Im just wondering the difference between the chisel tips and razor blade tipped mechanical tips for arrows.
the chisel tips split bone more efficiently and the c.o.c. tips penetrate soft tissue more efficiently.
the best is whichever you like. they both kill. but the chisel may get you a kill with a bad shot. I said MAY, not will. It depends on what you believe.
It's all personal preference. since the beginning there were no chisel tips and people had no problem taking game. chisel tips may get you a kill with a bad placed shot. MAY.
The chisel tip is advertised to split through bone better, but the whole idea is a joke because a well placed bow shot is supposed to MISS bone. Unless you are shooting a very heavy arrow from a 70+lb bow, you ain't "splitting bone" anyway.A good thick razor tip is better in every way IMO.
I always heard that chisel tips (or trophy tips) create better entry wounds because they push and stretch the hide first before cutting, making it a wider slice.
There is no difference, other than the marketing techniques used by the companies utilizing the different tips. ANY type tip can penetrate through a shoulder scapula given enough KE. NO ARROW ON EARTH will penetrate the knuckle of the shoulder bone or the vertebrae of the backbone regardless of KE. Heck, here is a shoulder blade from a 200 lb buck cut in HALF by a rage of all broad heads. Keep em sharp, quit worrying about the name on the package, and go kill a deer. I'll use up the remainder of my 3+ packs of Rage 125 grn heads left over, then I want to dabble back in the fixed head side of things. Slick Trick, Muzzy, or Magnus...yet to be decided.
Wow I have coc tips right now. I think I'll just try those for now. Thanks for the help and that's a cool picture
I have used the coc 2 blade rage and the rage chisel tip on bear; both were broadside shots, both 18-21 yards away. Only difference was the bows used and the broadheads. I prefer the coc tip because the wound channel seemed to be more consistant all the way through. Ultimately, both broadheads got the job done though. Good luck!
A little tidbit more to add, last year using the coc rage on a deer, my broadhead punched a hole through the opposite side shoulder blade...
that part of the scapula is relatively soft compared to the head of the bone in the shoulder joint. I myself have shot chisel tips for yrs and have shot thru bone; I don't think a cut on contact tip may have retained the pass throught ability in the situation contact w/"solid" bone.
A 'well placed bow shot' is what everyone should aim to do BUT everyone knows that doesnt always happen, even with the best, thus, its important to prepare for such to make sure you can get through the bone and into vitals and not wound an animal but kill it, this is responsible hunting. This is incorrect, you can get through bone with a lot less poundage and you dont need a 'very heavy arrow'. Shot deflection can and does occur with a fine tip, also depending on the structure of the broadhead the broadhead can bend, a tanto tip will do the same job as a finely sharpened tip will, only better on bone.
