Help me choose a Broadhead.

[Slasher]

I have some simmons.. nice!! But, have a hard time sharpening them.. So I usually use the magnus II... affordable and easy to sharpen.. can even send them back if the bend...

[Shawn Leonard]

125 grain Snuffer with a 25 grain short aluminum adapter. After ya sharpen them they will be 145grains. Buy a Snuffer tamer sharpening kit, very easy to get scary sharp heads and I really like a 3 Blade head for awesome blood trails. Shawn

[sswv]

Snuffers are my head of choice. No problem getting them razor sharp and I don't have one of those fancy kits either. I'd also shoot the Woodsman with no hesitation. I agree that 3-blade heads create awesome blood trails. Do yourself and the game you hunt a favor...shoot multi-blade heads.

[Gene Roberts]

Thanks.

[Jwilliam]

My favorite broadhead is the 150gr. Wensel Woodsman. I have never found a bow that it won't fly out of. Maybe that's because I spend alot of time tuning to make sure I am getting great arrow flight. A close second would be the 150gr. Magnus Stinger.


Bill

[Pat B.]

Zwickey or Magnus... Pretty easy !!

Eskimos sure fly well.. And bring down game as well.

[Gene Roberts]

Lots of choices.

[Fletcher]

Gene, I'd suggest either an Ace Standard for a 2-blade or the Wensel Woodsman for a 3-blade.  Either will work very well from your setup and both sharpen very well.

rg, there is a reason that most trad heads aren't sold sharpened.  Broadheads need to be shot before hunted with to make sure thay are flying well.  Once shot, they have to be sharpened.  No reason to pay for factory sharpening when we're just gonna have to sharpen them again anyway.  Besides, for many of us it's a basic part of the hunt.  Sharpening is a skill that has to be learned, just like anything else.  It isn't difficult or rocket science tho.  Like most of us here, I shoot my broadheads a lot, mostly into foam, but when I hit the woods the heads in my quiver are as sharp as any factory honed edge.

[Gene Roberts]

Thanks alot

[Bonebuster]

Choosing a broadhead is part of the fun of this whole gig. Learning to get then "scary sharp" is part of the fun too.

Personally, I think if you have never sharpened your own arrowheads, that you should stick to a two edge until you get the process down. Then move on to a three edge if you wish. Alot of people say that it is easy to get a three edge "scary sharp", and while that may be true, it is much easier to get a two edge ready to hunt.
Especially to someone new at it.

I have used most of the common names you see, and would use any of them again. My favorite is Zwickey`s. I like the name and the steel.

Enjoy your journey as you learn, because thats what its all about.

[Dick4bows]

There isn't an easy answer to that question.  Any broadhead will kill a deer if it is place in the right spot. Expanables are a different story. IMO these should be left to compound shooters. I settled on Wenzel Woodsmans after trying a lot of different head, head weight, shaft brand, shaft spine, shaft length combinations.  I shoot a 52# recurve @ 27".  I settled on 28 1/2" gold tip 3555's with a 145gr. field tip but a 170gr. broadhead.  A lot of people will disagree with changing weight from target to broadhesd arrows.  What I found out during my experimentation was that I could shoot "point on" at 20 yards with the heavier heads.  Since I shoot 3D at longer ranges, I needed a little more speed/cast.  But hunting I keep my shooting at 25 yards and under. Point on works very well for hunting.  There isn't any shortcut.
                              Dick

[Gene Roberts]

Thanks

[trad kid]

zwickeys they are awsome and easy to sharpen

[Gene Roberts]

Cool,Thanks everyone and Merry CHRISTmas

[hawgslayer]