mechanical broadhead opinions please
08-14-2007, 09:34 AM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: arkansas
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RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
More b-head tests, apparently Rage 3 blades failed 1st test and they are gonna retest them.
http://btreviews.proboards57.com/index.cgi?board=currentheadtest&action=display &thread=1186517355
http://btreviews.proboards57.com/index.cgi?board=currentheadtest&action=display &thread=1186517355
08-14-2007, 10:21 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 1,653
RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
I use mechs but I do believe that there is less that can go wrong with a fixed blade head. I have never had a problem with the steelhead but if there was ever a question in my mind I would move on. I guess a bad review or two would nudge me in another direction.
I don't know what the big deal is with the Slicks but I am sure tempted by a fixed blade head that flys like a mech. Maybe when I run out of steelheads.
I am also pretty sure I don't need a 2 inch wound channel as a marginal shot is gonna cause problems regardless of the size of the hole. 1 inch is plenty if your letting the air out of them. >>>>Whack!
I don't know what the big deal is with the Slicks but I am sure tempted by a fixed blade head that flys like a mech. Maybe when I run out of steelheads.
I am also pretty sure I don't need a 2 inch wound channel as a marginal shot is gonna cause problems regardless of the size of the hole. 1 inch is plenty if your letting the air out of them. >>>>Whack!
08-14-2007, 12:44 PM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 6,585
RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
I shot the wasp jackhammers for a while worked good on the first 8 deer I shot with them on the 9th deer a really good size buck[9 point about 240#] I had a quartering away shot when the swing open blade next to the deer opened it changed the angle of penatration and only got one lung; I had to track that deer for at least a mile took over half a day,if you use that type blade I would suggest only broadside shots. Lee
08-14-2007, 08:25 PM
#25
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
ORIGINAL: lemoyne
I shot the wasp jackhammers for a while worked good on the first 8 deer I shot with them on the 9th deer a really good size buck[9 point about 240#] I had a quartering away shot when the swing open blade next to the deer opened it changed the angle of penatration and only got one lung; I had to track that deer for at least a mile took over half a day,if you use that type blade I would suggest only broadside shots. Lee
I shot the wasp jackhammers for a while worked good on the first 8 deer I shot with them on the 9th deer a really good size buck[9 point about 240#] I had a quartering away shot when the swing open blade next to the deer opened it changed the angle of penatration and only got one lung; I had to track that deer for at least a mile took over half a day,if you use that type blade I would suggest only broadside shots. Lee
mechinical/fixed, does not matter...
fun is not killing anyhow, its storys and hunt i like most...
you would be shocked at type of hunters i am seeing now with mechinical heads,they shoot50/60 yards with compound bows on pipelines at doe,some dont even check to see if they did miss or not and some dont even look for arrows...
there is program i am watching on tv right now on hunting deer..
he hit buck in the left shoulder with mechinical head, arrow fell off after buck ran 2 jumps,this was a quartering shot walking away..
that is terrible, i am surprised they showed this on tv......
no doubt a fixed blade would have gone in........
08-15-2007, 03:16 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Spokane, WA & King George Va & Andrews AFB, MD
Posts: 2,238
RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
I shoot eastmans, or allens, and I also have used rocket, all three work great and I have them for my compound and also for the crossbow. The allens are cheap like 10 bucks for three of them but they shoot great and have never lost a deer when shooting them. the eastmans come in several different styles I like the ones with the big razor pointed tip with the three blades. I shot a doe at 35 yard and she dropped with in 10 yards of the shot.
08-15-2007, 05:30 PM
#28
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
The reason I want to try mechanicals is I tried 3 kinds of broadheads and they all shot low and to the right. I shoot 125 grain. Maybe I should try 100's and see if that changes anything.
08-15-2007, 07:29 PM
#29
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 3
RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
I started shooting NAP Spitfire mech's last season. I won't shoot any other broadhead on the market. They work wonderful. My hunting buddy asked how I liked them after last season's crossbow season in KY and he switched to them in mid season. NEVER have they opened in mid flight. They don't have a rubber band holding the blades closed they open as the broadhead enters and the blades fold open towards the fletching of the arrow. This things are awesome!!!!!
08-15-2007, 07:37 PM
#30
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 604
RE: mechanical broadhead opinions please
ORIGINAL: sproulman
no way i would shoot arrow at buck unless it is BROADSIDE..i left MANY bucks walk over years and never lost buck or had bad dreams on a bad shot...
mechinical/fixed, does not matter...
fun is not killing anyhow, its storys and hunt i like most...
you would be shocked at type of hunters i am seeing now with mechinical heads,they shoot50/60 yards with compound bows on pipelines at doe,some dont even check to see if they did miss or not and some dont even look for arrows...
there is program i am watching on tv right now on hunting deer..
he hit buck in the left shoulder with mechinical head, arrow fell off after buck ran 2 jumps,this was a quartering shot walking away..
that is terrible, i am surprised they showed this on tv......
no doubt a fixed blade would have gone in........
ORIGINAL: lemoyne
I shot the wasp jackhammers for a while worked good on the first 8 deer I shot with them on the 9th deer a really good size buck[9 point about 240#] I had a quartering away shot when the swing open blade next to the deer opened it changed the angle of penatration and only got one lung; I had to track that deer for at least a mile took over half a day,if you use that type blade I would suggest only broadside shots. Lee
I shot the wasp jackhammers for a while worked good on the first 8 deer I shot with them on the 9th deer a really good size buck[9 point about 240#] I had a quartering away shot when the swing open blade next to the deer opened it changed the angle of penatration and only got one lung; I had to track that deer for at least a mile took over half a day,if you use that type blade I would suggest only broadside shots. Lee
mechinical/fixed, does not matter...
fun is not killing anyhow, its storys and hunt i like most...
you would be shocked at type of hunters i am seeing now with mechinical heads,they shoot50/60 yards with compound bows on pipelines at doe,some dont even check to see if they did miss or not and some dont even look for arrows...
there is program i am watching on tv right now on hunting deer..
he hit buck in the left shoulder with mechinical head, arrow fell off after buck ran 2 jumps,this was a quartering shot walking away..
that is terrible, i am surprised they showed this on tv......
no doubt a fixed blade would have gone in........