Broad head mania

[Producer]

Looking at all the broadheads on the market is exhausting. The reviews are confusing with one guy saying they are too hard to sharpen and the next guy talks about how easy they are to sharpen while another talks about how noisy they are and the next how quite. Should I spend $16.95 for them or over $100. I trust that someone here has the answer to what to use for a longbow for deer size game.

[Cavscout9753]

Many people will disagree, but I always come back to Zwickey Eskimos. They are softer steel so yes they dull easy, but sharpen very easy as well. If you use a file rather than a stone they seem to hold their edge better. I'm not above sending a broadhead into a deer, pig, racoon, whatever comes along that isn't "small" game, so the price is great in that if one is lost its no big deal. I've never experienced any wind planning to speak of, although once I did use some straight fletched arrows and they seemed a little fickle, but off set or helical theres none to speak of. This is just my opinion of course, like all things, everyone has their dog in the fight.

[Jayrod]

Yes they are new but check out cutthroat heads from the boys at RMS Gear there awesome at least in my eyes

[Michael Arnette]

I would give the woodsman line a hard look and for a two blade it's hard to beat zwickeys for price. Is you are shooting 60+ I would give Snuffer original a good look too. They have been my go to for a while and definitly make a big hole.
Regardless, make sure your broad heads shoot well before hunting with them.

[Msbow]

Producer,
I know exactly how you feel. All of them will get the job done. You can easily kill game with a sharpened rock. SHOT PLACEMENT is what kills not the head. It's just an aid, in killing the animal faster. You have to figure out what YOU want in a head. Nearly indestructible or not so indestructible. Single bevel or double bevel. Wide cutting blade not so wide blade. All of them will kill!! They just do it differently from one to the next. For me, strength in a head is what I look for. One that  can take a beating!

[Iowabowhunter]

I haven't taken any game with my traditional bow,so take my advice for what it is worth.

Get whatever broadhead you like best (heck go with how cool it looks to you) sharp and put it in the right place and you're good to go.

Shooting under 50#? Go with a nice sharp 2 blade or a 2 blade with small bleeders. Anything else you can pretty much shoot any head out there as long as you have moderately heavy arrow weight

[lt-m-grow]

I understand the question, but frankly it is hard to go wrong with broad heads.  If "sharpening" is your stresser, there are some nice options that are great out of the pack.  

By far... the most challenging part of killing with a broad head is getting the broad head to the right spot.  

:-)

[Izzy]

Get what you want as long as it fits in your budget. Keep em sharp and kill something. Not many shoddy heads out there is these days, most will do what you ask them to do and then some, just stay American and you'll be good.

[Whitetail Addict]

The only thing I'll add, is to stay away from mechanical broadheads with traditional bows, JMO.

Personally I like the 3 blade, original wensel woodsman's, but there again, that's just my preference.

My bow is 51# at my draw length, by the way. The biggest things I shoot with it are whitetails, and the very occasional black bear.

Bob

[Gordon Jabben]

With a good shot, they will all work and there probably isn't a lot of difference in a marginal hit. I want a broadhead that doesn't take off (windplane) when I have less than perfect form which is probably anytime I shoot at a deer. 3 to 1 broadheads fit the bill.      

[HMlongbow]

Go with Steelforce razor sharp right out of the package and lifetime re-sharpen
Nick is awesome and will do whatever he can to help you out

[Sam McMichael]

I am not convinced that "the latest and greatest" is necessarily required. If it flies true and is well tuned you are there. A really hard steel may hold an edge better than a milder steel, but I don't feel it is that significant. Whatever the steel, I touch up my heads before I hunt as just a matter of course. It is just part of the equipment check, and I know my points are ready. It matters not if the broadhead has been holding an edge for the last several weeks, or you touched it up last night, as long as it is sharp when you release it.

However, a hunter should use whatever he chooses, no matter what others think.

[Kris]

 

"what to use for a longbow for deer size game"

You DON'T need $100 BH's for deer, or any other game for that matter...  

Keep it simple and get some Magnus or Zwickey's and you could hunt anywhere in the world.  Anyone on here could elaborate to the nth.  

Best of luck -

Kris