20 Best Cut On Contact Broadhead (2023 Updated)

I have used the 3 blade 100 grain Muzzy for many years. October 30th at 8:30 am an 8 point came from a briar thicket into a bean field. He was 36 yards away. I had a hand drawn deer face pinned to a tree facing the corner.

The buck looked directly at the deer face and starred for a minute. Then began walking angling toward the deer face stopped and looked and kept walking. Once his eyes passed behind a tree and brush I shouldered my ten point crossbow and squeezed once he came into the open looking in the direction of the deer face and I watched my bolt pass through with the muzzy leading the way.

The rest is a follow up bolt and the buck was mine. The muzzy busted through the ribs and angled upward through the major arteries under the spine and the muzzy continued through the spine and passed through.

I found the bolt 10 yards behind The buck. Here is the best part as has happened every time I used this broadhead. It was still sharp and the carbon bolt was straight and spun straight. Thanks Muzzy for this incredible broadhead.

Its back in my quiver for next year.

I’ve been using 100 gr 3 blade Muzzy Broadheads for over 20 years and I’ve been very happy with them. However, I bought two packages this year and I was extremely disappointed in the quality. They must have either changed suppliers or moved manufacturing offshore because the fit and tolerances were terrible.

I had to really force them together – slamming them down to set the blades. I’m looking for a new broadhead now – very sad the new owners didn’t maintain the the quality.

This is my 10-year anniversary with Muzzy MX-3 broadheads. They have not failed me, and don’t think they can, like mechanicals do (on rare occasions). And they are cheaper than many brands/models that market heavy and have to cover that cost.

The practice blades included, confirm they fly true like field points. I wanted new, never-before-shot blades & chisel points for an unguided Alaskan caribou hunt, and placed an order.

Probably the worst broadhead ever. We have had zero success with these broad heads 5 lost deer. The problem is your two cut theory. The broadhead jams closed and fails to fully open if at all. There is a minimal entry wound which does not help.

If by some miracle the blade open there is no pass through absolute poor performance.

I have been using the 261 since it’s arrival in 2019. Like other Swhacker expandables I can expect them to hit behind the pin the same as my summer field points. Every whitetail taken with a swhacker has been a 100% pass through shot leaving blood trails almost unnecessary as deer fell within sight.

The 261 has blade lock technology that allows you to practice with the exact head you will hunt with. Hands down the only broadhead I will use.

The negative of these practice tips is that you cannot get replacements for the wings that are inserted in the practice head. You can take the wings out but I have not found where you can get any replacement wings.

I would give it 5 stars if I could get replacement wings. The price you have to pay for the practice tips there should be replacement wings. They have it for the 100grain practice tips but not for the 125grain.

Bought these for my Ravin R26, very accurate shot exactly like field point. Hit a nice 9 pt @ 30 yards behind shoulder quartering towards me, exited in front of rear leg, large hole, good blood trail went 50 yards dropped dead.

Very satisfied with this head. Only problem is it is one and done couldn’t reuse it.

Not real, believe they are nock-offs. The package was opened and the front, fixed blade is NOT the front blade that is used on a real bloodsport gravedigger broadhead. Gravediggers are the only broadhead I use, and this is the only time I have ever seen front blades like this ! I don’t know if they will fly as accurate as the real ones.

For the price, I recommend that you skip these and go to the store and buy the real ones. These are fakes.

One of the retractable blades fell completely out while walking to treestand. Other broadhead was so loose its would not stay closed. A little disappointed since i researched these before purchase.

I was sighting in my crossbow with field tips then switched to my NAP Killzone Crossbow mechanical broadheads to see where the actual broadhead impacted the target. The tiny nut on the small pin kept coming loose.

After a shot it did not matter if I pushed the arrow through the target to retrieve it or pulled it out. I basically lost the little nut on 3 broadheads. Once the nut comes all the way off, the pin can fall out and the blades fall to the ground.

I called the manufacturer, New Archery Products and they were not very helpful. Customer service said that these broadheads are not designed to be shot at targets therefore they are not warrantied and they will not offer a replacement.

I let the person know I was using a foam target that was intended for retractable broadheads but that did not seem to matter to him. I thought they would have been more interested in finding out why the nut was coming off the pin but that was not the case.

If the nut can untwist from the pin in a target it can probably do the same thing when it hits a deer.

I bought these and was excited to try them. I recently took a 20 yd broadside shot at a doe. The blades deployed in flight and i watched the arrow drop right under the deer for a clean miss. It was better than a wounded animal, but disappointing all the same.

That broadhead is now damaged and unusable. I’m going to give these one more chance before switching them out for fixed blades. (for reference: 30 lb dw, 29. 5 dl, 525gr total weight arrows).

I love everything about these broadheads, except changing the blades. I shoot 66 pounds with 490 gr. and 500+ gr. arrows, and I get incredible and consistent performance from these heads. I’ve shot through bone and very heavy shoulders and never experienced a head failure with these or had any problems achieving pass-throughs.

The only problem I have with these broadheads is that changing the blades can be a headache. The tiny nut/bolt/wrench system could and should be dramatically improved. If you have big hands, good luck to ya! I gave them a 4 star rating based simply on the incredible performance I’ve experienced with them.

But I have to be honest, I thought about rating them lower because there have been times that changing the blades has made me consider whether or not I want to continue shooting them. NAP is fortunate that they are such strong performers once the blades are in.

Have been hunting with these broadheads for three years now. I’ve shot three elk and three whitetails with them. I have not had a bad experience yet, full pass through’s and all the broadheads are still in perfect condition.

The part I like the most about these broadheads is the ability to tune your bow with them. They are of such strong and precision material that my arrows with this broadheads screwed on the end spin like a top.

The quality of blades and the washer component are of amazing quality. Doubt I’ll use a different style of broadhead any time soon.

I typically stay away from 3 blade broadheads but when I do choose to hunt with a three blade it is always the Exodus swept or full blade. Both are outstanding broadheads from build quality to fit n finish they will not let you down.

They are durable, have good thickness for a disposable and can be resharpened if all goes well. Stout short steel ferrule and an excellently engineered resharpenable tip. I have harvested 3 large rams with the same broadhead.

When recovered it looked like the head had not even been shot. If you love disposable three blade broadheads you must try the exodus. It is #1 on my list as far as fixed 3 blades go. Having said all of that, just remember a broadhead is as good as where you place it.

The way the blades extend back over the shaft moves the weight of the head and the wind bearing surfaces backwards resulting in true field point performance. No other head has this. The blades and edges of the trocar tip are razor sharp not only out of the package but even after going through a deer and into the ground.

I have taken many deer with many brands of heads and they are all razor sharp out of the package, but some are as dull as a spoon after shooting a deer. Where did those brands go dull? On the entrance ribs? On the exit ribs? If they went dull in the dirt beyond the deer that’s fine but I suspect from the way that some well hit deer went too far that some brands go dull on the entrance ribs.

They are like a cheap knife that starts sharp but goes dull in a few cuts. I have also used the top brand mechanicals and they were great, except when they failed to open or blades were ripped out along with the sliding mechanism when the blades hit a hard bone.

This head will never fail you, it is built like a tank. You can never blame this head for a lost animal. Accuracy, huge wound, and peace of mind performance.

Their pointyness is only overshadowed by their shinyness. Put them on the forward end of your selected arrow and you can humanely kill a plethora of outdoorsy types of animals. Trust me, I’ve done it.

I know people who use broadheads that rhyme with “cage” that lose deer. I’ve never once had a deer go more than 20 yards with one of these here Muzzy shiny/pointy sharpies buried in their ribcage. ’nuff said.

I’ve found THE broadhead I’ll be shooting from now on, the Muzzy Trocar. It’s the best blend of durability, accuracy, and lethality. Just the other day I shot a big mature 9pt buck here in NJ and blew through one shoulder and through the opposite one as well.

The arrow (what was left of the Easton FMJ) was recovered along with the broadhead, and it was still 100% in tact and still sharp! Any broadhead that stays in one piece, doesn’t warp, and is still sharp after going through two shoulders is the one for me.

Buy and you will not be disappointed!.

The Muzzy Trocar is awesome! It is one of, if not the toughest broad heads out there. I saved one head that I use to practice shooting with and to make sure they are still tuned with my setup and let me tell you the toughness and sharpness of the blades are phenomenal.

I have shot the head I reserve for practice for 3 years now and if it wasn’t for blowing through my targets the blades would still be sharp, the trocar tip and the furule look like they just came out of the package.

If you have trouble getting these heads to hit with your field points, don’t get discouraged. I could guarantee you that your bow is out of tune,or your using improperly spined arrows for your set up, or that you are doing something to influence the poor results.

I have shot these heads with my setup at 70 yards and they hit exactly with my field points. I did have to do some tuning but very little. I have been blessed to take two awesome bucks with these heads and the results have been nothing short of spectacular.

The first was a 147inch 11 point that I hit in the shoulder, but the muzzy trocar blew through both shoulders and through the center of the heart and he piled up in 30 yards. The second was a nice 8 point taken november of 2016.

The shot was right behind the shoulder, double lung, and he made it about 65 yards, blood trail was awesome! Get you some muzzy trocars and quit worrying about if your broad head will perform! Accurate, tough, dependable, and Bad To The Bone!.

I have had these for a while, and never hunted with them due to lack of confidence in an expandable. They shoot very accurately, but so do my Magnus broadheads. I recently shot a buck at about 15 yds and wached him fall about 13 yds away.

The blood trail was ok, even though the shot was around mid body(double lung). The arrow broke and the broadhead end was never recovered, but there was a small exit hole, nothing spectacular only about a half inch.

I assume the broad head broke (entry cut clean through ribs, exit was behind shoulder. Must have broke on ribs?) and that’s why the entire broadhead didn’t exit. I still have two more to use and believe they will get the job done, but I am much more confident in a fixed blade.

Perhaps the Levi Morgan Shwackers with thicker blades have solved the weak blade problems.

I purchased these for my Crossbow bolts. Shooting a Stryker Katana 360 with a 425 grain arrow. I practiced a little with the practice head I received in the package and had a well tuned setup shooting around 320 fps.

I shot a whitetail deer last fall with this setup from 48 yards and it performed as advertised. These fly true and I had a full pass through. Deer made it about 60 yards and dropped. Huge blood trail but didn’t need it to find this one.

The hunter that was not satisfied, took a difficult shot at a high angle and I can see where that would not pass through. I agree with the other comments that a entry wound that high on a deer may not bleed much no matter what.

Gravity pulls the blood down and without an exit wound, it piles up in the deer. Difficult to track and they will run a ways when its only a single lung shot. I had one of those shots 3 years ago and we did find the deer, but it was a good 600 yards from where it was shot.

Scant blood trail and I think is was mostly from the mouth and nose and only when it jumped over fences or creeks.

I have been using the Swhacker 125 grain two blade broad heads for about 8 years and 18+ kills now, have not had a deer run more than 50 yards unless I made a poor shot. The blood trails are usually very easy to follow as well.

I cannot recommend these enough, they are lethal and durable. I used to shoot muzzy three blade and they were very reliable and forgiving if you made poor shots on deer. Only issues I had with them were the blood trails were not always great and they didn’t always fly true.

Unless you made a perfect shots you were usually tracking a long ways. After loosing a few deer I decided to try expandable broadheads on advise from one of my hunting buddies and had mixed experiences with them, mostly bad.

I lost a lot of deer, (5 out of 8) and after trying several different brands (including Rage, Rocky Mountain, NAP, and Twisted) I got frustrated and went back to the Muzzy. By the way Rocky Mountain were the worst broadhead I have ever used lost 3 out of 3 deer with them they would not penetrate and after you shoot them through something they were done.

Junk! Worst I have ever used! Rage worked ok but they didn’t hold up, you have to buy new ones after one use. very expensive! I watch a lot of hunting shows and one afternoon I was watching Hank parkers outdoors and I saw the Swhacker and how they were all very excited about how it works and being able to take quartering shots with an expandable.

I decided to try them, this was probably one of the best choices I have made as far as hunting products go. I will not be looking to switch any time soon. These things work! Don’t let any one tell you differently! If your hunting set up does not generate enough kinetic energy you may have issues with these opening properly or getting pass through shots.

They recommend your bow set up has at least 60 foot pounds of kinetic energy. If your shooting light arrows and a single cam bow set up for max speed, you will probably have to change your set up to a heavier arrow and possibly a twin cam bow for a little more down range punch.

I use a Elite Answer bow set at 68 lbs draw at 29 inches with Victory Archery VAP V3 350 spine arrows cut at 26″ length. This has been a very durable and effective set up for me. 8 years ago I purchased 6 arrows from Cabela’s and 3 Swhacker broadheads and have only lost two in that time period.

The broadheads are very durable and reusable, As an example I have used one arrow and broadhead and I have killed at least 6 deer maybe more over the years since purchase. The blades have bent and I have bent them back and sharpened with the swhacker sharpener several times.

If you are trying to find the most durable and lethal broadhead out there, look no further!.

These broad heads seems really nice. They fly exactly like my field points. To the point wear accidentally sliced off some fletchings. I really like how you can lock them for practice. And the pull out of targets allot easier.

Hopefully they work on an animal as good as they do in my back yard. We will see.

Been using swhackers for years. New design is great. Curved blades slices more bone. More blood loss for easy trailing.

The best expandable broadhead available for crossbow bolts!! The 125 grain head allows for excellent flight out of a short arrow that hits with the same accuracy of field points. This is the only crossbow specific 2.

25 in cutting head that allows you to lock the blades in place so you can practice with the same head and arrow you will use in the field. I have used Swhacker for 5 years and have had a “pass through” shot on 100% of animals taken.

Excellent results, EXCELLENT product!!.

I ordered a pack of these broadheads a couple weeks ago from Cabelas excited to try them out this deer season. When they finally delivered to my house I was very disappointed. The pack was mangled and had been taped shut.

The broadheads were rusted and looked like they been used. I’m thinking Cabelas sent me a pack that had been returned, so I contacted customer service, explained the situation, and got a new pack sent to my house.

That one is on Cabelas. When the new pack arrived I was even more disappointed. THESE BLADES ARE NOT SHARP. Like they are jokingly dull straight out the pack. My steak knives are sharper than these blades.

It would be highly unethical to shoot these broadheads at a live animal. I tried to post a video of my finger rubbing up and down them, but I’d have to post it to YouTube first and I’m not going through all that trouble.

This time the problem is on QAD. I may have just gotten a bad batch because supposedly QAD makes great products. Even if that’s the case, that means they’re inconsistent. I’m going to try a different brand.

Attached pics are from the first box I got that I sent back.

Been shooting these for a couple of seasons now. Fly right with field points out past 50 yds and maybe 2 inches low beyond that (drag). All these guys that say they don’t fly well either have bows that aren’t tuned properly or are inducing torque.

Exodus 100 gr are killing machines. Took a 200lbs+ boar this weekend. The amount of blood that poured out of him was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. He ran 10yds, stopped, and tipped over stone dead in less than 3 seconds.

Been bowhunting for forty five years and have tried many other brands of broad heads including expendables. And I always seem to come back to these tried and true broad heads. I like the fact that replacement blades are readily available.

Also it’s one of the few fixed blade heads that have practice blades that shoot just like the sharp hunting blades. All in all a great non sexy head that gets the job done.

I’m super disappointed in the NAP Killzone Cut-On-Contact broadheads. After nine years of bow hunting successfully with mechanical broadheads I decided to give these a try. I have a 31 inch draw length and pull 71 pounds.

I consistently hold a 1 ½” group at 20 yards with field points. I started the season hitting a nice buck low in the elbow (about 6 inch below from aiming point) which was never recovered. Then I had another buck late season at 18 yards on a completely calm morning and the easiest shot out of the stand.

The arrow passed through the bucks calves on both the front legs (8-10 inches low again). I made the mistake of assuming these broadheads flew like field points because all previous mechanicals I’ve shot have flown true.

I take the complete blame for wounding these deer. This broadhead, at 20 yards did not and would not fly true for me. It was consistently 6-8 inches from center bullseye on a target. My arrows are not under spined, in fact, I also tried heavier arrows and still the broadheads flew inconsistently.

Sure wishing I would’ve target shot with the broadheads earlier. My bow is a 2015 model and is completely tuned (bare shaft and paper tuned). I videoed both hunts, and I also shoot lighted knocks. I’ve attached a screenshot from my video in slow motion of the second deer, the lighted knock is a couple inches from disappearing through the first leg.

There is also a picture of the broadhead from the first deer next to a new one showing its lack of durability. After switching back to my previous brand, I took a nice doe at 40 yards. I won’t be going back to the NAP Killzone.

I’ve been using slick trick magnums for years and they have been an awesome broadhead. I needed some more for the hunting season and I headed in to my local BPS to pick up some more. I was disappointed, but optimistic when I learned BPS no longer carried the original version with carbon steel ferrule and only the new “SS Pro” Version wit a ferrule made of stainless steel.

Yes the original carbon steel version could have some rust stains if left wet, but they were so durable. Also the new “Pro SS” versions cost a handful of dollars more a package and contain 3 instead 4 broadheads in the original version.

The broadheads shot true and I was very happy to give them a try. My impression after using them harvest a medium sized central Florida Doe is disappointed in the durabilty, even the performance on the animal was very good.

The shot flew true and made a very lethal wound to the animal that was easily recovered, but the new stainless steel ferrule was trashed. The arrow passed through and got hung up on the vanes and and light fell to the ground as the animal fled.

The arrows was not shoot into the ground and the hardest thing is hit was the rib of a 90lb doe. The stainless steel ferrule was totally bent. The original version could shot through many animals and never had and issue.

I feel the stainless steel ferrules is much softer than the original carbon steel versions. I would like to see BPS start carrying the original again, it would be appreciated to have both options; I would chose the original Carbon Steel Ferrule every time.

Holy crap. The past two weekends I shot a doe and a small buck. The buck was a perfect double lung shot and left a great trail for 80 yards. The doe however was different. I had her quartering away slightly and hit my release.

Right after the shot she took a step back and the broadhead ended up severing the neck and left another killer trail and ran 150. Totally recommend this head. Both shots were clean pass throughs and I only pull 60.

My son and I have been using slick trick broadheads for over 10 years. They get the job done. They fly true and the blood trails are awesome. I prefer fixed blade broadheads because I feel I get better penitration then mechanical broadheads.

I chose slick tricks because of there accuracy. They fly as good as field points. And are very durable. Can’t go wrong with this broadhead.

I bought two packs of these and a pack of spare blades with brass threaded rings. One pack of broadheads had 3 heads with bad threads so that you couldn’t tighten them to keep the blades from falling out.

I know it was the head because I even tried using brass rings that I knew were good and they wouldn’t thread on either. I contacted the manufacturer (they make you “join”) but they never even replied.

So I paid for 4 broadheads and got one.

These are described as an out of the package cut on contact broadhead. My suggestion is if you buy a pack of these buy yourself a new file too. I spent about 5 minutes apiece getting the point of each of these broadheads to a satisfactory sharpness.

Don’t expect it to stay that way it’s pretty soft metal. I had varying success with how well they tuned. Two of them flew with field point precision and the other two did not fly well on any shaft I put them on.

I also bought a pack of carbon express pile drivers; they get two thumbs up for quality and flight. (I’d give pile drivers three thumbs up if I had a third thumb).

I’ve gone between expandable vs fixed bladed broadheads throughout the years mainly due to arrow flight. However, I have found most expandable broadheads have weak points usually in the mechanism that holds the blades together in flight.

The Wac Em’ fixed blade broadhead flies as close to an expandable as I can find, is 100% stainless steel, tough as nails, excellent penetration resulting in very good blood trails and efficiency. The only minor negative I can find is they can be a little challenging to put together but this minor inconvenience is worth how they perform, at least to me.

I’ve been using the original Woodsman for ten years and have taken several deer with them using a 46# Black Widow recurve. They fly straight, provide excellent penetration and they’re very durable. They’re a breeze to sharpen on a bench grinder using a fine stone and jeweler’s rouge.

I learned the technique from a seminar by Monty Browning at a traditional archery show in Michigan several years. Believe me you can put a razor sharp, hollow ground edge on these heads using Monty’s technique in just a few minutes.

When I recovered the 125 grain Woodsman glue-on broadhead I was amazed that it was completely intact and undamaged considering all the work it did. Using my 50# recurve, I sent the arrow at a 130 lb doe that was 7 yards away.

The arrow entered high in the rib cage traveled down through the lungs and out of the rib cage on the other side. It wasn’t done yet. The arrow continued into the inside of the upper front leg. The arrow finally stopped with the tip of the broadhead protruding through the skin on the outside of the leg.

The deer dropped immediately, double lung shot and leg crippled. I use Woodsman broadheads straight from the package without any additional sharpening since the deer in my area are not very big.

over all this is a very decent and dependable head, any sharpening issues are usually due to the lack of good sharpening skills- many of us want instant results and many times the job at hand requires a little more time (or getting in touch with someone who has the experience or knowledge such as the staff atr 3 Rivers)or the correct tools for sharpening.

obviously the needle sharp tips are not the ticket but this is an easy fix with just a few strokes of the file. as for the noise, is it possible that something as simple a thin strip of clear tape over the vents will eleminate this? something to think about! we as bowhunters have our own challenges, likes and dislikes, we also tend to be quick about putting distance between us and anything that we have had trouble or problems with- sadly we sometimes blame the broadhead for lack of a blood trail when the fact was it was a little high on the hit, resulting in most of the blood staying within the animal’s cavity.

Even with the possibilty of having to spend a little longer to get that first sharp polished edge, this product is far better and consistant in quality than almost anything that most of us could make ourselves.

I have been hunting with as bow since the mid seventies and love the simplicity of this weapon that was recorded even in biblical times for taking venison. I really think that reading reviews on products such as this one allows us to see what other’s experiences have been and in doing so, learn from them and even possibly make tiny improvements on them or avoid some mistakes.

even the very best made hammer would have someone faulting it for something. these broadheads are far more duable,feasable and re-usable than any of those mechanical broadheads or many of the replaceable heads.

when properly sharpened and maintained, these are very deadly hunting tools.

I have shot these broadheads on and off for years. I shoot a lot of hogs here in Texas, and penetration on the really big hogs are always a problem. With these broadheads, I always got maximum penetration and in most cases the arrow blew right through and landed somewhere on the other side.

On occasion, I would experiment with expandable broadheads to get a larger wound channel. In all but the smaller hogs, the arrow would make a large hole on entry but fail to go all the way through. This left the arrow inside the hog, which promptly snapped the arrow on the first bush that he came to.

After I had to transfer to a crossbow after several shoulder surgeries, these became my go-to broadheads for everything. They fly every bit as accurately as the expandables and remain intact after major contact with rib bones, etc.

Every expandable that I have shot, I threw away after one shot due to severe damage. I have found broadheads that were cheaper, but I have never found any that performed or held up better. You can’t go wrong with these.