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I too have been using the Maasai 200g and am 2-0 on deer with them BUT blood trails have been all but non existent. Luckily the deer have fallen within sight or earshot. The last deer had zero blood except at site he fell.
I too have been using the Maasai 200g and am 2-0 on deer with them BUT blood trails have been all but non existent. Luckily the deer have fallen within sight or earshot. The last deer had zero blood except at site he fell.
I heard that too when looking into single bevels. For that reason, I went with the iron will single bevels with bleeders. I have yet to put one through a deer, but hoping the bleeders help.I'm sorry, still learning. But why is that? Its something that I hear a lot from single bevel, that blood trail is inferior and the design is not recommended for beginner.
You should check out John Lusk’s videos on the IW SB. that will answer your questionI like the 200 grain Cutthroats and am trying the 200 grain SB Iron Wills with bleeders. This year I have killed with both when I needed the help of a plan B broadhead/arrow.
This is a link to the Cutthroat kill with pictures
Single Bevel and Blood Trails
As many of you, i'm on the search for a new broadhead. I currently have bounced around from Rage, spitfire's, walmart and amazon specials, and G5 montec's..... Spitfire's have been the most productive for me when it comes to blood. (Some good shots and some not so much..) Single bevel seem...saddlehunter.com
The one I killed with the Iron Will I hit just back of the last rib quartering away and the broadhead exited under the opposite side front shoulder. It took a while for this one to die as I hit intestines, stomach and 1 lung. I kept finding shaved hair along the blood trail because the broadhead was cleanly cutting hair off the inside of the front leg. If you look at the front leg in the picture you will see where the broadhead was shaving the leg, that is out of the box sharp. I found the front half of the arrow after about 500 yds and the back half stayed inside the body cavity.
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I used the same 620 gn total arrow weight for both.
I have no complaints about the Cutthroat you can get it shaving sharp even after shooting them into the dirt and they get great rotation. The Iron wills come shaving sharp, are harder and have bleeder blades, my only question on the Iron Will is how much SB rotation do you get with such a short cutting edge. Now that I am tagged out and have a IW broadhead that will need touching up I am going to shoot into a Rinehart target and see how the rotation compares to the Cutthroat.
My most recent kill with the Maasai was broadside, made a good hit, complete pass thru. There was just not a single drop of blood I could find other than on the arrow and at the site he dropped, which was luckily within earshot.I'm not believing the claim that single bevs dont leave as good a blood trail as double bevs.
Having an exit wound is huge for having external blood and single bevs should produce more exits because they are more likely to breach bone.
I've used double bevs for a bunch of years and sometimes blood trails were good and sometimes not so good.
I've used single bevs for at least 10 years now with the same conclusions.
If you go with Grizzlystik, I would recommend the Samurai rather than the Maasai because the convex Maasai blade isn't as easy to sharpen at the straight edge Samurai.
A straight edge takes less energy to penetrate, too.
I wasn't doubting your experience, but I am doubting the lack of blood trail was due to it being shot with a single bevel. I've had similar experiences to yours with a double bevel...perfect broadside hits with an exit and very little external blood. Sometimes they just don't bleed externally. I wouldn't attribute that to the bevel design.My most recent kill with the Maasai was broadside, made a good hit, complete pass thru. There was just not a single drop of blood I could find other than on the arrow and at the site he dropped, which was luckily within earshot.
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