Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
03-17-2008, 04:57 PM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Idaho
Posts: 2,072
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
Count me in on the positive crew. In the past 2 years I have harvested 14 animals with the montecs. Everything fromturkey to elk. I had great blood trails on every kill. The animal that will test any broadhead as far as a blood trail is a bear. Each bear that I killed had a great blood trail. I will not use any other broadhead out there. I have used way more brands than I can even think of and harvested with most. Montec stands out the best as far as being old reliable!!!
No matter what broadhead you choose to use, it does all boil down to shot placement!!!
No matter what broadhead you choose to use, it does all boil down to shot placement!!!
03-18-2008, 06:33 PM
#34
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 18
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
I have never lost an animal with my Montecs. I would agree with several of the posts - I think the first year or so they weren't as sharp as they are now. I tried the ol' cutting a rubber band and it worked just fine.
03-18-2008, 07:30 PM
#35
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 106
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
Mine have a slight whistle also but not a big deal, the two I have shot so far with them had bad shot placement therefore lack of blood but were both recovered great head! IMO One was a 110 lb doe and a 140 inch buck
03-19-2008, 01:54 PM
#36
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Posts: 509
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
No idea about this rap. Took two deer with double lung shots with the Montecs this year. Blew blood everywhere. Both dropped within 50 yards. Did nothing more than run them acrosstheG5 stone that I purchased with them. Seem pretty sharp to me. Been said a hundred times, it's all about shot placement. There was a fella posted here he put a target tip through a deer once. Not advocating that, but I believe him. All this "razor sharpness" is another arguement I can't understand when we're flinging arrows 300fps.I like the doctors scapel comparrisons. Like a broadhead traveling at300fps needs to be as sharp as sombody cutting out a tumor in your brain. Makes for good posts and conversation I guess.
03-19-2008, 04:01 PM
#37
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Posts: 7,367
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
If the head is sharp the main thing that dictates the type of Blood Trail is Location of the Hit. I have had some unbelieveable Blood trails from 1" broadheads.
Put a razor sharp broadhead where they live and they'll go down in short order.
Dan
Put a razor sharp broadhead where they live and they'll go down in short order.
Dan
03-19-2008, 04:26 PM
#38
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Kodiak, AK
Posts: 2,877
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
ORIGINAL: valor10
All this "razor sharpness" is another arguement I can't understand when we're flinging arrows 300fps.I like the doctors scapel comparrisons. Like a broadhead traveling at300fps needs to be as sharp as sombody cutting out a tumor in your brain. Makes for good posts and conversation I guess.
All this "razor sharpness" is another arguement I can't understand when we're flinging arrows 300fps.I like the doctors scapel comparrisons. Like a broadhead traveling at300fps needs to be as sharp as sombody cutting out a tumor in your brain. Makes for good posts and conversation I guess.
03-22-2008, 12:08 PM
#39
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location:
Posts: 509
RE: Montec and Poor Blood Trails??
A dull blade pushes blood vessels out of the way rather than cutting them. Arteries and especially veins are very stretchy and resilient to cutting. Your 300 fps arrow isn't doing 300 fps anymore after impact and may hardly be traveling at all before it contacts tissues on the far side of the chest cavity. I don't think anyone will argue that a sharp head cuts better than a dull one and since the sharpness of our broadheads is something we can easily control, it's just prudent to do so.
