracking for almost a mile the blood ran out.  I am only assuming the arrow did not penatrate the shoulder at all or I would have gotten a lung?  I guess to summerize I am not sure what to think.  Seems to me that when I used Muzzy's I never had issues.  Anyone have any similar experiences or am I just too anal and over analyzing and this stuff just happens in bow hunting????

[mathews4ever]

The choice is also very dependent on your bow. Your bow has to make pretty good KE to effectively use mechanical. If your bow has it though I would use grim reapers for sure. As for the arrows not penetrating that has not been a problem for me with the reapers. the last deer I shot, the arrow entered the top of the shoulder blade and cut the spine in two. After passing through all the bone the arrow still passed through and the broadhead was completely intact.

[Cody Gruchow]

the only thing i like about the rage is how they fly. didnt penetrate enough in my opinion and if the blades get locked in position 50% of the time they wont open. muzzys are tough,sharp and always pass threw even if they connect with bone.

[Stensethfan]

I do not know the KE, but I am shooting a 2008 Diamond Black Ice...anyone know the figures???

[mathews4ever]

I would bet your fine. that bow has an IBO speed of 318fps. My LX has an IBO rating of 317 and set up for hunting it shoot around 260fps. I have figured out my KE before at 72#. That is from my LX at 70#s draw wieght and 28" draw length.

[mnnate]

I've shot 2 deer this year using rage 2 blade broadheads. The first was a quartering away 15yd. shot on a fawn. It passed thru and made a huge wound channel. I was impressed. The second was a 30 yd. broadside shot on a huge doe. I don't know what happened. The shot looked good but I only got 3-4 inches of penetration.(shoulder blade??) Good blood for 1/2 mile then it ran out. Spent a good day scouring the woods but never found her...I'm not sure what to think about the rages'. I got a set of tru-fire swichblades(i think). They are kinda like a rage. Now I need a fat doe to come in...

[mnsportsman49]

think ill stick with my muzzys , thanks everyone

[Grute Man]

think ill stick with my muzzys , thanks everyone

I'll second that.  I shoot G5 Montecs so I consider it the same category as the Muzzy with only slight differences.  Stick with the fixed head and you've eliminated one factor that could ruin a hunt.
Grute 

[mnsportsman49]

someone else suggested the montec g5 too are they pretty good ? ive never used them ive used muzzys for years but looking for better flight in my arrow im shooting the carbon express terminators this year . any feed back on the g5'S

[Grute Man]

I love the G5 Montecs.  They are machined from one solid pice of steel, have some of (if not THE) thickest blades on the market, are cut on contact, and are easy to re-sharpen.  You can go to You Tube or G5 website and see the video on sharpening.

GRUTE 

[MnSportsman]

I've used both the G5's & muzzys, and I can say they both are fine for me with the setup that I use. I have a friend that swears by Thunderheads & he's been happy with them since he started using them. He won't even consider using anything else. It 's a lot like  the Ford /Chevy/Gm/Dodge thing, I'm thinking...
 I choose to use the fixed blade broadheads rather than mechanicals, simply because I don't want to factor in the possibility of failure, by the blades opening incorrectly.   Maybe this is not something I should worry about, but it just won't happen in a fixed blade rig.