2 Blade or 4 Blade

[Bullseye803]

I shoot a 50# recurve and longbow. All I hunt is deer and hog. Deer average 150-180, hogs I try not to shoot anything over 150, I just want meat. Which would perform best, the 145 grain 2 or 4 blade Eclipse with 25 gr. screw-in? I shoot carbon express 150's.

[Sneakypete]

Eclipe makes among the very best heads, so you're great there. No matter how large or small the "big game," a pass-through the lung area is what you're after, as it speeds the dying from bleeding-out to oxygen-starvation to the brain. Check out the wonderful Ashby research on this site -- forget about "bleeder blades" and size of wound channel, and go for a pass-through under the worst possible hit situation -- deadcenter a shoulder blade. A strong two-blade head and the heaviest arrow you can shoot accurately at your normal max range. Consider: With both lungs punctured and the arrow passed through and out of the way, both lungs collapse and the brain dies almost instantly. This works on elk, so will work on pigs and whiteys. Everyone has his favorites, and many kills are nicely made with multi-blade heads. But you asked, as I take it, for the all-around best-bet deal. Two-blade is it. Reas Ashby and best luck to you.

[robslifts]

i second the two blade just shot a 250lb hog and double lunged it and it went down within 50 yds and went down quick

[Bullseye803]

Thanks for the help. I was between the Grizzly 190, but I thought the little extra cutting diameter of the Eclipse would be better.