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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: oneshot-onekill on December 23, 2008, 11:13:00 AM
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Just checking to see if anyone has had any luck yet with the Alaska Bowhunting Ashby Heads? Any pic's?
Thanks Terry
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killed my budget !
Got one from a fellow Tradganger, at a very reduced rate I may add, and I am putting it on my wall. It is an awesome head and I have no doubt whatever it goes thru is dead if even remotely in the right spot. Heck, it might even kill it if it is in the wrong spot. Maybe even if it passes by at close range.. I don't know.
I am a very amateur broadhead collector and I can say without doubt that this is the best designed, strongest appearing head I have seen.
But alas. I can't afford to hunt with them. Wish I could !
ChuckC
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I guess somethings aren't for everyone... like someone posted about cost of heads vs. a $1000 or more bow. I can't afford the latter either. :(
I just talked to Ed Schlief briefly the other day and asked about his new heads...the Ashby.
He told me a guy shot through a elephant with one... but it hit the off-side rib or it would likely have passed through! :eek: I didn't think to ask about the bow... I just can't imagine shooting AT an elephant with a bow!
I'm guessin if you can afford to hunt elephants...
a) the cost of a broadhead is nuttin and
b) if you're hunting elephants with a bow of some sort...you are shooting a "big honking bow".
You can email Ed at [email protected]
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id love to buy a few but unfortunately with my in college budget there out of the question. ill let you know in 3.5 years when im out of school!
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Just the trophy fee for an elephant (at least a trophy bull) is $10,000, so who cares at that point what the broadhead costs. Actually, the bigger cost is the day rate for an elephant hunt that runs around $1,200 a day for a minimum of 21 days, and in some places it is more expensive. Plus there are airline tickets, charter flights, tips, other trophy fees and plenty more costs involved. At $30 each, even an expensive broadhead is nothing compared to the total cost. As to the bow, money won't pull it back for you when you draw, so you have to provide your own strength, and many of us don't have that either.
Allan
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I just looked at the website...are they 89.95 for 3 or for 1?!!! Either way, too rich for my blood.
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Says 3 per pack.
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Yes, people have killed animals with the head.
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Ok I am gonna ask a dumb question. Are they screw-in or glue-on? I am assuming screw-in but just had to ask.
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Screw in
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I bit the bullet and ordered some. They were on backorder so I have not received them yet.
I figure the next time I release an arrow that for whatever reason hits the front shoulder and, assuming they work like advertised, it goes through and does the appropriate damage, I will believe they are worth every penny. And be glad I spent the money!
Of course, I will be cussing up a storm if I completely miss and it is destroyed by hitting a rock!
When I get them and get to try them, I will let ya know what I think!
I also look at it this way. An overly expensive bow is not going to make me a better shot. But, again if it works as advertised, this broadhead could help on those occasionally bad shots.
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Chip... I won't shoot this one so I don't know for sure, but I am guessing that a mere rock is not gonna destroy an Ashby head. It will certainly cause damage but I am guessing it will survive very well to go hunting another day.
ChuckC
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I'm opinionated, but gheesh how rich are you old boys. My magnus shoot through about everything. Come on now !
Jack
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Tom, do you have any more info. on who and what was killed with this heads?
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Jack - you shoot a cheap bow too right?
$25 each Ashby head vs a $3 Magnus would equate to a guy shooting a $750 Widow vs your ... what would it be, $90 bow ?
hmmmm ;)
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Again, the thread is about what has been killed with the broadhead.
Let's hear comments about that.
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The heads have cleanly killed several fake leather wallets. Gutted them out with just one purchase. The shooters/spenders say they have not seen the wallets emptied so fast since their wife hit the mall the day after Thanksgiving. Truly amazing.
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Brad, I don't typically lose my bow when I shoot at an animal. I have been hunting from the ground in a marsh lately and a miss means a lost arrow. Using Grizzly sticks and an Ashby head means I just lost $40.
Just the fact of knowing that makes me have less fun out there. Sorry, but I cut corners where I can. BTW I don't have or shoot a $1,000 bow either. And yes, I CAN build a bow for $90.
As I said above, they are great looking heads. If you can or want to afford to shoot them, wow, great. I choose to not do so.
ChuckC
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$89.95/3 = $29.97 plus shipping and handling.
This might explain why we aren't hearing much about kills. It looks like a great broadhead, but no one is brave enough to shoot one for fear of losing it. :scared:
Aside from the cost, I have a question about the design. It looks like the back of the blades are sharpened. What is the purpose of that? I like to set up my arrows so I draw the back of the broadhead to my finger. I want to know I'm at full draw, not draw blood. Is there a practical purpose for sharpening the trailing edge of the broadhead?
I think we are probably getting all worked up for nothing here though. These are fine heads, designed to take large or dangerous game. Most of us are hunting things from squirrels up to and including whitetails. A better comparison than the cost of the bow, which is really irrelevant since Ashby's can be shot from any bow, might be using a .270 Winchester or a .458 Winchester Magnum. Both will kill whitetails. I wouldn't hunt cape buffalo or brown bears with the .270. I'd take it over the .458 for whitetails every time. Still, the .458 might be better if I make a poor shot on the deer...
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30 I believe the design allows it to cut going out (if it is pulled back out by the critter..ie not a pass thru.) You can always take a stone to the rear and dull them enough to not cut you.
Keeping with the intent of the thread... I would also sure like to hear of results. I am certain there are some already. Darn nice looking and well made heads.
ChuckC
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I will tell you next year, i will be buying some.....eventually
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Come on guys didnt ask opinion on cost just if anyone had shot anything and any pic's....tnx terry
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Bona, I've got a sneaking feeling Ray Hammond has killed several pigs with the heads. My memory is bad so I can't be sure. I just remember reading that someone did and Ray comes to mind.
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It would be kind of an audacious display of affluence for me to hunt whitetails with one.
And Im not affluent.
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Huh?
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It would be a needless wste of money I dont have.
(Im sure they are great on some game but whitetails die just fine to cheaper points.)
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Hello Fellas,
I have killed 15 or so hogs with the same one. And there are many more waiting to be skewered with them. And no, I'm not rich or affluent, but I can make a Zwickey last for years I figure these babies will last forever. Note: I rarely lose arrows or shoot them into rocks. When I do misplace an arrow I search until I find it. If you lose lots o' arrows or shoot them into rocks, I don't recommend you purchase these heads. They have performed beautifully by the way and only needed alittle touch up here and there. And on one piggie I shot dead center in the spine it actually blew all the way through and buried to the nock. This is out of a 70# HH bow mind you and the arrows are around 900grns. I made a nearly identical shot with a Zwickey not long ago and it only buried 3 or so inches, not that I don't like Zwickeys cuz I do. But I tell you true, the shots, animals and circumstances were nearly identical. The Ashby's penetration is unreal. A great broadhead for a good price me thinks.
-Hillbilly
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Hey again,
To clear up any questions, the spine shots were both into the center mass of the bone. I cut them open and looked. And no I don't have any pics as I have the technical knowledge of a shrew...and my wife probably would not like pics of an eviscerated carcass on her camera anyway.
Hillbilly
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I don't own any $30 each broadheads but I do have one custom high dollar knife. A standred buck knife will work yes, but my custom knife has better steel,better edge, sharpens better and will get so sticking sharp it will cut you just looking at the edge to long :) If these $30 each broadheads have the same steel and craftmanship they are mostlikely worth the cost. Just because some of us are to tight to spend the money doesn't mean they aren't worth the cost. I think sometime soon down the road I am going to buy myself a pack of the new SF 1.5" that are coming out in the 150gr size. I can't afford a whole quiver full of them but maybe 3 if for no other reason then to add to my collection of broadheads.
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Well said Steel.
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I like the design and have thought about using them on an upcoming Buff hunt . I'm leaning toward the single bevel glus-ons since they come either right or left bevel depending on your feathers . Maybe they will send me some to field test ? Nice thought , Fred
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I took my 1911 self-defense pistol to the range saturday for some practice and blew $60 in ammo (won't use reloads for carry). I was really ticked off when I got done too - I didn't find a single one of those bullets! :bigsmyl:
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LOL.... Neal. How true is that statement!
I look at it this way, if the head is to high in price, then please do not buy it. It's that simple really.
Me myself, I'm a STOS and a Woodsman fan & living here in Oz jacks up the price when I order from the US, although there are cheeper heads made here in Oz, (to a very fine standard, I might add) I just like the heads I like, regardless of cost.
ak.
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Like Al said, too many capable broadheads out there to spend that much. I like the woodsman and Fishhead for a 2 blade.If I need something tougher I'll throw on a couple of Grizzlies...PR
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Use the Ashby's for hunting.
For practice, trace the profile of the Ashby on your Mastercard, cut to shape, and epoxy to a fieldpoint.
I may buy a three pack just for the coolness factor, and put them on a Flu Flu or a tethered fishing arrow.
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I see these heads are imported, that bothers me more than the price. Does anyone know where they are made?
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Herb from Canada sold me a single silver flame a few years back I took it to MO and as I stood in my stand i could hear turkeys, so i mouth called a few low clucks. Here they came -two hens, I thought-who doesn't- they were not able to see me, drew my Pronghorn and promptly drove $30 Silver Falme into some loose dirt and rock as she ducked under the shot. Hell I could miss with a $100 BH.
Where is old Herb? I liked hearing from him.....