Fixed blade vs. mechanical blade study

Doesn't matter what you shoot. SHOT PLACEMENT is the key.... Shoot what flies good out of your setup whether it be fixed or mechanical. There is no one broadhead that is perfect for all setups. Test a few in your setup and use what is best for you.

Chuck Daniel's and Lynard Skynard sang songs about me. I will always keep it simple and go with fixed blades.

I still have a bag phone, tv with a tube and just switched to CD vs cassets. Doesn't mean either is more gooder just my choice

I shot mechanical in my early bow days and they just didn't hold up well. So I have shot fixed blade on it ever since. When I got my X-bow I had planing and noise issues with fixed blade and tried some rage mechanical and they fly better and have done really well thus far. So....I use what I have confidence in (flies well and allows me to hit where I want). I shoot a much lighter head on my box vs X-bow as well....I try to limit shots to broadside and within 30 yards regardless of which weapon as well....trying to stay within my limits.

I've had great results from the chinese rage hypodermics. I think I'm 8 for 8 so far with them, plus at $1 each it won't break the bank. They're getting hard to find now though...

Agree that shop placement is key, but ...... a fixed blade broadhead will never "not open" as intended.
One less thing to worry about and they've been doing the job for decades.

I used a rage broadhead 1 time out of a wicked ridge crossbow. I hit a doe in the shoulder from the ground at 20-25 yards. There was practically zero penetration. When she took off the bolt fell out and had a chunk of meet stuck in the blades. I have no idea what happened or why it didn't penetrate. Since then I went back to the old reliable Muzzy 3 blade. I have blew through both shoulder blades on large bodied bucks with them. There is no doubt in my mind that if I was using a Muzzy on that doe she would have ended up in my freezer.

With traditional bows I use a cut on contact 2 blade broadhead for maximum penetration. I will be using Zwickey heads on my upcoming elk hunt.

A G5 havoc saved my butt with a poorly tuned bow and a rib hit, but a fixed could have done the same, Ill never know.

I shot fixed all last season and I will again this season.

I am shooting single bevel fixed heads...so trust me I love fixed. However, soft tissue (especially) guts an expandable deals more damage than a fixed does for sure. Both are lethal there, but fixed don't necessarily shine (win) is all I was meaning.

Depends on what heads we are talking about. My Grizz Tricks are cutting 2.5" of tissue (1.25" diameter x 4 blades). I am only beat out by a 2 blade that has a diameter over 2.5" or by a 3 blade that is 1 3/8" or larger diameter.

Only thing I don't like about 2 blade expandables is that you could be within 1/4" of an artery and not cut it depending on the orientation of the blades.