Does the amount of blades on a broadhead mean anthing?

Do 4 blade broadheads make faster and more devastating kills as compared to 3 bladed broadheads, 2 bladed.......

 

The more cutting surface on your broadhead the greater the wound channel will be by slicing more tissue.

I use a four blade with a big cut for this very reason.

When it comes to a wound channel, I'd rather have to much than not enough in the event of a marginal hit.

 

Couldn't have said it any better myself.

 

It means - more blades = more drag going through (for one thing).

It means - more blades = more damage (if the head gets through the cavity).

It means the head creates more drag on the way to the target (than a head with equal sized blades of a lesser count).

 

It means know what your equipment can shoot.

2 blade may be a better choice and have more killing power than a 4 blade on certain setups.

Buckeye gave a pretty good post, it's why I shoot a 4 blade with a larger cutting dia, and I shoot a 500+ arrow so I have enough energy to push that head through a deer.

 

So if I had a 2 blade broadhead that equaled the overall cutting diameter of a 3 blade broadhead via a wider blade, then I would get a faster moving head with the same killing potential as a 3 blade broadhead of an equal or lesser overall cutting diameter?

 

Just remember you are pushing 4 blades through that same tissue you are cutting so therefore you need more KE to get a pass through.


Not saying one way or the other is better. Something to keep in mind.

 

I think killing potential is a better way to put it. Remember location, location, location.

To use Jeff as an example, his setup this year had greater killing potential than his compound and a rage head. Even though his rage head was wider, bow faster, his arrow setup did not match his bow.

Take this year with a smaller head, slower bow, he was setup(math wise) to have greater chance of killing the deer.

IMO

 

Cutting diameter and cutting surface are two different things. I am more of a fan of cutting surface than I am cutting diameter.

 

True--I meant to say cutting surface Buckeye. I couldnt think of the word--i am in idiot mode.

 

Attempting to get as large of a two blade head as in your example to fly great would be a very large task. Add in a windy day and you have no chance.

Its all give and take in the broadhead world.

 

Ok. Let's look at a Rage 2 blade, 2" cut. 2 blades, 1" long each. Overall cutting surface, 2". Slick Trick Mag, 1 1/8" cutting diameter. 4 blades, each are .5625 ( 1 1/8 divided by 2) ....so, .5625 times 4 = 2.25" cutting surface. So, the four blade with a smaller cutting DIAMETER has more cutting SURFACE.

There really is 2 schools of thought here. I've subscribed to both in my days. A 2" cutting diameter requires more energy to push through a deer than does a 1 1/8" cutting diameter. BUT, you're pushing 4 blades (more cutting surface) instead of 2. I don't have any math to support it, but I would bet the energy required is almost the same for both. It seems logical anyway.

I've shot 2 blade, 3 blade and 4 blade through deer. All the way through, into the ground on the backside. So, does one require more energy than the other? Doubt it. And if it does, it negligible. I like a 4 blade because of the wound channel, but that doesn't mean a big ole 2" cutting diameter isn't nice too, because it is.

Personally, I just don't think one is any better than the other. Some will argue ( in this thread, most likely) that the difference will be on a MARGINAL shot, because we all know shot placement is what matters. To that, I say this. I put a lousy shot on a deer last fall with a 4 blade head. Found the deer, and didn't go far. Buddy of mine shot one with a 2 blade Rage, different story. Didn't find the deer. The moral of the story? We can "what if" this all year but in the end, it's what you have confidence in and want to use.

 

I have shot 3 blade fixed heads for years and am happy with the results. I just like to simplify things and have been thinking about a two blade head for this year with my recurve.

 

3 blades are best.

:D

 

Are not!

Oh, wait a minute... I shoot a 3-blade.

Is too!

:D

 

I honestly don't see the point In shooting a small 3 or 4 blade head.

 

Mee to, I have heard some hunters state "They can blow through a shoulder with one", it makes me chuckle

 

I just don't see much more advantage to shooting a 4 blade over 3 blade, other than personal preference....

It seems to reason that you would only gain an additional cut on an artery/vein already sliced. I can definitely see the advantage of 3 over 2, but not soo much 4 over 3.

This diagram kinda shows what I was talking about. With the 3-4 blade, either way the artery is cut.

 

Really? I can think of more reasons to shoot small 3 or 4 blade heads than bigger 3 or 4 blade heads.

 

There is no "better/best" for everyone (blanket). There IS a better/best for each individual's setup.