Author Topic: What broadhead? (Read 81445 times)

JPSaxMan · « **Reply #60 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:54:51 AM »

Muzzy 3 Blade 100 grain (then again what the heck do I know, I was just recommended these broadheads

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Big Tom · « **Reply #61 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:32:31 AM »

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Muzzy 3 Blade 100 grain (then again what the heck do I know, I was just recommended these broadheads )

I shot this nice doe this morning with a Muzzy 3bld 125gr

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Big Tom · « **Reply #62 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:36:47 AM »

My buddy used a 100gr on his doe this morning

JPSaxMan · « **Reply #63 on:** December 30, 2004, 01:08:41 PM »

Great!

:agree:

Leverdude · « **Reply #64 on:** January 10, 2005, 11:38:15 AM »

All I'v ever used are thunderheads except for one doe ths year I used a cabelas mini lazer pro 100 grain. The thunderheads I use are 100's also. They fly good for me & go thru a deer pretty quick. I took the buck in the pic sat morning. You can see the exit on his left fore leg. That arrow went in just ahead of his right hind leg & thru his body almost lengthwise, thru stomach, liver, lung, rib & front leg & stuck in the ground 10 feet beyond him.

Wasn't the best shot I ever made but the work that head did impressed me. I bought some rocket steel heads & they fly true from my setup but every time the moment comes I nock a thunderhead.

Daveinthebush · « **Reply #65 on:** January 10, 2005, 11:49:08 AM »

"I bought some rocket steel heads & they fly true from my setup but every time the moment comes I nock a thunderhead."

(I would of quoted this except for this darn Imac. Hate em.)

Good Idea! :grin:

IowaBuckHunter · « **Reply #66 on:** February 08, 2005, 06:02:28 PM »

I have tried most brands and types available, and I really think that the Steel Force broadheads are the best. They are razor sharp, can be resharpened easily, and they fly the truest to my field points. Also I will not use a broadhead unless it is all one piece. Thunderheads have been known to have blades fall off- a pretty good braodhead but a little cheesy design. Muzzy's are good, the 4 blades fly better than the 3's, and the blades can't fall off. My second choice would probably be the G5 Montecs- once again, all one piece. I hate expandables- have a slow bow, they won't open, have a fast bow, they open too soon. Then once again blades break off easily if you hit bone. I will save the spitfire's I bought for shooting turkey's.

DakotaElkSlayer · « **Reply #67 on:** March 07, 2005, 05:34:39 AM »

Muzzy, Thunderheads, etc. are all great broadheads and probably over-engineered for what most of us are using them for. That being said, the one broadhead I would suggest to everyone is the SLICK TRICKS. These heads fly great under hunting conditions like a mechanical. The wound they create is simply amazing... Took a doe with one this past November, and the wound didn't look like the cuts associated with a broadhead, the deer looked like she was hit with a big bore rifle. Yup, no slices, but a HOLE... This is the only head I will be using for awhile...

Jim

tripper · « **Reply #68 on:** April 11, 2005, 08:11:12 AM »

I just run a un-intentional test on a muzzy 100 gr. 3 blade. I was paper tuning and moved over on the paper to fare and stuck the broad head in a cement block wall. iIt penetrated about 1/4 " and upon pull it out of the wall the tip of the broad head looks and funtions as good as new. Will have to putit in a different arrow though. That carbon just wont take them sudden stops.

JPSaxMan · « **Reply #69 on:** April 11, 2005, 09:59:58 AM »

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That carbon just wont take them sudden stops.

Get Easton's ST Axis arrows. They'll penetrate fire hearth stone with no breakage whatsoever.

daddywpb · « **Reply #70 on:** May 14, 2005, 06:29:37 AM »

I have just changed from Steel Force to the G5 Montec. They fly just like field points out of my PSE Whitetail extreme, and are easy to sharpen on any good flat diamond stone.
Tried the G5 Pre-season practice heads. They shoot well, but tear up the target badly.
As a side note, the G5 small game heads are devastating on rabbits. Best I've ever used.

ratgunner · « **Reply #71 on:** May 15, 2005, 12:05:04 PM »

Thunderhead 100's. :grin:

Buckskin · « **Reply #72 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:05:58 AM »

Those slick tricks may get a shot at a bear this fall if I like them.

Nebraska Kelly · « **Reply #73 on:** June 18, 2005, 02:06:09 AM »

There is no 'best' broadhead. I have used the Delta Rothar Snuffer 3 blade fixed broadhead. It flies to the same point of impact as my field points almost. It shoots just a little lower. They are accurate and take no tuning effort at all. I was suprized how well they shoot. I have killed at least 10 deer from small to very large with them. Talk about a BIG HOLE and good blood trail. Only 2 deer have ran over 10 yards. Both good hits and good penetration. I bought six dozen of these from a closing sporting goods store about 8 years ago. I am down to my last 7 heads. I have not found anything that makes such big holes and gives many instant knockdowns as this 125gr rothar snuffer. I am sold on it. I was looking at the ted nugent blade last year. Does anyone have a report on how those fly?
Nebraska Kelly

daddywpb · « **Reply #74 on:** June 18, 2005, 03:33:07 AM »

I was excited about trying the Nugent Blade by Magnus. Seems to work for Ted, but my bow simply would not shoot them straight no matter what I did.

Raging480 · « **Reply #75 on:** July 16, 2005, 05:39:39 AM »

I took my first deer with a bow last year, a 95 lb. doe. What a trophy. You never forget your first bow kill. I was chouched behind a tree, and she and her girlfriends came from the opposite direction I was expecting. My first arrow flew under her belly, boy was I all jazzed up. I knocked another arrow, and hit her low in the belly. She died very quickly, I found her about 20 yards away.
Now you typically hear how a shot like that is bad news. I guess I was extremely blessed that day. I was using a 125 grain Muzzy three blade on a 2315 aluminum. I just switched to carbons, and I am dropping my broadhead weight to 100. I have no reason to change broadhead design, the 3 blade muzzys work for me. I just need to aim better, regardless.
But I sure do like the flatter shooting set up.

Buckskin · « **Reply #76 on:** July 25, 2005, 08:23:50 AM »

Last year I shot the Tekan expandables. I was very impressed with their performance. Shatters bone like jello. I had a low light shot at a doe (which I needed for my GD earn a buck tag) last season and did not see a small branch that deflected a rather easy brodside shot. it hit a little bit back and some how was deflected into the rear of the animal. Kind of like the JFK bullet. Anyway, it broke its rear femur and the whole arrow passed thru. She was dead in about 50 yards. Ugly shot, but dead deer.

Buckskin · « **Reply #77 on:** August 05, 2005, 04:12:42 AM »

I just shot the 100gr. Slick Trick brodhead. I am very impressed at the flight. By far the best arrow flight I have had with a fixed tip. They will be going with me to Canada on the 20th of this month for bruin.

TDA · « **Reply #78 on:** August 30, 2005, 05:59:54 AM »

My favorite brodhead is the Magnus Snuffer. That is the best all around brodhead. Leaves big entrance and exit holes. Leaves a river of a blood trail. I have shot three deer with my 55lbs recuve and have not had a deer go over 80yds. TDA

Buckskin · « **Reply #79 on:** September 23, 2005, 07:12:17 AM »

I have gone to slick tricks maybe for good. I shot a 350-400lb bear with one in canada a month ago and I was extremely impressed. Had a 25 yd quartering away shot that double lunged him and broke its lower front leg. When I cut the brodhead out it looked like it had never been shot. Not even a nick on any blades or tip. The bear bled large amounts instantly and died in 40 yards. And they fly as good as any expandable that I have shot.

Doe · « **Reply #80 on:** September 28, 2005, 03:42:49 PM »

Crimsion Talon 100gr (BLACK MAMBA) :grin: :grin:

ahaunert09 · « **Reply #81 on:** October 09, 2005, 12:50:07 PM »

i shoot the wasp 75 grain becasue when i had my pse it didnt shoop very hard and i was looking for penitration so the guys a the bass pro shops in cincinnati told me they shoot the wasp and have had no problems with them

ahaunert09 · « **Reply #82 on:** October 09, 2005, 12:57:11 PM »

i shoop wasp 75 grain fixed blade becasue when i was shooting my pse it wasnt very fast and i needed something that would penitrade good. the guys at the pro shop told me that they shoop then and the rockets. havnt shot anything with then yet but they shoot really well.

a45gunslinger · « **Reply #83 on:** November 17, 2005, 03:52:43 PM »

I shoot Rocket "sidewinders" for about 5 years now I love'em I've got one that is still in the side of a 55 gallon feed drum after a pass through on a bear.

Outdoorsman Kyle · « **Reply #84 on:** December 16, 2005, 01:46:02 PM »

Cabelas Lazer Pro Mags. Great value.

Leverdude · « **Reply #85 on:** December 16, 2005, 03:13:33 PM »

Up until this year all I used were thunderhead 100's except for my last deer last year I used a rocket steel head expandable.

This year I did a little experimenting with different mechanicals & cabellas f3 fixed blades.

Took 2 does with Grim Reaper 100 grain mech's. One went 20 yards, the other a bit over 100. both left blood trails Ray Charles could follow.

Took one doe with a G5 Tekan expandable 100 grain, she went 20 feet or so & piled up.

Took 2 does with the cabellas F3 heads. These are made by Rocket & use them bacon skinner blades. One deer went 40 yards & the other 50. Not much of a blood trail but I was shooting fron the ground, no low holes = not great blood trails.

Took 2 turkeys with Rocky Mountain Revolutions. Both died then & there without flying off.

Took one more 8 point in January with a tekan expandable & 2 smaller bucks with Muzzys. It looks like they all work if you make a good shot. :grin:

wink_man · « **Reply #86 on:** December 18, 2005, 08:49:06 AM »

I started out using Bear Razorheads, 145 grain with the little bleeder blade. They worked well, and killed whitetails, but I could never seem to punch the arrow all the way through the deer with them. The arrow would generally be sticking out the exit side, the deer would run about 40 yards, break the arrow from running and hitting brush, and I'd hear him drop if I listened quietly. Good performance, and no complaints really. In 1991, I was still shooting a 6 wheel Bear Polar LTD compound, and with kids to feed, couldn't afford a faster bow, so I decided I needed to make my bow faster, and the only way to do it was with a lighter arrow & head. I switched from 2018 easton shafts to 2016's and started looking for a real light arrow head. I found these, and was skeptical, but ordered 6 of them, and a pack of replacement blades.
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Teeny tiny little broadheads, Cabelas Mini Lazer Pro Mags, 3 blades, 90 grains, I looked at them again, now that I had them in my hands, man, TEENY TINY LITTLE broadheads!!!!! Well, they shot like field points, penetration was excellent on targets, and they held an edge. I was sitting in my stand, wanting to try this new head on a deer opening day of 91, and had a spike walk past me 5 yards. I thought he had a good size body, and wasn't a year & a half old deer, but I passed him. Passed him 2 more times that morning as he crossed the woodlot scent checking it before he bedded down. Late morning I rattled in a 7 pointer, and couldn't get a shot, but realized the spike was a decent deer, comparing it to the 7 pointer. Right after lunch, the spike walked past me again, stopped at 12 yards broadside. At the shot, I watched the arrow go right through the deer, and stick into the ground(I was 12 feet up in a tree stand). The deer did an 'about face', like he got stuck in the rear with a thorn while browsing and just stood there. Blood was POURING out the exit hole, like I once saw on a video. He looked around, and decided to sneak out of there. He took 4 steps and buckeled to his front knees, struggled up, took 3 more steps like a rocking boat, and fell over. He never knew what happened, and it wasn't 15 feet from where he was hit to where he dropped.
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I've got faster bows now, and carbon arrows, but have never looked at another broadhead since, it's the only one me and the kids will use. I think what impresses me the most, is how well it worked on a bad hit. The little wormbucket in the above pic got his first opportunity in the late January bow season, 2003, 22 yards, a big doe, I was sitting right next to him. Well, he got buck fever(or doe fever), and hit it way to far back, an intestinal shot. We sat there for an hour, then followed it. The deer went about 50 yards and bedded down, but jumped up when we approached and Brian couldn't get a shot. I could see the deer was hurting, and it was just about dark, so we left and took up the track the following morning. The deer walked about another 30 yards from where we jumped it, and bedded back down, never to get up, we found her the following morning, and needless to say, Brian was thrilled.
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We only hunt whitetails, but have been so pleased with the performance of these heads, and the flat trajectory they give, we've never even considered using another broadhead.
Sincerely,
Garry

slave · « **Reply #87 on:** February 24, 2006, 09:11:17 AM »

Sharp Magnus from my recurve and any thing seems to do ok from my Hoyt

Daveinthebush · « **Reply #88 on:** February 24, 2006, 10:35:34 AM »

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I accidently used a Cabelas F3 on a caribou this past fall and will never use a Cabelas again. Only thing left was one blade and half of the ferrul.

I like Slick Tricks and with a high energy bow such as my Bowtech fine. But people with lower energy bows need to remember that the ST and others with chopping type blades need more energy.

The Magnus, Wensel and others slice rather than chop. With lower energy bows these will work better affording greater penetration with less force.

I am going to use my Magnus 2 - blade 125's on bears this spring.

slave · « **Reply #89 on:** February 24, 2006, 02:59:50 PM »

Have taken a few blacks with the Magnus 2. Most with a 540gr shaft out of an old balck widow under 60#. Now days I shot only carbon no mater what bow I pick up or what head I will use. To me a head only needs to be strong and sharp. If it dose not fly right I look for the real problem not the head. The Magnus if sharpened properly is as good as it gets.

Too many hunters look at the head as the root to bad flight. A field point has a way of hiding problems, dosent it.