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When do you retire an arrow and broadhead?

ofor

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Wondering whether people retire the arrow and broadhead that is used to kill a deer? Or do you clean it off, sharpen the head and put it back in the quiver? If you put it back in the quiver, do you test it on the range at different distances to make sure it still flies true before it goes back into the quiver?

Explain your process and rationale.
 
When I stick a tree or rock with it! Lol.
If the arrow ain’t cracked or the Broadhead broken I keep slinging it!


See you in a tree, Ricky
 
I’m generally using replaceable blade broadheads (slick trick). At a minimum I replace the blades after an animal is killed. I will use the ferrule again if it spins true, it will go in my practice box occasionally.

If a broadhead is used on a target, animal or otherwise shot it gets new blades period.

I’ll reuse and refletch arrows until they show cracks or chips in the carbon. I go through at least a dozen each year.


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I had one arrow this year where the broadhead was gone when I found the arrow and the tip was a little messed up. Not sure what it hit but it was enough to cause it to fail I flex tested it and proceeded to cut it down a half inch only to find that part of the insert was still in the shaft. I was surprised that the insert failed that way. I haven’t put in a new insert yet to test it but plan to do so.

I’ll have to test it out to make sure it is still safe to shoot with my draw length.
 
When I use aluminum's they're usually done but I recycle the broadheads.
 
I’m shooting Simmons heads....

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.....they’re certainly not getting tossed, lol

This is a buddy of mine showing how he sharpens Simmons heads. He’s from Alabama, like NutterBuster, so there’s a lot of Jibber Jabber thereby making the video about 32 days long, but you’ll get the point


 
He’s from Alabama, like NutterBuster, so there’s a lot of Jibber Jabber thereby making the video about 32 days long, but you’ll get the point

We can’t help it if y’all ain’t been blessed with the ability to include every relevant detail and still maintain the entertainment value of said verbal dissertation, all with the buttery velvet sound of Foghorn Leghorn himself. :tongueclosed:
 
I inspect the arrow, spin test it and replace the blades on my Spitfire Maxx broadheads after it passes through a deer. Any cracks or other questionable structural issues and the arrow is discarded. Better to err on the side of caution and avoid injury! I shoot Gold Tip Hunter XT arrows-400 spine.
 
Pretty much what everyone else said. Spin test, and flex the shaft, if it doesn't snap crackle pop I clean it up, sharpen it and back into the quiver it gets loaded.
 
We can’t help it if y’all ain’t been blessed with the ability to include every relevant detail and still maintain the entertainment value of said verbal dissertation, all with the buttery velvet sound of Foghorn Leghorn himself. :tongueclosed:
Niiiice
 
I’m shooting Simmons heads....

26b3875a25a00e5cec2511f317f60f7b.jpg


.....they’re certainly not getting tossed, lol

This is a buddy of mine showing how he sharpens Simmons heads. He’s from Alabama, like NutterBuster, so there’s a lot of Jibber Jabber thereby making the video about 32 days long, but you’ll get the point



Holy bat wings Batman. Those are wicked
 
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