ELK SHOULDER BLADE VS BROADHEADS (Ballistics Gel Test)
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Trent, Steve and Noah Put 7 different broadheads to the test against real elk shoulder blades to see what set up penetrates the most.
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It's always interesting to see the results of these types of tests. Thank you for using the actual 'elk' shoulders & taking the time to do this review. Nice job!
Great video and confirms why one should stay the hell away from the shoulders. Not one of those heads would penetrate at elk hunting distance, as this test is 10 yards... No reason to shoot tight to shoulders, plenty of room rearward to double lung. On Elk or whitetail...
Shot a 90lb whitetail doe this year with 100gr exodus, deer was quartering to real hard, entered halfway up the neck and exited at the hind quarter. Complete pass through almost 4ft of deer, and she folded up where she stood. Of the 5 deer I’ve killed with the exodus over the last two years 4 have went down in sight. I’m completely sold, and for a fixed. Blade they tune and fly like an absolute dream. I’ll never shoot anything else
Remember elk lungs are big no reason to hug the shoulder (thank me later)
@@slammysammy2217 Agreed. I don't even feel the need to hug the shoulder on a whitetail.
Always good to see broadhead testing. Very hard to get close to the real thing but you all did a great job! I was very surprised with the results. This last elk season I shot my elk through the thinner part of the shoulder. Arrow got broke into three pieces as it ran off and then fell over in about 50 yards and never moved! Setup was AXIS 5mm 29 inch single right hand bevel Cuttthroat 125 grain broadhead. Mathews phase 4 75 pounds with 28.5 draw length. Arrow weight is around 470. Shot was at 19.3 yards and the broken piece went all the way through the elk.
QAD is one nasty rig. Its also one of the best flying 3 blades I have ever shot.
You guys turned me on to the QAD Exodus 5 years ago, I have killed my last 4 Bulls with this broadhead and got pass through on them all. I shoot 65lbs, 525 total arrow weight. Be interesting to see how the QAD works at 20yds and 30 yds and the difference distance has on the penetration. really appreciate all you guys do! good luck this season!
Time and time again I keep seeing the qads outperform almost every head . And that’s why I hunt with them. Best bang for your buck hands down
I'm a whitetail hunter. I used the shwacher and it has bent just like it did in the video. Almost all mechanicals I've used are a one and done. I think I may check out the exodus this year!
Take away for me, to never use a mechanical Broadhead ever again was confirmed. Complete shocker for me was how poorly the single bevels performed. QAD still a top performer.
The single bevels in a target/ cardboard expends energy faster as it is trying to continue to rotate, but given the medium it is going through is preventing that cause energy loss and therefore reduced penetration. These tests are nothing more than entertainment they do very, very little to provide any sort of definitive results that you could rely on for shooting actual animals.
Single bevels don’t even perform when they do hit what they are supposed to, they create no wound channel
@@16tkoger I've shot dozens of whitetail with a #45 longbow shooting a very slow 160fps and I've blown through many mature buck shoulder bone with single bevel zwickey broadheads.
No other head gives my longbow that type of penitration and blows straight through like a scary sharp single bevel.
I've hunted for years strictly using tradition equipment and I'm speaking from 100% experience on live animals.
Yeah. The only thing I can add about this video is that a shoulder blade taken from an animal will never be the same as one in a live animal. There's no way to test better than this. It's just a fact.
Also limited blood trail. Give me a solid one pc 3 blade like the vpa or a cut throat
On every test the Born and Raised guys have done the Exodus has won. But you still continue to shoot something else. I love Exodus. They cut an actual hole. The blood trails are insane. Seekone guys did the same test and the Exodus won. They continue to shoot expandable. Crazy to me.
the banter is what I love about you guys. constantly giving each other little jabs.
Taking the Exodus broadheads to Africa for the second time. I haven't found one I like better and they were amazing the first time! Thanks for the review.
Right from the VPA website: "Broadheads come with a factory grind. Final sharpening is recommended prior to hunting.".
Try a couple magnus fixed heads. Would like to see the results of those
Trent, I think it was you that hunted with Aaron from THP when he put a single bevel through a bull elk front to back at about 20 yards. Got video guys. Still have to get through the hide and muscle before you encounter bone and the mechanicals are going to suffer even more. Finally, when you hit heavy bone, the Ashby stuff comes into play, so arrow mass and f.o.c. are factors along with a stouter broadhead, say 200 grains.
Ashby ran his test with 35 lbs kinetic energy
That's a pretty good "real world" comparison! Would like to know bow poundage as well, it may make a difference in selection. 😊
Great job guys ! Great work on testing different broadheads out on a real elk shoulder !!
I have shot a lot of heads over the years, and even had a website dedicated to testing broadheads years ago. I now shoot two blade heads that I can sharpen myself. I have not seen much difference on animals when it comes to single vs double bevel when it comes to performance. If I were to shoot a replaceable blade head it would be the Exodus. I have gotten away from mechanicals all together. I tend to shoot very close to the shoulder and none of them work well going into heavy bone. Enjoyed the video
I keep going back and forth between using the QAD Exodus and the Ramcat broad head for this fall. After watching this video I am now leaning towards QAD now.
would love to see more people test the Valkyrie heads. The Deathswitch for mechanical and Jager for fixed blade. The centerpin system alone is worth it for arrow flight.
Awsome test. Really a wake up call on how thick those scraps are for us eastern guys.
Great video guys definitely confirmed things when it comes to mechanicals vs fixed
This was exactly what I was looking for this elk season. The guys look ready for the upcoming season. I can tell Trent is in ketosis.
In defense of the VPA, they are definitely not "hunting sharp" out of the box. I'm not sure that they would have performed better had you sharpened them prior to the test, just given the nature of the test, but it's worth mentioning.
Have been shooting the QAD exodus since I saw you guys do a head to head comparison with other broad heads about five years ago. Have killed one elk and many whitetails with the exodus and no lost game.
Glad you’re having good results with them!
Why no Kudu? Oregon company guys.
Great information but what is the distance to target, draw weight of the bow, arrow specs?
Ive used cheap nap killzone 2in mechanicals the last 3 years and have hit that bone still getting full pass through the blades were bent forsure but still hella blood trail and no penetration issue ill stick with my good blood trails over the tiny fixed blade holes
Interesting thing about bleeder blades on a fixed blade single bevel broadhead is when they enter bone they can keep a single level broadhead from doing its job of rotating in the bone. So if you ever see that combo stay away.
How many times did Trent say I’m impressed lol
I’m impressed
@@bornandraisedoutdoors ur kids r going to be great hunters can’t wait for other hunts with the kiddos
One of the best test I have seen. Nice job guys
ok so Exodus is the "fuk u im going through everything" broadhead lol, well I know what I'm switching to this year
Would have been interesting to have piece of canvas or something stretched over it to represent the hide/hair. Cool test regardless. Be interesting to see a slicktrick. Shot a whitetail quartered to fairly hard and it completely fractured the largest knuckle in the rear quarter. I was confident in that shot and she went down in sight, I was impressived with the damaged that deep.
Great video/test guys!
I have never been a fan of mechanicals,, too many variables of what can fail/go wrong!
As a sportsman, the "instant kill" is always the objective, and that means using the best "tool" for the job.
That being said,, then there's the debate over 2, 3, or 4 blade - fixed, or replaceable, blades?? Also the question of what grain, and width?
What lbs. test bow do you prefer,, and what size/kind of arrows?
I’d like to see the 3blade g5 striker vs the exodus at 11yds as I had a situation last year of a bull elk quartering to behind a tree at 11yds.
That's super cool! I had a Grizzly Stik Samurai break the hip one last bull.
Love the test. I know there’s no way to truly represent everything, but I would have loved to see you put hide over the front and maybe use something like a watermelon on the back.
I’m still using my mechanicals, cause I’m definitely not ever trying to be anywhere near that shoulder!!
Neat test, but directly behind the shoulder is a 50/50 chance of hitting rib, then marshmellow texture lungs, then to exit (depending on angle ribs /shoulder and skin. Cardboard definitely impeded the arrows which likely most had at least got both lungs in m.h.o.
I’d like to see you guys test the Evolution outdoors Hyde
One thing that is not taken into consideration here is what is on the other side of every single animal shoulder blade that has ever been shot!? Ribs! Now I know there are gaps in between those and it's not going to happen every time but imagine hitting both. =Not good for any head, but looks like The Exodus might be the best. Thank you guys for your time with doing this test !
I’d like to see the Helix Broadhead and the annihilator broadhead.
I’m currently using the Helix but haven’t been able to use them on any animals yet.
QAD exodus is the nastiest head I've ever shot. Has never failed me, Refuse to shoot anything else
Exodus... The Dodge Ram of broadheads 😂😂 😎💪
This is awesome yall! Next time could yall throw in an Anhilator? Standard or XL
This has me so hyped up for hunting season I got a tag this year and already have my bow dialed in with Exodus in my quiver
I'd like to see a Wasp Drone, Grim Reaper Micro Hades and Muzzy Trocar.
I wish these kind of tests could be done at statistically significant numbers. With a single shot with each, it’s impossible to control for slight torque in the shot (imperfect arrow flight), differing mediums (shoulder blades different from inch to inch and animal to animal), etc
These tests are entertaining, but I completely agree with you in that you can't draw many conclusions from just a few shots and greatly varying mediums.
Thanks for testing! Next year Magnus Black Hornet and Stinger!!
I hit a cow elk humerous square and the arrow went in 10-12 inches with a 1 inch bone BH single bevel with a 650 grain arrow at 46 yards.
You guys should do a trophy room tour
Great test for the broad heads and I’m too old and fat to be chasing an elk. Even though I’m strictly a deer hunter, it’s nice to see which broad heads perform the best. I do understand that there are variables but that QAD Exodus is extremely impressive. Again Thank You for doing the test.
I did not hear them say what the total arrow weight was and what the FOC was . Both of those will have a big effect on penetration.
These type broadhead tests favor short ferrule broadheads as they don’t have as much blade length drag going into the cardboard. Single bevel with a 500-600 grain heavy arrow is the ticket.
A shorter 3 blade has more surface area than a longer 2 blade. Surface area = friction
@@bornandraisedoutdoors Have you considered the way a single bevel cuts? It separates flesh, but in cardboard, it stops that arrow very quickly because it's more than simple straight friction. It's trying to pry that cardboard apart as it cuts. They penetrate in real elk, especially in a heavier arrow. I shoot a 200 grain Grizzly Stik Maasai. My 2023 elk was quartering hard to me and I hit him very close to the shoulder. It passed through his lung, liver and hay packed stomach. It then went out his far hindquarter and stuck into a stump behind him. No surprise there. He had no clue what happened. He started walking again and died 35 yards later. The broad head still shaves. There are a LOT of great broadheads and I was also impressed with the exodus, but don't take away my Maasai's please :-)
@@MrDarwhiteEXACTLY! These guys don't understand that elk aren't cardboard & single bevel with EFOC & 650 gr., the only problem you have is finding the arrow 30 yards beyond where the elk was.
I really hoped the Sever would have done a lot better. I've been pondering trying them. No longer pondering. I wanna see Slick Trick and Muzzy! Currently shooting 125 grain 4 blade Slick Trick. Very very impressed with the Exodus and how it performed.
This is an extreme test as you hope to never hit an elks shoulder blade, with that said we have used sevrs on a couple critters and had decent results for a mechanical
The sever hit the other broadhead which hindered the penetration.
Sevrs are good heads if you have a decent setup. I used them in the fall for Whitetail and had 30" of penetration on a full frontal shot on a doe that whirled, and severed both elbows of the buck I shot. They're decent heads and I'm sure the 1.5s would get a pass-through on an elk. Just depends on your setup. For mine, the blades took no damage as well.
I'm curious to see all the same broadheads except using there heaviest models of them, get the FOC up and repeat.
Montec G5's from 2014 with a BT RPM360 are still ripping thru car and truck doors, washing washines & a semi trailer...... Idk.
Y’all said it. Just stay out of the shoulder. The Exodus was impressive in this test though. But archery kills by massive hemorrhage and in my near 40 years of bow hunting expandables have just been giant blood trail, quick killers for me on deer. No elk here where I am in SC 😢
Good video guys.
Great Vid comparison! A STFU moment for those mechanical BH fanatics.
This vid will increase sales of Exodus 10-fold! But I support your statements to avoid elk shoulder blade shots altogether. And an elk’s hide/hair is thicker & tougher than a deer hide.
Only improvement to the testing would be to put some hide on the outside and maybe a gallon of water with an additional blade on the reverse side with a broad head target behind to catch passthroughs. great look at the bone impact though.
Good to see you guys, it's been while. Ty for great test of the broad heads. Mike from GP
Muzzy three or four blade shooters choice, and I’ve been wondering about these annihilator broadheads🏹🇺🇸
I do this a lot at home before season and I'm using a bear razorhead single blade because they have the most penatration for me. I even use leather on each side of the bones. It's crazy how far they blow through and into my target
What was the control arrow weight without the heads?
I’d like to see an elk shoulder in front of a larger block of gel. It would be a much better comparison to the body cavity than compressed cardboard. Maybe even drape a hide over it. Cool video though
Please test a Valkyrie Blood Eagle .
You should have used the Iron Will double bevel. Or at least included it as a comparison to the single bevel. IMO, short stubby single bevel's don't add much. If you are searching for the benefit of a "single Bevel" you need to use a design with a thick blade and high mechanical advantage, like the Abowyer Brown Bear. I believe in Iron Will's experience the double bevel performs better in some tests....
Try the Evolution Outdoors heads
Evolution and kayuga pilot gen 2
What was your overall arrow weight? I've ran exodus for years. They have been a great broadhead. For the last 2 years, I kind of went away from them. But after this, after watching this, it made me think why I stopped using them. Great video. This is definitely the best way to test a broadhead.
Try the 175 gr bear razorhead, sharpening them first just like hunting in real life, they blow a hole straight through and no damage. It's incredibly impressive. Even step back to 50 yards and they will blow threw way more than anything else but I haven't tried ranch fairy heads yet
Good representative test- I will never use expandable on any big game animal.
Test some magnus stingers 125 grain next year please
Don't forget that behind every shoulder blade is a cage of ribs too. Scapula then rib and your penetration is even worse. Great lil test though guys thanks for doing it. For me, expandables are for deer and smaller animals. Just because "noodlin Ned" down the road has killed 200 elk with expandable broadheads doesn't make them the right choice for elk sized game.
QAD is hands down the best bone breaking and penetrating broadhead on the market. Josh Bowmar just dropped a video 4 hr ago showing his new Beast expandable broadhead shooting through cow hide and a rib cage and organs out of a 90lb bow. This was a realistic example but we all know you can shoot anything through the soft spot of a deer or elk. Would love you to put his Beast broadhead up against the QAD exodus out of a more normal hunting setup, 60-70lbs with 400-500gr arrow and see how his broadheads penetrate through an elk scapula. I think you might silence him on his marketing scheme.
Would love to see what slick tricks 4 blade will do...
Me too. That's what I'm currently using.
I've killed two elk with the 125 grain slick trick standards. Bumped up to the 150 grain for this year. Would like to see the slick trick tested on a scapula. Would also like to know what arrow weight they are using.
I have always been most impressed with what a 4 blade slick trick does on animals.
My take away was the mechanicals did better than the single bevel! I don’t get to elk hunt anyhow but I blow through white tails with Rage 150 grain, going to try Swhacker 150’s this year.
@@inthewoods3237 lmao
Interesting test. I think a quarter to shot would be a great test too.
I would have liked to have seen how having hide over the front would have changed things. Try pushing one through that's not a cut on contact head vs one that is, huge difference
Would like a test on the Annihilator broadhead. I would almost bet it would do as good as or even better than the QAD!
Need to do a double beveled 2 blade. Those are supposed to be the best at penetration.
Yeah, VPAs are designed to be sharpened before taking those into the field - again not sure if that would have impacted your test.
Smith bro's came out with a new broadhead this year, based in oregon.
Would Love to see it tested on a real elk shoulder.
Is that Montana, WYoming, or Colorado in the background?
Try using a 650 grain arrow with the single bevel heads and see what happens then.
I love to use the Slick trick ss3
Great job guys! What I would like to see also this year on your guys hunts is the penetration and wound channel after you find your animal. Thanks for all you guys for us!
Great video guys!!Just curious,where’s Cody,I haven’t seen content from him in a while?
Now, can you do a test showing how the same heads perform passing through hide, heart, and lungs.
Love the testing. Please try out the Dead X Bowhunting 200gr Bloodflow.
I'd be really interested to see what the REK broadheads would do.
Try oregon company smith brothers percisions new doom broadhead
Great video. Would love to see you guys use an annihilatorbroadhead. next time
Like to see how the Magnus Black Hornet Ser- Razor does. Tested it on a dairy cow shoulder blade with a watermelon behind it. Did pretty good, but like y’all said, not the real thing. And I didn’t hit that edge on the scapula.
Is a shoulder blade on the hoof different than one thats defleshed and frozen? You would think there has to be some difference.. The density of what the blade is attached to - allowing it to penetrate further instead of flexing and absorbing impact ???
still wondering how the Strickland Helix would do
Is the QAD you shot the swept or full blade?
What was the arrow weight?
Great video guys. Not going to lie, you got me rethinking my Iron Wills. I'm really disappointed on how it performed. Confirmed my thoughts on expandables.
@@ericwiitala5407 don’t rethink the Iron Wills. These tests are just for fun.
@@travismonk2202Yeah... I'm sticking with the Iron Wills. I'm still a little surprised. The Iron Wills shoot really well for me. They are as accurate and consistent as my field points, they're structurally sound and I can get them ridiculously sharp.
I’d of liked to see you launch a 3 blade, between the 2 blades just to see if it would have gone through the same bone that the 2 blades did.
I love my exodus!