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An arrow tip built to turn a deer into dinner, not just a pincushion.
means A wide-bladed arrowhead designed for hunting, built to cut a large wound channel for a quick, clean kill rather than just punch a hole.
from Straightforward compound of 'broad' + 'head,' naming the thing exactly as it looks — a wide (broad) tip (head) — in contrast to the slender, round 'field point' or 'target point' used for practice. The term rose alongside archery equipment terminology as bowhunting developed into its own specialized craft, distinguishing hunting tips from target tips by their flared, blade-like cutting edges.
- blade count
- usually two to four cutting edges
- two types
- fixed blades or mechanical expandable blades
- legal weight
- typically 100 to 125 grains for hunting
- lethality logic
- kills by hemorrhage, not blunt impact