As my readers know, I bought a three pack of Simmons Mako Broadheads ($49.95) for full penetration on black bear.

We shall see…

Over the years, I resisted broadheads with a curved blade largely due to my mindset over sharpening one.

There are many videos on sharpening these heads to razor sharpness with a few tools. I will do this in another article. 

What came to mind today was to maximize penetration on bear with a 50 pound compound bow.

It is perhaps one the strongest broadheads I have seen in 50 years of hunting.

See the back image of the head where blade thickness can be seen. Spec. thickness of the main 440c stainless blade is 0.050 and the bleeder is 0.035 or so inches. That is thick! Rockwell is around 54. Wow!

Compared to my current broadhead (on left), it is shorter but so much more stout.

I shot the Mako at 20 yards and it flew perfectly. Energy calculates to near 45 ft-lbs.

FOC is 12% with 125 grain Mako.

I did a spin test as well. Perfect!! What makes todays cut-on-contact broadheads so great is an integral threaded ferrule that is part of the broadhead that is machine centered for spin. No wobble like in years past. 

More soon!