Originally Posted by Dalton
I appreciate every ones answers! Reason I’m going with mechanical instead of fixed blade is bc I’m new to the sport and a mechanical flys almost identical to a field tip and i want to take the factor of the fixed blade flying off course out, and also mechanical broadheads from what i have understood leave a bigger hole and the animal will bleed out a lot quicker therefore less suffering in the deers part and a quicker/easier find! From everything I’ve seen y’all talk about it seems that any of the ones i could use will kill and it’s all down to personal experience and finding out what you like! Thank you all and happy hunting boys!


A property tuned bow will shoot fixed heads just as well as field tips. Lots of folks shoot mechanicals to hide tuning issues.

Bigger hole is not always true, especially when mechanicals fail and you wind up with 2” of arrow hanging in a deer or a shoulder stops it.

To be the most ethical, you would build an arrow set-up that won’t fail and has the momentum/arrow weight to penetrate to vitals no matter what bone comes in front of it.

You can PM me and I’ll lead you down the rabbit hole if you are interested.