A good friend of mine gave me a 3 pack of magnus black hornets 100 grains. They are super sharp right out of the box, and fly like field points. I tuned up some 30" cx predetor 2's 2040's with 4" feathers. They come in right at 350 grains and will be shooting them out of my 40# carbon/foam sf elites on my dorado riser.

Is it deer season yet?

Glad to hear you were talking about broadheads, and not talking about getting into a nest of those nasty black hornets with the white face.

Deer season is in the air my friend!  I am tuning up some arrows right now.  Man, I don't think it gets more exciting than the preparation for the year, except actually getting to kill something. lol.

Wow, my arrows weigh more than that BEFORE I put the heads on them.

Shoot straight !
ChuckC

DanielB89, I hear ya man... Ready to go sit in the stand!!!

ChuckC, I like lighter arrows (no more then 9gpp) because they give a better trajectory and you simply don't need more then 400 grains for whitetail size game.

QuoteOriginally posted by 2bird:
ChuckC, I like lighter arrows (no more then 9gpp) because they give a better trajectory and you simply don't need more then 400 grains for whitetail size game.

2bird,

i do like more speed myself.  And i do typically aim for a lighter arrow myself, but its usually around 9.  I shoot a lot of competitions and I like to shoot the same arrows for both.  It is all a "give and take" game.  You gain speed but lose some "penetration power", go up in weight, you loose speed, but gain penetration(to an extent).

My arrows always find their way to be some where between 460-520 grains.  Just depends what weight bow I am shooting.

Broadhead test on the other site,Black Hornet came in first place.

Like to see one would you mind a pic. Thank you.

QuoteOriginally posted by DanielB89:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by 2bird:
ChuckC, I like lighter arrows (no more then 9gpp) because they give a better trajectory and you simply don't need more then 400 grains for whitetail size game.

2bird,

i do like more speed myself.  And i do typically aim for a lighter arrow myself, but its usually around 9.  I shoot a lot of competitions and I like to shoot the same arrows for both.  It is all a "give and take" game.  You gain speed but lose some "penetration power", go up in weight, you loose speed, but gain penetration(to an extent).

My arrows always find their way to be some where between 460-520 grains.  Just depends what weight bow I am shooting. [/b]

I hear ya, imo when your shooing a 45#+ bow and are shooting a 400+ grain arrow it's just a matter of how far they are going to stick into the dirt after they blow through a deer. And if a 400 grain arrow will zip through a deer out of a low to mid 40# bow, why increase arrow weight when shooting a 50-60# bow??? doesn't make sense to me. now for bigger things like Elk i could see using a 500 grain arrow but for deer i see no point going over 400-450 grains (unless directed by the bowyer to prevent limb damage)

QuoteOriginally posted by The Whittler:
Like to see one would you mind a pic. Thank you.

You bet when i get home

My only concern with them would be the blade angle.  However, momentum and sharpness can over come that issue.
I suspect that way more guys shoot less than 3-1 ratio than do.

I have a killed deer with 44# with a 390 grain arrow tipped with a out of the box muzzy, it did fine.

putting them where they need to be is priority #1, everything else is not nearly as important.