During my past 10 years of serious bowhunting I have been leery of using mechanical broadheads. I had seen firsthand many types that could only penetrate a whitetail deer just a few inches and heard many horror stories of lost deer, especially from tree stand angles when the broadhead didn’t penetrate at all. The desire to have a consistent shot pattern beyond 30 yards with a broadhead drove me to start researching the newer styled mechanicals on the market. My big concern was finding one that would penetrate the shoulders or ribs deep enough from any angle to ethically kill the deer and if needed, leave entry and exit holes large enough to produce a good blood trail.

After getting the Trocrazor™Tip mechanicals I was excited to see how they flew in relation to my field tips and compare that to my knowledge of how my fixed blade broadheads compared to field tips, especially past 30 yards. I like their spring design that eliminates the need for o-rings or rubber bands and I couldn’t even get a blade to spring out of its groove by shaking or hitting the arrow. I tried these broadheads on two different arrows, a Vapor Pro Series 4000 and GoldTip XT Hunter 5575, each 30" long and straight fletched with 2" Duravanes. Immediately, I was impressed to see that my sight would not require any adjustments when shooting these mechanicals at 20 or 30 yard distances and that my arrows where penetrating the multi-layer foam target to at least within inches of the fletching each shot. After seeing the same results even at 40 yards my excitement turned to finding out how well this new design would penetrate a deer after being shot from a steep angle.

That first opportunity came on a doe at 15 yards away while I was standing up in a 16’ ladder stand. She was quartering away from me and my arrow penetrated down through the top of the rib cage and the broadhead pierced the hide on the opposite side down in the brisket area just inside that shoulder. I was happy to see that the broadhead went into the deer and didn’t deflect off the ribs from that angle and also to see the deer fall not 30 yards from where I shot her. The entry hole was large and allowed me to see that each of the blades had opened and easily cut through the ribs the adjoining pictures show the entry hole and the inside of the ribs where the broadhead went through. I was also glad to see that the head and blades showed no signs of damage and the blades were still sharp. If you are looking for field point accuracy from a well built broadhead, try out a set of the Grim Reapers.