I'm always looking for a better broadhead, for me that consists of toughness, consistant flight and a head that is fairly easy to sharpen and keeps its edge. I always seem to come back to the old bear razorhead 145 grain with the slip in bleeder blades. Only problem is they are always getting harder to find, lucky for me I have a pretty good stockpile! They fly like a dart, I've been shooting the same few heads for years during practice, unless I hit a cement block head on they last forever! and they hold a super sharp edge and are not that hard to sharpen. A tough broadhead to beat in my opinion.
Which broadhead will you be using this hunting season and why? DK.
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Still sticking with my MA-IIs. They are 125 grains with a 25 grain screw-in adapter. They fly good and get really sharp with the KME sharpener.
I have them on 32" GT carbons with three, five inch shield cut feathers.
Keith
what ever broadhead i can lay my hands on in the 125grn range
snuffer 150
I,ll be trying out the simmonssharks 165gr.interceptors.Hopefully I will follow short blood trails.......
Wensel Woodsman's screw in 150s
160grn Magnus Snuffers Glue-on
I'll be using a new broadhead by Tim Strickland called the "Helix". It is a single bevel head sharpened at the back also. I only received the broadhead last week but it shoots with my field tips. It seems very tough, it is very sharp. The blade can be removed (screw) to allow for easy stone sharpening. I'm going to try sharpening it the way I used to sharpen my Bear razorheads using vertical crock sticks. I'll be using a 100 grain Helix with 70 grain inserts on a Beeman MFX Classic 600 out of a 46# PSAIII.
This is the website for the head. It also has a nice traditional clip of the broadhead being shot out of a traditional bow by Tim.
http://www.helixarrowheads.com/
Either 150 grain woodsmans or 145 grain magnus stingers.
depends on what i'm hunting.
Whitetails - i'll be using my 3 blade 150 grain woodsmans
Moose - either 165 grian no Mercy broadheads or 150 grain Grizzly heads.
Michael
I forgot to write "why".
I used a Pearson Deadhead in 1969 with terrific results. Then I went to Bear Razorheads from 1970 through about 1998 or so. I used the Bear without bleeders. They were very easy to put a razor edge on and they were tough enough. I stopped using them in the late 90's for two reasons: 1. They were difficult to find. 2). I didn't think the quality (head to head) was as good as I wanted. I've been using G5's a lot over the past few years and have killed deer with B-52, Montec, and even the Tekan. I killed one deer with a 2-blade Rage. I used G5 Strikers last year and recommend them highly to anyone who has trouble reproducing a razor-edge on more traditional broadheads.
Since I'm getting serious with traditional again I wanted a more "traditional" style broadhead. Because I'm shooting only 46 pounds I wanted a 2-blade. The inventor of the Helix is a friend and I trust his archery advice/choices very strongly. He used the head in Africa earlier this year with 52# traditional equipment with terrific success. I really like the shape and strength of the Helix's point.
Gonna stick with 4 blade Stingers again for deer this season...though I do have some Snuffers and Woodsmans I've been meaning to try.
Magnus 2 blades or Zwickeys stuck on 125 grain woodyweights. Makes for about 620 grain arrows pushed by a 56# longbow. It works.
Since I've got two recurve bows, I'm going to be using a 165 grain Ace Express and a 145 grain STOS. Both are two blade glue on broadheads.
200 grain Razorcaps. In my wife's arrows probably 100 grain 4blade Phantoms with 100 grain brass inserts.
"Z's"!!!!
Snuffer 160's no doubt about it.
I've been using Wensel Woodsman's with excellent results for years. They fly great, I've learned to sharpen them, and have resulted in a number of recoveries on marginal hits that have sold me on the most important job a broadhead can do. I see no reason to try anything else. I front load them on my carbons to 270 grains.
Fly great
Easy to sharpen
Good penetration
Good blood trails
Dead animals
What more should a broadhead do?
Phoenix single bevel 3-blade.
I will be trying Centuar Big game Heads, 170 grains, plus 100 grain brass insert in Beman MFX 400's. Should weigh around 630 grains and I will be shooting 51# Morrison Shawnee longbow with carbon/foam limbs.
Ace Express 165 for elk/bear in CO! Magnus Snuffer 160 for bear over bait when i come back to MN! I can get these heads sharp very fast with the "old" Norton stones and a KME!
Any comination of four of the following;
Ace Express 200s
Snuffer 160s
Woodsman 250s
Zwickey Delta 2/4 blade
Zwickey Eskimo 2/4 blade
Large Deadheads
Small Deadheads
Magnus 1 2/4 blade
STOS 160
Silverflame 210
Silverflame 1-7/8" 185
Grizzly 160
Stone points (150-300gn)
Well, that's what's currently in my 'Bucket o' Death' They all fly well, sharpen well & poke big holes in stuff. I see no reason to discriminate :)
I LOVE SNUFFERS BUT HATE RUST, SO I MIGHT SWITCH TO MUZZY PHANTOM 220gr
Abowyer 175 gr Wapiti single bevel on a swaged 2020 out of
a 51# Predator recurve. I can also shoot a 200 gr single bevel on
a swaged 2117. They fly great and they are Tough!
I'll be shootin Magnus Stingers. If I had a bit more power I would still be using Snuffers!
Zwickeys
STOS 160's
Woodsman 175's
Stingers 150's
Snuffers various weights
They have all worked in the past and I would expect them to do the same this year. I would think the Woodsman's will see the most use deer hunting this year.
125 or 150 Razorcaps with 100g brass adapters. I'm going to try some Ace Standards also this year as they are cheap and easy to sharpen.
Abowyer Bonehead 145gr. I hunt from treestands and I figure it will give me a good chance at a passthrough/exit wound.
Zwickey Eskimo 2 blade, scary sharp!
i posted earlier that i use a snuffer 150,thats all i use..not to steal this thread but why do people switch so much on their heads.im not dogging anyone at all just want to know ..why.i like to know my equipment any quirks and bad or good things about it.can anyone honestly say they have enough time to set up each arrow to do the animal any justice swinging from tip to tip
Everything I kill I shoot with Magnus 125 grain two blade head. From Javi's to elk,they go thru and the animal goes down.
MAP
I switched from Zwickey Eskimo's to WW's 2 years ago and will probably never shoot another head other than the WW. They just plain work.
Love them old Bear razorheads with the bleeder blades. Like you, Dave, have quite a few in reserve which should last me for many-a-years.
STOS 125s with a 45 grain insert (out of longbows), and 175 razorcaps (out of recurves) - for deer. STOS for hogs out of both. At this point that is all I am scheduled to chase - hogs and deer (and maybe the unlucky turkey). But who knows.
Ribteks, 160 or 190 gr.
Zwickey
I love my Bear Razorheads,but I went to woodies this year,so I decided on 145gr Ace standards.I ran them on the belt sander to take off the factory burred edge they come with.They were almost hunt ready just doing that.And they don't cost a fortune...
Sold. :)
Hopefully they will be passing thru some deer this year.I've heard nothing but good things on here about them.
Gonna use Bear RAZORHEARS!!!! screw-in models...why mess with PROVEN technology..they were good enough for Fred...good enough for me!
Muzzy phantom like seeing them drop for deer,200 muzzy ss 2 blade for moose i'm due this year.
WW 150 gr. screw in
It will be my first year out w/a recurve if I'm feeling confident enough at that point (getting closer, but not quite there yet)...but I think I'm torn between the Magnus Stinger and Buzzcut...either version would probably be 125...
Magnus I @ 160 grains
175 gr. Abowyer Wapitis
265 gr. one piece Abowyer Brown Bears
200 gr. LW Grizzlys
135 gr. Magnus I's
I cannot believe no one mentioned eclipse! If you like the bear razorhead give these a try! They are very close in profile to the razorhead or zwickey, they are very tough, they are teflon coated, they fly great, they are easy to sharpen, they are lifetime replaced if bent or broken, they can have bleeders and if you extend the slot a little they will even accept the razorhead bleeders. Perfect in my opinion.
Ace Standards; 125-grains.
I've been using them since 2004 and shot through every species I've taken with them, from small game to bull moose. I'm not much for fixing what already works.
125 Muzzy Phantoms!! Jason