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Title: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Longspur77 on February 02, 2011, 12:04:00 PM
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This purpose of this story is to give props to Jim Neaves at Centaur Archery. I sent him an email on the 23rd(sunday night) of January and asked him if he could send me some Battle Axes and get them to me before i went on a trip on Friday. I was not expecting to get a reply until Monday , but i was surprised to get one about an hour after i sent it. To make a long story short he had 3 of them sent to me sharp as hell by the way and ready to be screwed on my arrow by Wedneday. I was pumped. I chose this head to do a trial run. I had shot a doe a couple of days earlier and made a gut shot(buck fever). There was not much blood but we did find the deer. I wanted to basically do a test run for my self. I am totally impressed with this head to say the least. It absolutely ate up the 2 does that i killed this weekend. Blood was ridiculous on both kills, one of them was a double lung at 25yds and i could see blood from my climber for 25 yds past where the deer was hit, without binoculars. Unbelievable.

Jim Neaves is a super upstanding gentleman, i have exchanged emails a few times and all i can say is i cant wait to shoot one of his bows because if he builds bows like he treats his customers then it will be a real treat. Thanks Jim for your hard work and speedy customer service.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on February 02, 2011, 12:08:00 PM
Nice deer & Bow...Congrats
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Warchild on February 02, 2011, 12:17:00 PM
How do they fly??
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Longspur77 on February 02, 2011, 12:28:00 PM
Thanks guys, the heads fly like bullets. I have shot 3 different heads this year. The 300 Big Jim, Abowyer large bonehead and this one. All 3 are killer heads. This one is just a little faster. Not that i can really tell that much but it does shoot like the others.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: KentuckyTJ on February 02, 2011, 12:35:00 PM
Jim's a good guy. Great doe and love the Shawnee.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: PAPA BEAR on February 02, 2011, 12:46:00 PM
i bought some of the big game heads jim makes,they are awesome heads.fly really nice.havent had the pleasure of trying them out on anything yet but my guess is they will perform flawlessly.jim neaves is a great guy to do buisness with and you will love his bows.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: hunt it on February 02, 2011, 12:52:00 PM
Congrats! You get those limbs from guy in Arizona? They look mighty familiar.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: wv lungbuster on February 02, 2011, 12:53:00 PM
Nice doe congrats. Seems like you have the broadhead testing addiction I have.     :saywhat:
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: nkw880 on February 02, 2011, 01:03:00 PM
looklike an actual battle axe wound  good job
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Post by: The Great Jashu on February 02, 2011, 01:05:00 PM
Wow, I cant believe you guys are still hunting deer down there. Looks like a big hole!
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: GO Rogers on February 02, 2011, 01:37:00 PM
Congrats., nice Deer.♠
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: bluemoonrising on February 02, 2011, 01:45:00 PM
Nice deer and yes Jim's broadheads are really awesome. This past fall I took a couple of does with Jim's Big Game heads--fly great--and they too produced tremendous blood trails all 20 to 30 yds from my stand. I'm going to get a few of the Battle Axes to add to my quiver. Peace!
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: RUSTY1 on February 02, 2011, 02:28:00 PM
I could have sworn Jim had told me once he recomended the big game head for deer size game and the battle axes for turkey. Glad to hear you've had success with the battle axes on deer!

Rusty
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: $bowhunter$ on February 02, 2011, 03:26:00 PM
congrats. to be honest when i read the title of the head i thought someone acutally used a "battle AXE" to hunt. guess i need to start thiking more.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Margly on February 02, 2011, 03:29:00 PM
Very good!
Congrats  :)

I have the Battle axe`s and planning to test them out in South Africa this summer !


Margly
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Wannabe1 on February 02, 2011, 03:32:00 PM
Outstanding deer and results! Congratulations.   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Archie on February 02, 2011, 06:28:00 PM
That's a nice, big hole, and in the right place, would really be bad news for an animal.

This is good to know; thanks for giving credit where it's due.

Roman "Archie" Gray
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: stalkin4elk on February 02, 2011, 09:08:00 PM
Jim Neaves is a super upstanding gentleman, i have exchanged emails a few times and all i can say is i cant wait to shoot one of his bows because if he builds bows like he treats his customers then it will be a real treat
Yes, he is outstanding in customer service and his bows are outstanding works of art.Buy one!
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: larry on February 02, 2011, 09:16:00 PM
nice deer, heck of a hole...what I really want to know is do you have her hanging in a doctors exam room or is that the nicest walk in cooler I've ever seen?
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Friend on February 02, 2011, 09:59:00 PM
You have found your head.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Friend on February 02, 2011, 10:17:00 PM
What are the complete specs for your arrow if you don't mind sharing?
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Longspur77 on February 02, 2011, 10:33:00 PM
Thanks fellows and yes that is a skinning shed/palace. Its a buddy's and its nice. Friend my arrow is 30.5 in 5575 gold tip traditional with 5 in lw feathers.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Longspur77 on February 02, 2011, 10:34:00 PM
Thanks fellows and yes that is a skinning shed/palace. Its a buddy's and its nice. Friend my arrow is 30.5 in 5575 gold tip traditional with 5 in lw feathers.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Longspur77 on February 02, 2011, 10:34:00 PM
Thanks fellows and yes that is a skinning shed/palace. Its a buddy's and its nice. Friend my arrow is 30.5 in 5575 gold tip traditional with 5 in lw feathers.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Longspur77 on February 02, 2011, 10:35:00 PM
Thanks fellows and yes that is a skinning shed/palace. Its a buddy's and its nice. Friend my arrow is 30.5 in 5575 gold tip traditional with 5 in lw feathers.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Friend on February 02, 2011, 10:40:00 PM
Thank you Longspur77!
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Ethical Redneck on February 03, 2011, 10:18:00 AM
Nice work.  I have a 3 pack of Big Game heads I plan on using this season.  Also, his bows are not just attractive, they're very serious hunting tools.  I have a Carbon Elite (my go to bow) and another due in August.  I'm considering selling off my recurves and other longbows and sticking with Centaur only.
Title: Re: Battle Axe kill from Jim Neaves at Centaur
Post by: Dave Bowers on February 03, 2011, 10:39:00 AM
NIce can't wait to try them this spring