Broadhead Sharpness

[LostHawg]

Okay, so you've just pulled your tackle box out from under the bed and are getting ready to mount those broadheads.

You've chosen to use the old standby. A head you've had many years and it has seen action. Zwickey, Magnus, Eclipse, Bear, etc. These are all durable heads with two edges on a single piece of metal. Cut on contact.

You're setting on stand and watching a couple fawns playing near by with the quail running back and forth in and out of the tall grass occassionally rolling in the dust. The pasture is just alive with the wild antics of the animals and birds that've gone undisturbed since mid-winter.

Then HE shows up. You know it's HIM. He's got the walk, the stature, the head gear and the savvy of seasons slipping through the hunter's grasp.

You raise your bow as you pick your spot and draw to anchor. You're locked on and there's nothing between you and HIM except open air. HE lowers his head to nibble on some late fall green, onside leg forward, offside leg back. Now, he's quartered ever so slightly away and his head goes behind a paddle of prickly pear. You see fletching slip through the air and...

I once hunted with this guy who felt that a broadhead out of the package was a broadhead ready for the hunt. However, unlike that of Muzzy, Thunderhead, and others of the replaceable head design that come with a razorsharp edge the above mentioned heads require the users attention prior to the hunt. It is our responsibility as traditional hunters (as with modern hunters) to ensure our game bleeds out and expires as quickly and humanely as possibly. Just gluing on that Eskimo or Journeyman and spinning the shaft doesn't give you a huntable arrow. The broadhead HAS to be sssssssssssharp.