What's everyones opinion of the woodsman broadheads?  
I'll start my saying, I'm kind of dissappointed in my results in the last 3 seasons.  The first kill was a small buck which i trailed for 150 yds before recovering.  i've had a couple non recovered deer in which I "swear" that I hit right perfectly in the lung area.  found blood for a while then just quit.  Last night I got a good kill with one.  deer went about 50 yds. and fell dead.  just comparing the last 3 seasons with these broadheads as to the usual 2 blades I've always used, I've had better quicker cleaner kills with 2 blade heads...........JMO

I really like them.  I've had good blood trails and quick kills the past three seasons I've used them. (ELK hogs mule deer and whitetails)  but that is my experience.  Joe

Can't comment on them however, when I got into this Trad. shooting one of my friends who has been shooting Trad for many years said to " just use two bladed broadheads because they kill the best ".

Ken

are you getting them shaving sharp? no or little blood almost sounds like a head not as sharp as it could be
  a broadhead of any kind through the lungs is gonna put one down fairly quickly, with that said i had a friend say the same thing you are saying,  after 2 lost deer,with what he said were good hits, he hammered the remaining ones flat and went back to a 2 blade. i am not sure he was getting them razor sharp eventhough he said he was. but since going back to a 2 blade he has done well. that is a mid 50lb wt long bow 600 gr arrows.. i believe there are 2 degrees of sharp one is shaving and feels sharp enough the other is a truely scalpel sharp edge the later will cut alot more that the other brushed by

I cant get them sharp, I dont know why but i find it nearly impossible to sharpen the damn things, I can get two blades shaving sharp. My buddy has some big 160 grn. Snuffers that he gets really sharp, i might get some of them.

Buckeye, have you let your buddy try to sharpen the WW's?  Same manufacturer as those Snuffers he can get so sharp.  Tha Wensel Woodsman is a PROVEN broahead that has killed everything from Aardvark to Zebra!  They work just fine.

If I were a 3 blade guy that is what I would use.  

It ain't the broadhead!!!

Most of my trad kills have been with a Woodsman, I always filed them sharp enough and I have never had a blood trail more than 100 yds ending at the dead critter. I have switched to the VPA's with no vents but its the same design.

My experience has been very good with them. They have left excellent blood trails, that have been short as well. Out of the 6 deer 3 tipped over in sight, the others I heard hit the ground.

It did take a bit to get used to sharpening them. I work them down to 1000 grit wet dry paper, the edge looks like a mirror.

That being said I can still lightly touch the Woodsman heads. I use STOS heads when I use a 2 blade head, I get them spooky sharp. If you lightly touch them they cut you. It has to be the edge angle. The Woodsman still leave a better blood trail.

I'm with Charlie on this...there is more going on here than the head you are using.

2, 3, or 4 blade it does not matter...sharp and shot placement does the job everytime.

I would recommend them!!!! They take some work to get sharp.    KYArcher

I'm with Charlie and Chris on this one.

Eric

Don't beat me up but I have had bad experiences with them -remember you asked .

Poor penteration and yes they were SHAVING SHARP - wouldn't have hunted with them if they weren't .

NEVER got 2 holes in a deer with bows from 53-57#'s . Almost went back to a compound because of lack of pentetraion from them .

They bend easy - way to easy .

I recommend a good 2 blade magnus or zwickey !

Sorry I know some of you woodsman fans just dropped your candy in the dirt but it is just my opinion.


Jack

Even with a moderate set-up, I tend to belive that any shot in the boiler room of a deer will prove devasting with any sharp broadhead.

I'm also with Charlie and Chris. I've had good results using them.

I killed a buck on 10-30-10 with a woodsman elite and I got 14inch of penetration on him. That is a 512gr arrow going 170fps and I like the low profile more 3 to 1 ratio of the woodsman. It made a real nice round hole in him instead of a slit style hole wich I like better. I did test with 2 and 4 blade heads and they penetrated within 1/4 inch of a 2 blade head. I can say that I will always have them in my quiver. Widow

Thanks for all your opinions.  Maybe it is just a coincidence the past few years when I started using them.  My shot placements have been as good as any other of my kills in all my years.  Maybe it is a sharpening issue.  Maybe I just don' t have the hang of how to sharpen a 3 blade?

The deer I shot with my WW PILED UP in about 60 yds .It broke a rib on entry and broke the rib on the oppisite side but did not exit.Was shooting 55# bow.Have to agree though it takes a bit to get them sharp.

I'm shooting 47# and I'm getting pass through shots 8 outta 10 with woodsman heads. Though I'm shooting 681 gr arrows I've busted spines and came through the  bottom of the boiler room. I think its all just personal preference.