The 8 Best Fixed Blade Broadheads of 2026

A 1 1/4-inch cutting diameter is more than the Montec offers, and QAD gets it out of a head short enough that wind has little to grab. That combination is why we point bowhunters here when they want a wide hole without a head that sails. The .040-inch blades are the thickest in this group, and the steep cutting angle and SST tip are shaped to open an entrance rather than push through hide.

Thick blade stock is what earns its keep on bone, and we like that this head is built to survive a shoulder without folding. What we do not like is what a hard hit can leave behind: an edge that needs work before the head flies again. The head usually comes through; the edge is not always as sharp as it started.

It shoots. Through our practice distances it tracked with a field point, which is where short heads make their case and long ones lose it. Pair it with a well-tuned bow and an arrow that is not on the light side, and it behaves like the premium heads it sits beside.

Crossbow bolts run wider than most broadhead ferrules, and that mismatch is where wobble and left-of-field-point groups come from. The Trocar's base is sized to the bolt, so the head sits on the shaft the way it should instead of hanging off the threads with daylight around it.

For a crossbow quiver, this is the pick. The offset blades spin the bolt in flight, the trocar tip takes on bone without a fragile point to snap off, and the head is short enough that crossbow speed does not turn it into a sail. If your crossbow has been throwing heads left of your field points, matching the ferrule to the bolt is the first thing to fix.

Two things to know before you order. A trocar point crushes at the tip rather than slicing, so the entrance hole is smaller than a cut-on-contact head makes; that is the price of the penetration. And blade seating is worth checking on each head — a loose blade causes trouble on the shot, not before it.

Two and a quarter inches of total cutting edge is the most in this group, and that figure is the whole argument for the Slick Trick: four blades, two slots, a hole on both sides of an animal. If your measure of a fixed head is how short the tracking job is, this is the one to beat here.

Four blades usually cost you something in flight, and these do not give up much. In our shooting they tracked with field points, and the Alcatraz blade lock holds the blades where you set them instead of relying on friction. The .035-inch stainless is thick stock for a replaceable blade, which is what you want in a head that has to survive a rib on the way in.

The 125-grain weight in this pack is the part to think about before you buy. A heavier head changes how the arrow flexes and where your pins land, so this is a commitment to a setup that likes front weight rather than a drop-in swap. Four heads to a pack gives you one for practice and three for the quiver.

Four cutting edges for less money than any other three-pack here is where the MX-4 starts, and it is a real four-blade head rather than three blades with a pair of bleeders. The 1 1/8-inch cut and the .025-inch blades put it in the same class as heads that cost a good deal more.

We keep coming back to it as the value pick, and the reason is the ferrule. It holds the blades, it assembles with the wrench in the box without a fight, and it puts four edges on an arrow for a working hunter's money. The blades index cleanly and the head spins true once they are seated.

Where it gives ground is strength. An anodized aluminum ferrule bends where one-piece steel holds, and the .025-inch blades are thinner than the Slick Trick's. On a deer that is a fair trade; on a bear or an elk with a shoulder in the way, we want the steel and pay for it.

Five heads in a pack is the practical argument, and it is not a small one: a quiver of three plus two spares covers a season without another order. The 100-grain version is listed at a 1 3/16-inch cut, wider than the Montec and the MX-4.

The micro-grooved ferrule is a quieter detail that matters at distance, and the head holds its line when a crosswind shows up. The Diamize edges are the sharpest part of the package, and the blades swap without pulling the head off the arrow — worth having when a pass-through ends in the dirt.

This is the one we reach for when we want a slot-and-blade head with parts we can replace rather than a head we throw away. It arrives unassembled, so there is a bench session with a wrench before opening day, and that is the cost of the five-pack. Sharpen or swap blades before every trip; the head is only as good as the edge you put in it.

Serrated blades are the argument, so it is worth settling: the chisel-cut teeth slice soft tissue instead of pushing it aside, which is why the blood trails get talked about. The trade is a rougher pass through hide and an edge that takes more work to bring back than a straight blade.

Four blades and 125 grains. The weight is the part to check against your setup, because a heavier head changes how the arrow flexes and where the pins land. This is a head for a bow that already likes front weight, or for a hunter willing to retune. Magnus builds it in the USA.

On the target it behaves like the field point it replaces, which is what the four-blade design is for. The heads come sharp from the package, sharp enough to treat with respect while you are screwing one on, and the serrations are the part that asks for attention first after a season of practice.

A three-pack of serrated 125s is a specific tool, and we like it for hogs, bear, and anything where the tracking is the hard part. Straight-edge shooters will not be converted. Hunters who have spent an hour on their knees in the dark will wonder why they waited.

Six heads in one pack is the pitch, and the edges are where the compromise shows: some arrive sharp enough to hunt, and some want a few passes on a stone first. That is manageable if you check them a week before the season instead of in the dark at camp.

The bones of the head are right. One-piece metal injection molding, 420 stainless blades, a vented profile to cut wind, an 8-32 thread that fits compound and crossbow inserts, and a spin test on every head. At the target they fly with field points at normal hunting distances, and like any three-blade they give up some margin in a crosswind.

This is a working quiver, not an heirloom: practice heads, spare heads, hog heads, the ones you do not mind burying in a dirt bank. For a hunter who shoots a lot and loses a few, six heads that spin true and take an edge are worth more than three you are afraid to shoot.