Broadhead Selection
Filed under: Ask Grant, Hunting Tactics
Colton
Colton,
There are many great broadheads on the market! I prefer a fixed-blade design so the chance of failure is minimal. More importantly, I insist that the broadheads I use are literally shaving sharp. Broadheads kill deer by causing rapid blood loss. Dull broadheads cause more trauma to deer and therefore deer instantly secrete a hormone that causes blood to clot. Deer are much less likely to secrete this hormone when hit by a razor sharp broadhead. To illustrate, think about how much you bleed when you hit your finger with a hammer (not much) versus how much you bleed from a simple paper cut. Paper cuts don’t cause trauma — so our bodies don’t release the clotting hormone.
I shoot a Blackout Fixed-Blade Broadhead from Bass Pro. I had great results on multiple mature bucks using that head last year (GDTV 45).
Growing Deer together,
Grant