A Cut Above
A good broadhead can save your hunt. Here are six you can rely on.
By Scott Bestul

Using the right broadhead is so critical to clean bow kills that Wisconsin trophy whitetail guide Ted Marum turns away clients who shoot poorly made ones. "I'm on more blood trails in one season than most guys are in a decade,-¿ Marum says. "And I've learned which broadheads work and which don't. So when a guy calls me to book a hunt, I ask him what head he shoots. If it's a model I've had trouble with, I tell him to either switch or find another outfitter.-¿

A bad broadhead can cost you a deer when a broadside animal takes a step quartering toward you just as you shoot, when your arrow nicks a rib on its way to the vitals, or when you make a slightly shaky shot. Quality heads are not a fallback for shooters with bad form, but they do provide every possible advantage.