The ferrules are the same. The blades are the same thickness. It's really just what you value more. Deadmeat blades will hold up better in bone because they are shorter. Megameat will cut more in soft tissue. So are you worried more about being too far forward or too far back? Shoulder vs guts. They are both good choices in the mechanical realm. "Better" is very subjective.

I think they are top shelf along with a few others. Grim Reaper, Wasp and Sevr I like for mechanicals. You really get into splitting hairs and trading this for that. All comes down to what you value more.

There are a few I like the looks of but have no firsthand experience with. B3 has a RD2 out now that looks good. Trifecta has a pop and lock rear deploy that looks good. Rek has a HXP that is something crazy like 2.3" cut. I also have the G5 T2 but haven't shot anything with it yet.

 

Both are a good choice. If I didn’t shoot the deadmeat I’d be looking at sevr and grim reaper. One reason I really like the deadmeat/mega meat is the ease of maintenance and replacement of parts. I like a rear deploying broadhead. It’s cut on contact so if it for some reason it didn’t open, you still have a 1” hole. You don’t have to worry about rubber bands breaking or dry rotting and not springs. Each pack comes with a practice point so you don’t have to shoot your actual broadhead into a target.

 

I use MegaMeats and DeadMeats pretty much interchangeably. I'm colorblind so I want as much blood on the ground as soon as possible.

The Deadmeats definitely penetrate better, but the MegaMeats leave a nasty hole. I had some non exits w/ the MegaMeats and I'm at 70lbs w/ a 480 grain arrows at around 283 fps. That's a good bit of energy.

 

I use MegaMeats and DeadMeats pretty much interchangeably. I'm colorblind so I want as much blood on the ground as soon as possible.

The Deadmeats definitely penetrate better, but the MegaMeats leave a nasty hole. I had some non exits w/ the MegaMeats and I'm at 70lbs w/ a 480 grain arrows at around 283 fps. That's a good bit of energy.

I had the same experience with the Mega Meat on a similar bow and arrow setup.

 

21/21 with deadmeats.

 

Statistically I'm equal with Pray4draws with Deadmeats... but i'm only 3/3 (on whitetails)

I highly recommend them. I'm only shooting 60lb 29" draw 442 grain arrow. The megameat heads look gigantic. I don't feel like I have the umph to push one of those.

 

Yeah, they need some horsepower for sure!

 

Deadmeat and Megameat ......use the Same Ferrel......you can interchange the blades between the two......... you can match the blade to your game

 

Deadmeat and Megameat ......use the Same Ferrel......you can interchange the blades between the two......... you can match the blade length to your game

Just to clarify the Deadmeat V2 ferrule is same as the Megameat. The original Deadmeat is different and won't work with the Megameat blades from what I researched.

 

We harvest 35 doe/year, so lots of bh testing and deadmeats are my go to. Started 51 years ago with bear razors, rockys, thndrheads,wasp, montecs.

 

YES.........V2 ........are the same Ferrule for Both broadheads...............the Original old style Deadmeat .......is a No Go with the V2 blades..........

 

I have always preferred mega meats for whitetail and have had better results with my compound

 

Flip a coin. And roll with what you get. They are both phenomenal broad heads and will get the job done. All comes down to your shot placement. I would prefer to go with something that can punch through bone and act like a bullet. But I also shoot schwacker so who knows what I want in life lol

 

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I’ve shot both the Mega’s and regular Dead Meats and both open predictably. Picture perfect entry holes every time.

That said, I’ve gotten much better penetration with the regular dead meats. The difference in diameter seems minor, and bigger holes always better. However, the dead meats have better pass through on big body deer. I’ll give up some diameter to get a pass through.

I’ll qualify all this by noting I’m short! Shooting these heads out of a Mathews VX, 27”, 70#’s, ~285fps, 385gr arrow so your mileage may vary.

 

Don't understand the lack of pass thrus personally. I shoot 65 lbs, 29.5", 440 gr arrow and and every mature buck I've shot with a megmeat has blown through and buried in the dirt. That includes super steep angled shots and quartering away out to 38 yards, great blood trails and short tracking jobs on everything. I think a lot of it has to do with a stiff arrow and bow/arrow set up thats perfectly tuned.

 

I picked up some megameats on sale and it will be the first expandables I've shot in years as I've always been a fixed blade guy. is the practice head accurate to the flight of the broadhead or should I still tune to the actual head?

 

I wouldn't shoot a Megameat into a broadhead target unless you want some broken blades stuck in it forever.

 

I’ve shot MMs for a while now, they usually create horror scenes wherever they hit. I may switch to the DM V2 this year as I’m shooting a bit lighter and faster of an arrow.

 

I’ve gone down to 60 lbs, 31 inch draw length and 500+ gr arrow. No idea what the speed is. I’ll be using the DMs this season. Shot a turkey with the MM and it did a job on em but didn’t pass thru and had bent blades. Think the DM will penetrate a deer better and still plenty big enough hole. We’ll see.

 

Turkey are giant pillows wouldn't shy away from mega meat on a deer

 

Not concerned about shooting one of the little NC deer we have with a mega meat, even a big buck is under 200 lbs and thin skinned. Midwest deer are another animal all together, think I’ll stick to dead meat on larger animals. Mega meat blades are long and bend easy similar to the rage 2.3 inchers I shot a few deer with years ago, bent blades may or may not matter though.

 

i have Lost blades shooting Megameat on good sized mule deer out west........ the blades pulled out from the ferrell..... i moved on from them......

 

What have you moved on to for Muleys? Have you stayed with mechanical or have you moved on to fixed blades?

 

I forgot to mention I use 125 gr. Megas steel ferrule blades don't pull out.

 

i was using 125 grain steel ferrule ...... with a crossbow.............

 

Your the first I've heard breaking a 125. Was shoulder involved?

 

....................the blade was lodged in a rib-bone at the bottom of the heart a little thicker down there.....

 

Same hit as mine last year mine exited brisket. Only bent blades. That sucks.

 

..................yea........i lost blades on hogs in texas .....heavy bones - in good sized hogs......i did not think it would happen on deer ....... after the deer last year i moved on from them.....i would still use Deadmeats on deer -had No blade problems with them ..... i replaced the mega blades for Deadmeat .........

 

also i was shooting a 430+ FPS crossbow......hard impact most likely caused the blade to pull out of the ferrule ????

 

Possibly. It gets harder to keep expandables together with the extra horsepower. Then again my dad had a Magnus break on a turkey at 39#s so sometimes you never know.

 

Mega meats are lethal on white tail deer. Only broadhead I’ve ever shot that will leave blood trail from shot site to the animal.

 

I shot the megameat last season, and it was devastating. Even with a less-than-ideal placement, this one went in a circle for a total of maybe 30 yards and fell about 10 feet from my ground blind. Took two breaths and was a goner. The blood trail I can only describe as someone walking with a bucket and pouring a trail behind him.

The head was destroyed, completely came apart, and it was not a passthrough, so it was a one and done. The entrance wound was unbelievable. He was quartering away, a tad uphill, and it was a lung/heart shot.