2 Blade broadheads

[Dave Lay]

 I agree with Tim, Vertical for me, or actually vertical at my cant. I don’t buy into the wind planing coming out of the bow and a well tuned setup shouldn’t make any difference anyway.  But the reason I like vertical is to see less mass out on my arrow tip, that’s distracting to me .

[Deertaker]

Thanks for all the input everyone! In the hunting off season I like to try things and the other day I was thinking about my heads and how they were mounted. I had mounted them vertical and they seemed to shoot good, but it just got me thinking.
It sounds like it is more personal preference and one is not better than the other. I may try some horizontal and see what I like better.

[blacktailbob]

As long as you're using helical fletched arrows to make then spin it's just a matter of what you prefer to see at the business end of your arrow.

[Wudstix]

When I shot two blade I like horizontal, 3 blade I like a "Y"
 

[LookMomNoSights]

I align my blades with my fletch as often as possible.  3 fletch, 3 blade,  blades and fletch aligned.  4 fletch (4 at 90) , 2 blade head,  blades lined up with any 2 opposing fletch.  3 blade, 4 fletch..... never done it.   

[trad_bowhunter1965]

I mount my broadheads at 1 and 7 o’clock

[A Lex]

Mine are set at a right angle to my string. I just focus on where I want to hit, draw back to anchor, make sure I've got good back tension, and let the string slip. Don't ever recall seeing the broadhead.

So I suppose mine are sort of horizontal........ Depends on how much cant I've got on the bow at the time I guess 

Best
Lex

[Badlands]

I mount mine horizontal.  I remember reading something many yrs ago that said that if you tune your setup well, you can get rid of porpoising but you can't get rid of archers paradox, so your broad head might still catch air and pull your arrow off course the side to side movement before it begins to spin.  That made a lot of sense to me so I've gotten used to it and mounted them that way since then.  But, with a well tuned set-up, I'm not sure that it really matters.

[JimB]

I have done it both ways and not sure if I can see a difference.I do like to mount all my heads the same so they have been horizontal for a long time.I do remember back in the '60's when I purchased wood arrows from Bear Archery,all Razorheads where mounted horizontally.Evidently,Fred had his personal arrows set up to use the broadhead as a draw check[vertical].That can be seen from old pictures and films,yet if you bought arrows from the factory,they would be horizontally mounted.

[Terry Green]

I have found that it doesn't matter for me.  Idealy, I would like to have my ZD4s horizontal at my normal back yard cant, and a blade down with  3 blades just to get them out of my sight window.  However over the years I have found that it really doesn't matter or bother me however they are mounted.  When I shoot game I have no idea if its in my way or not as I am focusing so intensely on the spot that all else is either a blur or nonexistent. 

If I were to hunt out west a lot where the wind wont let up or get blocked to slow it down, I'd probably want them horizontal coming out of the bow. 

[JohnV]

I find that my arrows all shoot straight regardless of broadhead orientation.  I prefer to mount them slightly off horizontal because I prefer that sight picture.

[Gunleather]

I shoot Zwickey Eskimo on cedar shafts. I have them mounted horizontal. Not sure why I did them that way. I’ve had the same dozen sense 98.  I thought bow hunting was out of the picture for me after I tore my right bicep (bow arm) and have been just rifle hunting for the past several years.  Long story short I’m back and look forward to bow hunting for moose this fall. 

[Friend]

Two blades themselves do not care...

[Stringwacker]

I've always mounted them horizontal so I don't have to look through the blade at my target.

Additionally, I like to tune and cut my arrows to be within a 1/4" of my actual draw. (I just don't prefer a lot of useless overhang) Mounting the broadheads horizontal allows you to slightly overdraw (if you get too excited) as a vertical mounted head will hit your arrow shelf well before a horizontal head will hit the side of your riser on many broadheads.

For those that prefer a substantially longer arrow length than your actual draw its a worthless point. Yet, a lot of folks sometimes obtain arrows that are just a little too short; and mounting broadways horizontal (such as a Zwickey Eskimo) will allow a little more than an additional 1/4"draw than a vertical mounted on many recurve bows....maybe on some longbows as well but I'm not sure.

[Kirkll]

Judging by all the different personal preferences on this topic, I’d say it’s definitely  a personal preference. But …. So is  arrow fletching length and amount of helical.
I believe using a two blade at close yardage isn’t going to matter much at all.

But there are cases with with an extreme FOC setup using low profile fletching, the arrows can be effected much more by wind at longer distances more with larger broad heads. The extreme FOC set up is tough enough to tune arrows without broad heads. A longer low profile broad head like a Grizzly single bevel, will have less effect than a wider one that catches more wind as the arrow slows down.

You are putting wings on the front of your arrow with a broad head. So the key to consistency at longer distances is having a good fletching that stabilizes the arrow in flight and keeps it spinning longer.


This is a close up game in most cases in traditional archery hunting, so it’s really personal preference.    Kirk

[Terry Green]

You are putting wings on the front of your arrow with a broad head. So the key to consistency at longer distances is having a good fletching that stabilizes the arrow in flight and keeps it spinning longer.

Thank you!

[charles m]

I shoot 4 blades and have also found that it really doesn't matter how the main blades are oriented.