Discussion..how sharp is sharp enough ?

[ChuckC]

Dude..you are totally missing the point....pun intended.  and I am not less than anyone here.

Everyone here wants to improve..that is why they are asking questions.  At some point is a starting line.  If the guys wife needs to start at 30 pounds, then 30 is a starting line.  Is it enough ?  That is his question.  Nothing in there reflects that he /she has no desire nor any capacity to get better, only the question....is it enough ?   Is my broadhead sharp enough to hunt with ? Is there some way to judge this ?  Sure...we should work on that and get better, but there is a starting line in there too.  

Yes, I am arguing.  There are more answers than one.

ChuckC

[Swanny in MD]

Hi Verm13!  You said:

"Sharp and durable edges are important and making excuses to hunt with blades less than the sharpest you can possibly get them and not developing the skills to make them that way is a dishonor to the animals we hunt. IMO"

Which, in my respectful opinion, is contradicting this statement by you:

"No one is saying you are less of a person here Chuck but you....I am just saying folks should be striving to improve not just get by."

I tend to agree with the point I understand Chuck is attempting to make.  We all have our differences in what sharp is,  what sharp enough is, what sharp enough was (after passthrough) etc. etc. etc.  He doesn't seem to be advocating laziness or slopiness and non-caring attitude about a clean and quick kill.  He seems to be suggesting that possibly we don't have to get them as sharp as some folks indicate or suggest in order to have overwhelming success.

Sometimes our zeal for how we personally view the standard (as in this case broadhead sharpness) puts others in bondage (a bogus bondage).  I've been blessed with more than enough deer kills with trad stuff under my belt (more than most here no doubt) to keep my broadheads as sharp as I want them, which isn't as sharp or even as durable as I could get them.  My average distance for recovery is right around 40 yards.

I'd advocate giving people a little more freedom in this area of how sharp a head should be.  After all, some say we should do everything possible to recover wounded game.  Some look in earnest for three hours, some for eight, some for twenty.  Perhaps some have rented a helicopter with infrared equipment to aid in recovery. Who's efforts ought to be the standard to judge everyone else's?

The point I'm gently making is let's give folks a little more liberty and freedom in areas like this without insinuating (directly or indirectly) that they are somehow being irresponsible or lacking in respect for an animal's life.

[Terry Green]

I agree with one statement...enough is enough.    :D