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Post by Justin on Jan 12, 2011 18:20:30 GMT -5
so what head you guys using? me and the wife will be shooting the same this fall we are getting the NAP thunderhead edge to try. looks like it is gonna be a mean broadhead
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osdad
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Post by osdad on Jan 12, 2011 19:27:42 GMT -5
I exclusivley used Spitfire mechanicals up to 2 years ago. They worked great as long as the shot wasn't quartering away too much. I had a couple shots kick around on impact and reduce penetration quite a bit.
I tried the Trophy Ridge 3 Blade Meat Seeker mechanicals and thought they had great potential. They are a piston type mechanical that has a cut on impact blade. The only thing I noticed with them on a fast bow I didn't find it had a big entry wound, I don't think the blade was opening fast enough.
I have seen the effects of RAGE blades. 2 or 3 blade they make some awsome wound. Only down fall was I see the blades fall out of place quite easily.
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Post by ducknuts on Jan 13, 2011 8:50:41 GMT -5
I love the Slick Tricks! I use the 1-1/8" RazorTrick, with the four blades is cuts a 2" dia. hole. This years arrow penetrated two shoulders and the spine, it turned my poor shot into an instant kill. Check them out here.... www.slicktrick.net/Attachments:
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drenalin
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Keep those Broadheads sharp!
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Post by drenalin on Jan 21, 2011 0:12:33 GMT -5
I have been a loyal NAP Thunderhead user for the past decade, until this year. I have never had a problem with deer and I knocked down two beautiful moose with them and loved them. This year I got a solid hit on a nice buck and he left very little blood and ran a lot further than he should have with the hit that was on him. I got a complete pass thru, the arrow struck him 6 inches behind the shoulder and following a forty minute wait I jumped him and he blew at me bounding down thru the hardwood like he was not even hit. Following an autopsy,because of the slight angle he was standing, the arrow had only punctured one lunge and clipped the other. No fault of the broadhead that he ran that far but this year I am going to switch to either the Thunderhead edge, or possibly a mechanical that will punch a larger hole. I have looked into the Rage, but not totally sold on their flight performance, but I do like the hole they punch. Still up in the air......
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Post by Justin on Jan 21, 2011 0:23:48 GMT -5
i just picked up 2 packs of thunderhead edge today and let me tell you they are sharp and mean looking LOL trying to decide on what I need for target to shoot them but I am in no rush ...only thing I noticed about them was the tip was not as sharp as I have seen others but I can't see it being a issue at all ....time will tell ....with rage from what I have seen its like Keith's beer LOL those who like em like alot LOL
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Post by dropzone on Jan 21, 2011 10:28:31 GMT -5
I like using Muzzy broad heads. I have been using them for years and have had some issues but not enough to change. I did use Slick trix at first. They were a mean and nasty broadhead. They certainly did the trick for me. I changed over to Muzzy dew to the fact that I couldnt buy them(slick trix) out west as they where a big seller. I did have one trix collaps onse when I hit a moose rib dead on, but that was just onse. I sent it back to the company and it was stated that it was a manufacter defect and they sent me a dozen broadheads back. Still got them and likly use them again.
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Post by scottap on Jan 21, 2011 19:16:53 GMT -5
fixed blade any of these nap,G5,muzzy,slick tricks
mechanicals nap,rage 2 blade i like these the best,bloodrunners are a great ones to,G5
my opinion is no matter what head you use it comes down to shot placement,the same can be said for a rifle.
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MIKE D
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Post by MIKE D on Jan 21, 2011 23:11:32 GMT -5
I used the G5 Striker fixed blade this past season and loved it. Flies just like my field point and is razor sharp. Got a complete pass through with them and a good blood trail. Only negative is that they were pricey.
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Post by take'em on Jan 24, 2011 13:11:06 GMT -5
Croc and I settled on TR Meat Seekers (3 blade, 2" cut) and between the two of us, we took 3 deer with them in our first ever bow season. Fifty yards was the longest recovery and the blood trails were VERY easy to follow. My doe was shot at 21 yards (from a tree stand) and the broadhead went through the shoulder blade, into the chest cavity, out the other side through a rib and buried itself into a tree! The deer was actually pinned to the tree for a split second. I'll be using them again this year. The blades are kind of flimsy looking but the results can't be argued with.
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Post by archeryassassin on Feb 3, 2011 21:38:25 GMT -5
NAP HELLRAZORS,I tested a lot of b-heads,If it is popular i've tested it,I've killed 2 bears and 3 bucks with the rage 2 blade,only ever had one broadhead fail on big game in my life,it was buck#2 with the rage heads.Head was mailed back to them where they also claimed manufactures defect.They are a weak head,with a weak spot right where they screw on the shaft,NEVER RE-USE one,even if you change the blades.Out of the five animals taken with the rage heads only one went farther than 20 yards.
I like fixed blades as the guess work of it opening on impact is taken out of the equation.
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Post by Justin on Feb 4, 2011 20:29:51 GMT -5
I really like the look of the hellrazors they look like a great head ,,,,like I mentioned I just not sure on the tip on the thunderhead edge as it is not sharp like the chisel points on other broadheads
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Post by mlc on Feb 6, 2011 10:47:07 GMT -5
well i have used muzzy's werked well deer and bear ....tried split fires werked ok ..wasn't happy on the way they werked on the last deer i shot with them ...and now i use thunder heads
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Post by archeryassassin on Feb 19, 2011 18:10:21 GMT -5
I was out shooting the other day because the weather was so nice i decided to try some broadheads out on a steel wheelbarrow,I use this test to see just what they can take.I tried the hellrazors,rage 2 blade,and good ol' thunderheads.I was surprised how much the hellrazors bent up,not as tough as i thought they were,the rage 2 blade didn't make it through one side of the steel,the thunderheads......untouchable even after all these years the tried n true fixed blade thunderhead outdoes these new heads,by far,when i can shoot a steel wheelbarrow and it penetrates both sides of it,and isn't hardly destroyed ,and still in one piece,i know i have a head i can count on if i happen to mess up the shot or something else happens thats not in the plans.LOL
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Post by Justin on Feb 19, 2011 19:22:34 GMT -5
anyway you can post pics of the damaged hellrazor ?
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Post by archeryassassin on Feb 20, 2011 10:46:51 GMT -5
I didn't take any pics of them Justin,they are in the bottom of my fire barrell now.Picture the head only all mushroomed and bent over to one side enough to crack the arrow where the insert is installed,thats about what it looked like.Softer than i thought.Gonna have to learn how to post pics here,not real computer techy.LOL
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