Selecting your Broadhead

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Selecting your Broadhead


Bison, moose, big bears, elk, big wild boars and large African plains game, like eland and hartebeest. These are animals with the thickest hide, sturdiest bone structure and most extensive anatomy. They place a premium on penetration over all other factors.



Draw Weight: 50-55 pounds
Draw Length: 26-28 inches.
Performance: These rigs have lower draw weights and / or short draw lengths. Many experienced female bowhunters shoot something in this class (26-inch draw length at 55 pounds), but so might a grown man dealing with a torn rotator cuff (28-inch draw length at 50 pounds). A middle-ground average shaft weight of 8-9 grains per inch creates moderate speed (say, 240-250 fps) and assured reliability.


Cut-on-contact broadheads include a flat, knife-like main blade (sometimes with added cross-cut bleeders) or a merging of cutting edges to a fine tip that begins cutting from the moment of impact. The edges create an uninterrupted continuation of the tip itself. Classic two-edged styles penetrate deepest because they produce the lowest degree of friction through hide and muscle and split bone like an axe. The bleeders cross-cut to increase tissue damage. Examples: Steel Force Phathead, NAP HellRazor, G5 Montec, Muzzy Phantom.


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