Broadheads

[Scott CWO]

Penetration! I want the arrow to exit. I've seen too many elk wounded by someone's white-tailed deer setup with mechanical broadheads that do not penetrate enough. It is pure physics that energy used to open up is lost for penetration. A balance is needed. I prefer a fixed two-blade for elk and larger animals. Archers need to adjust their setups to the animal just like rifle hunters. It's funny how rifle hunters will own several rifles with several different calibers and bullet weights but some archers try to hunt almost everything in North America with their white-tailed deer setup. Elk are 4-5 times the size of a deer.

 

[BenKK]

May I ask, out of curiosity, what would the average whitetail setup be in terms of draw weight and arrow weight? I don’t know much about deer hunting but I’m interested in learning.

 

[DillonG]

May I ask, out of curiosity, what would the average whitetail setup be in terms of draw weight and arrow weight? I don’t know much about deer hunting but I’m interested in learning.

I don’t know what would be considered average, but I shoot 70lb draw weight and an arrow total weight of 527 grains. Works very effectively on IL deer.