Great info Charles!  Just what I was hoping for.

Thanks alot
Jake

a co-worker at a sporting shop whenever new heads come in takes them on a tourcher test now this was all done with wheelie bows not sure how or if this info will translate into trad bows but his test consisted or shoot the heads thru 55 gallon drums many times also thru cynder blocks and plywood at extreem angles the montax past all these test all test where made with same head finally shattered after 3rd shot into the cynder block (sorry for the bad spelling hope you guys can understand what i wrote, should have went to class during spelling days insead of the woods)

Yeah Jake, it wasn't a fair insinuation I made that the majority of the poor recoveries were the G5's fault. But IMO a combination of factors including shot placement, arrow weight and how severe the angles were. Same as with ANY broadhead or set-up.

Charles, Don Thomas insight is from practical experience and he shoots 2 blade heads most of the time. BUT, (you knew that was coming) broadside shots on African plains game are best if you can convince yourself to shoot far enough forward. We tend to shy away from hitting North American game in the shoulder, so we may end up shooting too far back. African game has a different bone structure where the legbones go forward allowing dead on "shoulder" shots.

Biggie

I understand and agree 100%.  No broadhead will make up for poor decisions before the shot, or a bad shot.

Jake

i just killed a hog last friday with a g5 montec and had awsome results but i still like my stingers better don't know why just do

While I have slipped an arrow in behind the last rib lodging in the off shoulder I also had another hard 1/4ing shot with a 12 guage sabbot...it hit at the back of the rib cage deflected up the rib cage breaking or at least cracking ribs along the way breaking the same side shoulder bouncing off breaking the neck dropping her in her tracks...it never entered the chest cavity

I now only take slightly 1\\4ing shots not the hard 1/4ing a BH can deflect off rib and slide up looking perfect but indeed not be

Jesse,

Not getting a pass through on a 1/4 ing shot is the result of hitting the far shoulder not from BH or bow problems.  Elk are pretty easy to get through because if your like me, you stay away from the shoulder and punch nothing but ribs and lungs.

Not all animals are like that, especially these dang pigs we have.  Kill zone is low and way forward so you can't go behind the shoulder but an inch.  Through the shoulder makes sense but then you get limited penetration, especially if you hit big bone.  Turn the hog away from you and you get really big bone and muscle on the far side.  It's a dead hog, but in tight brush and only one wound, you might have a hard time finding him.

Mike

A couple years ago my dad shot a bull elk 1/4 ing away pretty hard at 35 yards running with a 55# hybrid longbow, axis shaft, and a 125 montec(total arrow weight 458 gr.) It went in to the fletching and got both lungs.
Personly I've killed deer using the 4 blade stinger, the rasorcap, and the montec. Using bows anywhere from 47# to 63#. They all worked great!
I watched several of my friends kill bulls with the montecs. They've always worked great for us.
Have fun hog hunting it's somthing I dream of doing someday.

I have been using the G5 for about 4 or 5 year
and i love them . I have killed elk and deer with the G5 and it has always pass through brodside and 1/4 away shots. Maybe I am just lucky so I will keep using them until I am unlucky.

Wengerd and Rbush

Great stuff, I beleve with my setup, they should work very well, I am shooting a Centaur 58" 53# at my draw and total arrow weight of approx 530 grains, with most of that up front.  

I hopefully will have solid evidence one way or the other in about a month!

Thanks
Jake

Let me know how you do and how you like the montec G5.


Good Luck and Happy Hunting!!!

Mike,
I am like you and stay away from the shoulder on elk. But I am not afraid of them and I will take a quartering away shot at an elk even if I will hit the off side shoulder and do it with confidence.
Especially a deer. I have shot many deer in the shoulder blade(even through both shoulder blades) and I have yet to not get a pass through. I don't have experience with hogs but I think an elk would be a harder shoulder to penetrate than a pig and I have had no problems with elk. Just my observations with my set up and to each his own.
What RBush said let us know how you do over&under. Also post some pics.

Thanks alot Guys, hopefully some I will have some hero pics and a good story in about a month!!!

Good luck!

Looking forward to the pictures and story to follow.

Have a good hunt(s)!!