I’ve used them at 62-64 lbs before and had a pass thru all 3 deer I’ve shot them at. That said, I have a 31.5” draw and all my set ups are over 70 ke. I think you’d be fine in my opinion, but if you’re concerned and like that broadhead, you could always go to the Deadmeats which would be a little less hard to punch thru.

 

You should be fine at those specs. Just wait for a good broadside or slightly quartered away shot. If you have any worry about penetration but like the design I highly recommend the Deadmeat V2. It blew threw a doe for me last year and left big entry and exit holes. 450 grain arrow launching at 275 fps.

 

Shooting a 445 ish grain arrow similar speed arrow went 20 yards pass the deer. 460 grain arrow similar speed entered back of ribs high. It exited in brisket area base of arm pit completely passed through. Take good shots not straight down dummy shots you ll be fine.

 

Out of curiosity a few years back, had my wife shoot a whitetail with a mechanical (NAP Killzone 2 inch cut) to see what it could do. Her setup was a Mathews Prima, 50 lbs, 24.5 inch DL, and a 380 grain arrow. At 20 yards slightly Quartering away the head cut through 2 ribs and the arrow embedded and broke the offside shoulder. Huge entrance hole lots of blood and a 30 yard tracking job. Needless to say for whitetail she's been running mechanicals with great success from then on. She's now shooting 55 lbs with a rage chisel tip 3 blade (similar in design and blade deployment to the megameat) with even better penetration.

 

I would say you’ll be fine as other have said I would wait for broadside or quarter away. Those quartering to shots are tricky enough as it is and your setup isn’t ideal for those. My brother shoots 28” and 60 pounds and passed through 3 deer last year with a mega meat no problem

 

That’s what I was looking for! Thanks! .5 longer but 3lbs less pretty much the same thing.

 

I don't consider 63# to be "low poindage"

 

Neither do I but he and I have a 27.5 inch DL so that factors in as well. That's not short per say but it's sure not long and we give up 20 - 40 FPS over a lot of bow hunters right out the gate. OP I wouldn't use those I would use the Dead meats instead if you like that head. It's a 1.5 inch 3 blade which will help and is still plenty of BH.

I don't see many passthroughs with 2 inch 2 blades let alone 3 inch 3 blades and I have almost the identical spec's you have. 405 grain arrow @ 274. I honest though

 

low poundage? here I was expecting sub 50 to 50#...

 

low poundage, here I was expecting sub 50 to 50#...

Same, however the bigshots on the internet have convinced everyone that 80# is the new 70.

 

Probably be fine, I would stay away from extreme cutting diameter in general. I think something in the middle is going to give you the best diversity with shot angles. Waddell shot a deer out of a stand several years ago with the Mega Meat and a 60-pound rig. He hit a rib and watched the arrow basically bounce off. I'm sure the video is still out there if you can find it. He talked about it on a podcast and said that the difference between 60 and 70 was drastic with that head. He ended up getting 70 lb limbs and blowing through everything else he shot that year.

 

I believe that was the old T2. Light arrow deflection. Almost as bad as the one were they punched a T3 through the ribs and it went a mile and I think T bone shot it chasing does.

 

67# of KE is not low. You’ll do just fine with your setup.
I’ve had great success with lower KE on wild pigs.

 

you are not in the low pundage/ke discussion

 

If you haven’t bought the mega meats yet, why not just get the dead meat v2s?

 

Because I have them from a raffle otherwise I have 3 other sets of different broadheads too choose from but I want to use these. They fly phenomenal!

 

Middle the rib cage and let it rip!

 

With the efficiency of todays bows and quality of heads, there really is not low poundage concerns.

 

I guess you could say the concern is for this specific broadhead with lower poundage

 

I only brought up why not standard v2s because mega meats are just overkill to me. At low poundage I’d stay Away from a 3 blade anything. Mechanical of course. Last year this forum was filled with people asking if the mega meat flew like the bmp or if they had to broadhead tune for them. If you need to tune for a mechanical head because of its size, shoot a fixed head and forget about it, especially at under 60 pounds. My triax is 63#. 550 grain arrow. Got 3 annihilators in the quiver and 1 rage +p. Idk what my KE is but at my hunting distance shots I’m sure I could get a pass through with a mega meat, but I shoot heavier arrows than most.

 

Plenty of KE. That being said, I like the Deadmeats V2 better. Still a great sized hole and seem to penetrate quite a bit better.

My wife shoots 50lbs with a 25” draw length. She’s used the Deadmeats the last 2 years and has been zipping through whitetails including 2 nice sized bucks. Deadmeats, a well tuned bow and keeping shots reasonable has been great for her.

 

Plenty of KE. That being said, I like the Deadmeats V2 better. Still a great sized hole and seem to penetrate quite a bit better.

My wife shoots 50lbs with a 25” draw length. She’s used the Deadmeats the last 2 years and has been zipping through whitetails including 2 nice sized bucks. Deadmeats, a well tuned bow and keeping shots reasonable has been great for her.
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Agree with the suggestion to use a Deadmeat instead. Companies offer a really wide model mechanical to appeal to the folks that envision a Stevie Wonder type blood trail. However, they are often not factoring in the amount of energy required and potential resistance if hitting a rib or other dense body structure. I much prefer a smaller wound channel and pass thru over a wide cut that remains in the animal and plugs the hole from blood loss. Having tried the Deatmeat last year shooting 62@29.25, I can offer that I found them accurate, durable and quite deadly. Leave the Megameats for the 70+ DW guys.

 

FYI, you can swap Deadmeat V2 blades onto the Megameat. They use the same ferrule and locking collars.

Deadmeat V2 left a big enough hole for me.

 

I shoot 65lb draw with a 29.5” draw length and use the deadmeat v2’s. So far so good on getting full deployment. I think you should be just fine. One good thing about it is even if they didn’t open you still get a large hole from all three blades. Might even be as big or bigger than standard fixed heads.

 

yep i have heard and read that too!

 

I know 2 guys that shot 400 to 500 black bears in Canada with megas one was 62 lbs the other said upper 50s lbs idk the arrow weight or their draw length but both were under 5 10 for sure. Both pass thru

 

U got to shoot at least 80lbs and a 700 gr arrow to kill a deer ! Just ask all the archery talk experts ! Lol ur set up will be fine if u hit them good !

 

Glad most of y’all said he would be fine. I’m shooting the megameats this year also with 60lbs 27.5” DL 450gr arrow

 

Waddy has been shooting elk with Megameats since they came out. I sure wouldn't, but it seems to work for him.

 

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Bro, thats not a low poundage set up. Even with your short draw length, those are fantastic whitetail stats. .5 slugs MOMENTUM is plenty anf 276 fps is not slow. You can shoot whatever btoadhead you like.

 

If you look at lusks tests the beast penetrated better and was sharper with better retention than the kudo contour plus I was going to shoot. If it is better at penetration, sharper,,with better edge retention why would this nit translate at 50lb vs the 70lbs the test is at?

 

I shot a doe last year with the Megas. 50 lb, 388 grain arrow. 29” draw. Double long complete pass thru at 25 yards.

 

Enough said right here.