Single bevel?

[sagebrush]

#6414

I shot an elk this year for the first time with a single bevel broadhead. It was a tusker 155 gr. concorde. I hit it low in the chest. I got the heart. It must have twisted a little going in because the hole was square shaped. Usually my two bladed heads just make a slit. It died within forty yards and in sight. Anybody else try a single bevel this year? I would also like to hear about your penetration and the shape of the entrance hole. I never found my arrow. It was pretty thick there with lots of falling aspen leaves. My fletching was yellow and it blended right in. Gary

P.S. Being hit low in the chest, it left a very bloody trail. In the past, hits high in the chest sometimes don’t leave a lot of blood on the ground.

[Stephen Graf]

#51225

This is my first year with a single bevel as well. I shot a deer through the lungs and found that the hole was wide such that the 2 sides did not touch. Very unlike the normal slit you reference.

The deer ran 40 yds and fell within sight of me. Which was good because there was no blood trail. The wound was vertically centered in the ribcage right behind the leg so no low hole to drain.

I did not see the “z” shaped wound that I have seen in pictures of the single bevel hole.

Internal bleeding was great. External no so much. In fact I have shot deer the same way before with magnus broadheads and had better external bleeding. But they ran a lot further before dying.

I have a friend who shot 3 this year with the same story repeating.

I think these single bevels are a great improvement overall. Just don’t get the lack of blood trail.

[TradRag]

#51304

This is my first year with single bevel too. Using two different heads from Abowyer; Brown Bear and Bonehead.

Unfortunately my elk hunt was a bust so no shot results and whitetail hunting here in Oklahoma is just starting to see a little movement and some cooler temps. I hope to have some results VERY soon on a deer and hog. I will keep you posted.

On another note, I was very impressed with the arrow flight of these heads. The new heads are hitting just as my field tips do.

[David Petersen]

#51459

Steve — as Doc Ashby and others have testified, presence or lack of a strong blood trail has more to do with shot location and whether or not we get full pass-through than it does with broadhead type. A low lung hit with full pass-through will provide a good blood trail most often, while a high lung hit with or without pass-through allows blood to pool internally. Esp. true for elk since their lung cavity can hold buckets of blood. Mye experience with single-bevel has been precisely what Ashby reports and has shown in photos — a huge entrance wound and exit wound with the hide on the exit side all chopped up from being twisted as the head goes through. Another shot through the shoulder blade busted a nice big hole and got 19″ penetration. Other can and will do as they wish but I’m absolutely convinced and will never again use anything else for elk. dp

[turtlebunting]

#51811

i have single bevel no mercy they are hard as heck to get a good edge on them compare to double bevel heads. are all single bevels hard to sharpen?

[sagebrush]

#52005

I bought my tuskers early so I could play with them. I knew they would be a lot different to sharpen then double bevel. And they were. It took a while to figure it out but they are now very sharp. Part of the difficulty is in the hardness of the steel. But I want good steel so it will hold an edge. Kingwouldbe had some very good tips on sharpening single bevels on another sight. He is pretty sharp(pun not intended) when it comes to them. Gary

[Ireland]

#52653

turtlebunting wrote: i have single bevel no mercy they are hard as heck to get a good edge on them compare to double bevel heads. are all single bevels hard to sharpen?

I used to think so until I met Ron of KME Sharpeners. I once read there are two kinds of hunters who sharpen broadheads…those who can and those who can’t. For years I was in the “those who can’t” group. The KME knife sharpener is the best I have ever used. You will never meet a guy like “Sharpster”. If necessary, he will spend the time with you on the phone making sure “you get it just right”. Contact KME…you will be glad you did!

Ireland

[Ireland]

#52670

sagebrush wrote: I shot an elk this year for the first time with a single bevel broadhead. It was a tusker 155 gr. concorde. I hit it low in the chest. I got the heart. It must have twisted a little going in because the hole was square shaped. Usually my two bladed heads just make a slit. It died within forty yards and in sight. Anybody else try a single bevel this year? I would also like to hear about your penetration and the shape of the entrance hole. I never found my arrow. It was pretty thick there with lots of falling aspen leaves. My fletching was yellow and it blended right in. Gary

P.S. Being hit low in the chest, it left a very bloody trail. In the past, hits high in the chest sometimes don’t leave a lot of blood on the ground.

Gary,

I used the Abowyer Brown Bear single bevel last season and the Grizzly El Grande this year. Both are outstanding heads and have produced great blood trails on the six whitetails I have taken the past two seasons. In 25 years of bowhunting, I have finially found a broadhead design that I’m extremely confident in using in any situation.

Ireland

[David Petersen]

#52865

Turtlebunting — the only problem with the Z No Mercy, which otherwise is a great head, is that they are too soft to handle heavy bone hits (exceptions noted). So if you can’t get ’em sharp I’d say you’re seriously sharpening-challenged! 😛 I’m in full agree with all that Ireland has to say here, and would add that ABS has a great little carbon “touch up” single-bevel sharpener on the market now and I hope others will follow soon. First you have to get the head seriously sharp, as per Sharpster/KME’s advice. Then touch it up and keep it sharp with the ABS tool. That’s all I know about it at the moment. dp 🙄

[mikelee]

#11223

As a horseshoer I’ve used different buffing wheels for sharpening my hoof knives . So I was curios about the wheels sold by Alaska bowhunting. I tried them and they make getting broadheads razor sharp easy . Will sharpen your hunting knife also.

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