Brainerd, Minn. – I first started bow hunting for deer when I was 14. We had only a few choices back then for arrowheads. None of them came presharpened. I chose to use ones called Bear Razorheads.

With any good trend, there’s a tendency to slide to the extreme. Take for example the recent bowhunting trend of shooting heavy arrows and hefty fixed-blade broadheads. The idea is that this setup ...

I used to avoid bringing up broadheads around other bowhunters because it led to conversations—sometimes heated ones—that lasted hours. Broadhead choice is usually a matter of opinion, formed from ...