Muzzy Broadhead

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After seeing the other thread about broadheads, it reminded me that I had some pictures that was took at a processing house the other day. Someone had shot this deer in the pelvis bone.

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Very interesting at seeing the penetration that it got.
 
I try not to shoot them in the pelvis. I have blown Muzzys thru spines and shoulder joints. shooting 300 fps these days but I did it back when anything over 250 was considered blazing fast. I switched from Thunderhead 125s to Muzzy 100gr over 15 years ago and they still work. I still use Zwickey Black Diamonds on my cedar shafts and longbow.
 
muzzys are good, even the best broadheads out of a crossbow can get caught up in the shoulder joint or pelvis, depending on the distance and angle of shot. My favorite broadheads were the razorbak 5's, every deer I hit with them seemed to be downed within 30 yards, maybe it was good shooting, maybe it was two extra cutting surfaces, maybe the broadhead just rocked!
 
I try not to shoot them in the pelvis..........
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Neither do I and I wouldn't recommend it. :) The good ole boiler room is the place to put the arrow. I thought it was an interesting picture since most would say you would never make it through the joints/bones specially if its a fixed broadhead ;) .

But that are so many different factors to look at with broadheads.

Here's a link that will tell you what the kinetic energy of your arrow is, you have to know your fps and arrow grains weight.

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I put a four blade 100g muzzy through the shoulder blade of a mule deer this year and got full pass through at 64 yards. I don't know exactly how fast my bow is but its a five year old hoyt, 70# draw, total arrow weight is right around 400grains I can't remember the exact weight. The deer was angled toward me just a touch so the intry wound was right on the shoulder blade and exit was just behind the off side shoulder. He went maybe 50yds and fell over. This is the first animal I have ever shot an arrow at so I was pretty impressed with the quick results.
 
a few years ago I shot an adult Illinois doe thru both shoulder joints (centered right thru the balljoints) with a muzzy on a carbon shaft, smacked loud like an oak bridge plank and stopped the arrow with about 6" out the other side. She reared up on her hinds like a kangaroo and hopped about 10 yards before she dropped dead. After killing over 60 deer with arrows I have not yet had a failure I can blame on a muzzy broadhead. had some early thunderheads shed blades in bone and I've torn up some muzzy blades but they always hold together.
 
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