It's odd that bridglock stuff is more expensive when the the mount requires less aluminum and a much simpler cast. It's just a rectangle with some diagonal edges.

I’m glad you made this video because I’ve had some bad luck with my “Ashby setup.” Lost a doe due to no blood trail whatsoever on what appeared to be a great shot. Shot another and took 2 hours in the dark to track because again had barely any blood trail with 30 yard stretches of no blood at all. Deer rain about 120 yards over the crest of a ridge and zig zagged down the other side. Thought it was a bad shot, but after skinning it was a double lung with heart. This was with a 550 grain setup with Iron Will wides. Think I’m going to switch back, as well.

Fun but can definitely see the difference in arguments based off of opinion vs scientific facts. Like it or not, Troy has the upper hand on all of the arguments.

I shoot Trad bows and wooden arrows. I’ve seen and heard of many in the trad community getting fantastic penetration through the ribs and bouncing off the shoulder. I have had the same thoughts. It’s either in the bread basket and successful or it bounces off and it’s a flesh wound. No sepsis and dying after days and days of suffering for the animal. Great video to stimulate some thinking.

So, its only because of your entitlement issues. Got it👍

I have gone through both shoulders on northern whitetails with grime reapers. Cut and broken legs to a point where the deer never got its feet back under them. They are one and done heads. To a point where I know die hard fix blade guys stop using fix heads and switched to 1 3/4 heads. Most deer don’t make it 50 yards. Plenty of pics to prove this points.

Ive been waiting for someone to talk about this.

Interesting take, I think the reason mechanicals get a bad rap sometimes is because exactly what you’re saying. They are on an untuned bow. A poor shot was made, and the animal wasn’t recovered… that being said I have lost animals on both. most recently with a 1,75 serv.

So what I’ve gathered here is you’re trading lethality for arrows that won’t kill in the event you’ve made a bad shot? You’d rather the animal survive and suffer than die and you not find it because of “bad blood trails?” What am I missing? Just get better at tracking or get a dog.

Spot on, love the 2 inch cut Swhackers, no problems many deer down and quick, always a pass through.

For every advantage you gain you will lose another. A shot forward into the bone then the heavy arrow has the advantage. A shot back in the soft stuff then the large cutting diameter will have the advantage. You simply can't gain anywhere without losing in another. Pick your poison and live by it.

The broadhead is what does all the damage. Everything else is just the delivery system. Choose accordingly.

The you tube hunter guy industry is comical. That is really all I can say about that.

On deer, do you aim low, anticipating the drop?

I used to kinda think Brandon was a tool but always enjoyed his content and have really took a liking to him after seeing him and Tim’s and Josh’s and James’s interactions! I’m a big enough man to admit when I was wrong, and I was wrong about Brandon he seems like a really kool dude, highly unlikely this comment reaches you but just needed to put this out there lol 😂

Mechanicals are great if you never have to take a steep angle or 1/4 away shot. If you can get a clean broadside they rarely fail. I am sticking with a fixed blade montec because the less things I have to worry about in the moment lining up a shot the better.

I agree that its situational which works better. For me, I have lost deer with mechanicals due to deflection from small limbs that caused the mechanical to open. I hunt in theick cover in Maine with a low deer population. I also had a full passthrough with an iron will wide and clipped the top of a lung and we never recovered that deer, even after 3 miles and a tracking dog. I have said both; i should have had a mechnaical and I should have used a fixed blade. I guess were always learning.

Thoughts on Remi’s failure? Not a fan of the non-disclosure.

is it at all possible to tune so you can carry both fixed and mechanical?

Great vid. That is exactly what I am doing. Thanks

I have the Bowtech Solution and I have mixed feelings about it myself. Like I wish I never got it. It is very fast,smooth. The main thing I hate more than anything is the grip. It is to narrow (thin) for me. I like the fat grip like I had on my Matthews Outback. I wish I could find some one to machine me a fat wooden grip for the Bowtech. Really don’t want to use bat wrap but I guess I’m going to try it. I like how you kept saying it was you and not blaming Bowtech,everyone has their own preference. Good video

I'm switching back to the Sevr Hybrid this year. I'm still going to carry a few Kudu points, but my primary broadhead will be the Sevr. Lusk testing poves they are capable. The kills I've had with mechanicals have been easy to track and under 40yds.

Hey brandon ... I am about to unsub.. Please tell me this was a rough patch in your life and you'll come back around to sanity. Just kidding, you do YOU.. I'll stick to FIXED

Having the ability to sharpen and reuse my single bevels will keep me in the fixed head group. Getting an absolutely terrifyingly sharp broadhead is huge for me and I can’t sharpen an expandable.

will have the beast and the ol slick trick standards in the quiver for mulies and elk this fall! and the old newberg grouse killer for good measure! 440 grain arrow at 70lbs

Im flying grim reaper hibrids, and serious evolution 3 blades

Ok KE will change if the bow is not tuned correctly!!!!! It is simple physics Troy!!! If your bow is not tuned well it will change your KE!!!!!! It is right in the equation! 1/2 MV2 and especially if the V is changed! Because it is squared! So a badly tuned bow throws a slower arrow which in turn creates less velocity and this affects and decrease your KE someone needs to go back to physics class!!!

I don't agree but do you boo

This was a great conversation! Why could Dud not handle the conversation like this? Thos is actually "Finding Common Ground!"

I have the 29.5. One thing that you forgot to mention is that you can change the poundage on the bow without changing the limbs. You can use 60, 70, or 80 pound mods on the exact same limbs.

What are your thoughts on the pse evo ntn 33?

Great video

I would love to have a PRIVATE conversation with you on this subject. Having dealt with literally hundreds of dead whitetail deer, dozens of black bear, and nearly 100 eastern turkey, I have some definate thoughts on this matter. No, I personally have not killed that many animals. I am a long standing member of a hunt club and have seen it all. My thoughts on this subject, to a degree, don't differ from yours.

Your thoughts on the Tooth of the Arrow..The hole looks like you shot it with a slug!!

Very interesting

Everything in life is like this. You get more of one thing it takes away from another. Meet in the middle and it takes from both sides. The delicate balance. Uncle Iroh approved.

Not sure why guys are to tough on RF. He specifically talks about shooting pigs under feeders.

Best start to a show ever.

I guarantee, any sevr, running low profile vanes, is going to be way more accurate at 100 yards than the big ass planning surface of an iron will wide and the larger vanes required to steer it, and the real difference is seen when the wind picks up, then it’s night and day as to which is more accurate. And the shit ton of vane makes its louder than a fighter jet taking off. Sound matters when you’re shooting at a deer. And lets forget about sevr, use a thorn broadhead. They have zero exposed surface, and you can run very minimal vane, and have a super sleek, streamlined arrow that is easily as accurate as a field point. Bottom line: -field point accuracy - quieter minimal vanes -ability to buck the wind - larger cut diameter Trump fixed blades all day.

Convicted of his crimes and bombs 140yd shots on animals with a bow....yea fk that guy, makes us all look bad

Went down the heavy arrow single bevel rabbit hole as well ended up going back to a 3 blade setup then back to a small expandable with a good moderate weight moderate foc setup and everything I have hit with it has been recovered. I have talk to a lot of dog trackers in different states and one thing I have learned is when shooting at a big buck your better off back a few inches vs being forward a few inches. A buck cannot survive a gut shot, he's hurt he runs 100-150 yards and beds down and watches his back trail. By morning he's gone septic and if he's still alive he can't get up or move around very well. A gut shot often has a lot higher recovery then a shoulder shot if a dog is called out.

If you like the Valkyrie death switch system but it doesn't have quite enough cutting surface you could get the replacement Whitetail Fury blade packs and add an extra half inch or so. Love the discussion.

Brandon, what’s your take on the Afflictor Hybrids?

Saying an animal moved b4 your arrow got there is also the ultimate excuse for a bad shot. In reality in most cases you would never know if an animal moved b4 your arrow got there. Its the ultimate excuse because it makes you feel better about a bad shot and im sure hunters abuse that excuse allll the time

Seems like a lot of people are coming full circle back to expandables. Some people never left but I think some of the gear junkies really got into the heavy arrow movement, myself included. I picked up some Grim Reaper 1 3/8” like two years ago and think I will be using those this season. I have a short draw length but should have enough KE with my setup to put down whitetail.

MFJJ sounds like Ted in movie scene where they sewed Ted up wrong. Ranch Fairy is defensive in this and I sure understand because of Dudley’s show with him.

I’ve heard that expandables get bigger holes in hibernation bc they aren’t sharp enough to cut it without stretching it first

Aiming just above the front leg with a cut on contact fixed head seems to either kill them quickly or if the arrow doesn’t hit its mark, the animal has a higher chance of surviving. Where as with a mechanical most people already aim at the crease or behind it, which can work out great, but there is a higher chance of a gut shot if the arrow misses its mark resulting in a much longer blood trail and drawn out death. Just my two cents and why I prefer fixed heads and aiming further forward.

Last 3 years for elk I have in my quiver a couple mechanical heads and three fixed . My mechanicals are at lease a two inch cut or better just for the reason you pointed out I had not so good shots and still recovered the animals do to the wound channel was so big

Great stuff, Brandon - really fun discussion. I agree with you that a three blade rear deploy mechanical (at least for whitetails) is a great choice. The deadmeat v2 and megameats inflict incredible damage (and pass throughs) in my experience (29"DL@60lbs), but I understand people's reluctance as the megameat was mangled after I put it through a doe. They both fly great. I bought a few Sevr 1.5 hybrids after Lusk's review. I shot them out to 50 yards and they're dead on. Sevr quality is on another level IMO.