#1596828 - 05/09/10 09:49 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
[Re: elks]
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Dont look at it as bashing, just pointing out the pros and cons of each broad head.
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#1596834 - 05/09/10 09:59 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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wish i lived in a place were you could expirment w/ archery gear, montec g-5 has been succesful in droping deer in tracks for me in az, w/ a shot were i could penetrate and break oppiste shoulder, wont change because i may lose confidense in me or bow, interesting posts though a lot learned.......
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#1596869 - 05/09/10 11:00 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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Pros and Cons im 100% fine with, but when somone says "Im not a fan of mechanicals they are all junk" thats bashing.
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#1596897 - 05/09/10 11:36 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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Its not bashing its a matter of personal experience w them and my OPINION of em, If they work for someone else great. Everyone has an opinion of what they use and what works for them. If someone has bad experince w a product i want to hear it so i done make the same mistake.
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#1597770 - 05/11/10 11:16 AM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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Does anoyone use wack'em heads? I have been using them for years and have shot several deer with same broad head. Mosty accurate heads i have shot. They have solid middle structure, and replaceable blades. Very sharp too.
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#1601802 - 05/17/10 07:45 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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I have shot two packs of them all good kills on pigs and deer. I just liked the Slick Tricks better so I switched back after trying them a year.I still have 3 or 4 heads around here somewhere but no blades.
Edited by venatic (05/17/10 07:46 PM)
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#1602516 - 05/18/10 06:08 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
[Re: venatic]
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plus one for the slick tricks.
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#1604383 - 05/21/10 02:49 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
[Re: NMJL]
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Slick tricks work very good as well
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#1608756 - 05/29/10 09:19 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
[Re: Smokin250]
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I switched from Muzzy 3 blade 125gr broadheads to the Slick Trick 125 grainers a couple of years ago. I've been thoroughly impressed with the ST's to say the least. No damage pics though.
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#1609585 - 05/31/10 04:27 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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I saw some guy on you-tube shooting different broadheads thru a 55 gal drum to see how they held up. Slick tricks was one of the few that just smiled and said, that was fun.
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#1616322 - 06/12/10 10:08 AM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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#1616325 - 06/12/10 10:13 AM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
[Re: bowhunter57]
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I ended up right back where I started 25 yrs ago, thunderheads. I was playing with mechanicals and started loosing arrows from not getting pass thrus. Id get pass thrus but only under 20 yds for the most part. I switched back to theads and havent lost an arrow since. The POI isnt the same as field parts at least form any of my bows. I used muzzys for a while but I think Theads are better. Muzzys were prett dull and Theads dont stop for anything. Im sure there are equally good Broadheads out there.
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#1616349 - 06/12/10 11:19 AM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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I ended up right back where I started 25 yrs ago, thunderheads. I was playing with mechanicals and started loosing arrows from not getting pass thrus. Id get pass thrus but only under 20 yds for the most part. I switched back to theads and havent lost an arrow since. Tjkiller, I blame part of this on the commercialization of the archery industry. Often bowhunters get carried away with the idea of larger holes in deer and it comes at the cost of the loss of penetration. Common sense dictates that 2 holes bleeding are better than 1. Bowhunters that are shooting a 1 1/8" cutting diameter fixed blade broadhead will switch to a 1 1/2" cutting diameter mechanical broadhead and 2 things happen... 1. There's a loss of penetration, because it takes more K.E. to push that larger cutting diameter through a deer. Plus, the deployment of the blades. 2. There's only one hole...an entrance hole with no exit wound for blood trailing. Very few bowhunters have the tracking skills necessary to find a deer, without a blood trail.
Such commercial ads as, "Bad to the Bone", leads bowhunters to believe that there's bone splitting capabilities with the use of their broadheads. A bow kills by way of hemmorage ie. blood, this is NOT a rifle, it's a bow...shoot the soft tissue areas that will bleed. Other ads like, "It's like throwing an ax through an animal", is hog wash. An ax is an ax and a wider cutting diameter mechanical broadhead...without increase K.E. is a loss of penetration and a lost animal.  The POI isnt the same as field parts at least form any of my bows. I used muzzys for a while but I think Theads are better. Try shooting some short ferrule broadheads, of your brand of choice. You'll find that the same P.O.I. will become the same...assuming your bow is tuned properly. The shorter ferrule allows for less wind drag, which allows for less "steering" of the arrow and improved flight charactoristics. 
When it's all said and done, each bowhunter has to use what works for them...and stay with it.  Archery is full of personal choices and that's what attracts so many to it. 
Good hunting, Bowhunter57
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#1616619 - 06/12/10 09:54 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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#1617737 - 06/14/10 08:51 PM
Re: Official Broadhead Damage Thread
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I ended up right back where I started 25 yrs ago, thunderheads. I was playing with mechanicals and started loosing arrows from not getting pass thrus. Id get pass thrus but only under 20 yds for the most part. I switched back to theads and havent lost an arrow since. Tjkiller, I blame part of this on the commercialization of the archery industry. Often bowhunters get carried away with the idea of larger holes in deer and it comes at the cost of the loss of penetration. Common sense dictates that 2 holes bleeding are better than 1. Bowhunters that are shooting a 1 1/8" cutting diameter fixed blade broadhead will switch to a 1 1/2" cutting diameter mechanical broadhead and 2 things happen... 1. There's a loss of penetration, because it takes more K.E. to push that larger cutting diameter through a deer. Plus, the deployment of the blades. 2. There's only one hole...an entrance hole with no exit wound for blood trailing. Very few bowhunters have the tracking skills necessary to find a deer, without a blood trail.
Such commercial ads as, "Bad to the Bone", leads bowhunters to believe that there's bone splitting capabilities with the use of their broadheads. A bow kills by way of hemmorage ie. blood, this is NOT a rifle, it's a bow...shoot the soft tissue areas that will bleed. Other ads like, "It's like throwing an ax through an animal", is hog wash. An ax is an ax and a wider cutting diameter mechanical broadhead...without increase K.E. is a loss of penetration and a lost animal.  The POI isnt the same as field parts at least form any of my bows. I used muzzys for a while but I think Theads are better. Try shooting some short ferrule broadheads, of your brand of choice. You'll find that the same P.O.I. will become the same...assuming your bow is tuned properly. The shorter ferrule allows for less wind drag, which allows for less "steering" of the arrow and improved flight charactoristics. 
When it's all said and done, each bowhunter has to use what works for them...and stay with it.  Archery is full of personal choices and that's what attracts so many to it. 
Good hunting, Bowhunter57 Great post and good advice Bow57. I've been on the broadhead merry go round before and will be shooting G5 Strykers or Slick Tricks this year and don't intend to turn back. I used Thunderheads for 20 years + with a few dozen kills but don't like their flight characteristics at longer range.
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