Im wondering if 3 blade broadheads will produce a better bloodtrail as well as entry and exit wounds vs 4 blades. Ive heard that 3 blades would be better but Im not sure. Any experience?
Ive been using muzzy 3 blades for about 12 years now...I just switched to the muzzy MP3 and love them. Ive never used the four blades but ive such good luck with the 3 blade that I wouldnt ever change to the 4 blade
I always was a three blade fan, had some tuning problems with four bladed heads years ago and went to three bladed BH.....havent looked back. That said I am sure that you can find some 4 bladed head that fly and kill great. Slick tricks seem highly regarded... 6 of one half a dozen of the the other use what shoots well for you....
I always was a three blade fan, had some tuning problems with four bladed heads years ago and went to three bladed BH.....havent looked back. That said I am sure that you can find some 4 bladed head that fly and kill great. Slick tricks seem highly regarded... 6 of one half a dozen of the the other use what shoots well for you....
I use the Muzzy 3 Blade and love it. I've also tried the MX3's and MX4's. But had tuning problems with 4 blades as well so I just stuck with the 3 blade. @IllinoisBowhunter102 The only difference between the MX3's and the regular 3 blade is that the MX3 is more compact and has a wider cutting diameter.
oops...i meant MX-3. I switched to them about halfway thru this season. I bought a 3 pack and all 3 deer I stuck with them never went more then 30 yards, and I watched them all die. Ive always been a muzzy fan but the MX-3 are amazing! They have a little bit thicker blade so you dont have to worry about them getting destroyed when you stick it thru the shoulder.
Says the one with a 2 blade bloodrunner....haha :D I agree though and I'm looking hard at a slick trick for next year.
Hey Ty, back off man! haha jk In all honesty though, I shot the two blade bloodrunner this past summer and liked everything about it. This past season though I just couldn't stay away from my tried and trued NAP spitfire maxx's. Those head are awesome and I have had great performance with them. I need to change my signature back.
:D I know...yeah I've been bit by the Grim Reaper train of huge entrance and exit holes...but over and over again I keep coming back to desiring those fixed heads. Just physics to me says some kind of energy has to be lost opening the blades+I like the idea of no moving parts. I'll be honest though any broadhead that I can practice with will do the job...more the hunter than the tool.
Either is equally good. I have shot 115 gr 4 blades and 125 gr three blades and can't tell any difference between them as far as blood trails go and as far as tuning goes. I might give a slight edge to the down range accuracy of the three blade but penetration is great with both.
Sharp, good flying, accurate broadheads are what matters. What flies best for you and your set up. I personally shoot a two blade head, German Kinetics. Now when it comes to mechanicals vs. fixed ................................ A FIXED BLADE ALWAYS OPENS!!!!!!!
Agreed... though the mechanicals today are much better and very reliable. The main issue is sharpness and getting penetration, which is usually an issue of trying to shoot too large a diameter with too little of an arrow.
The proof of the best broadheads(3's or 4's), that I've been blessed to witness, has been scattered about the forest floor in specks, drops, spurts and sprays, or solid puddles of bright red. I've trailed deer taken with 3 and 4 bladed Muzzy's, Thunderheads (3blade), 4 bladed slick tricks, and some mechanicals. The worst trails were cut loose by 4 blade fixed heads(where all 4 blades are the same size). I only know what I've seen in person trailing them by their bleeding. The 4 bladed holes through deer hide seem squarish in shape. Anything falling or flowing out of a 4 blade cut hole has 4 triangular flaps of skin hanging in the way. I've seen them plug up completely with fat and clotted blood. The more irregular shaped holes through the leather, generated by 3 blade heads just seemed to let the red run out better. 3 blades equals only 3 flaps of skin hanging in the hole. I shoot Thunderhead and Muzzy, depending on a few things, but both are three bladed because I want my deer to bleed so we can find them, if they don't fall within sight. Either 3 or 4 blades are a toss up when you talk more quartering shots and the skin is sliced more so than blown straight through with only the shape of the head opening their "leather jacket." ...but then you're back to the argument of penetration, which is a whole new set of problems.
For the 4 blade fans out there, here's a shot that was 20 yards taken perfectly broadside, opening weekend of archery in Wisconsin(2008). This buck traveled about 60 yards to his death bed. For the record, this is the hole from a 4 blade slick trick, with which my buddy has taken 2 other bucks over 140" with since this day! ...so obviously the 4 blades work like their 3 bladed cousins(like I'm a fan of)...
I have to agree with your logic, it just seems that the triangular cut of a 3 blade will allow for better blood flow. Plus i would assume it has better penetration since there would be less drag.. Regardless theyre all good. My Slick Trick Magnums harvested my first buck for me this year.. I cant complain.
