Hey guys, what kinds of broadheads do you use? I love the thought of oldschool 2 blades but are they as effective in dropping game quickly as 3 and 4 blades? I use grim reapers with my compound and they are amazing. Not sure im getting the FPS with my recurve to use them.
If you make certain your shot is in the Vitals and your broadhead is well sharpened you will kill many an animal.
My favorite 2 blade and pretty resonable on price and takes an edge very well is the Zwickey line of broadheads..
You can get them as a glue on or a screw in and 3 Rivers has them for under $26.00 1/2 dozen but some are less then that just depends on what you may want!
Love the Simmons Interceptors. Awesome flight, and they make for very short, very heavy blood trails.
I like the low profile three blades.
Simmons tiger shark is my preferred head. They cut big holes and penetrate very well.
x2 on the Zwickey's been using 2 blade eskimos for 25+ yrs. They're priced right, easy to sharpen, and they fly great.
At this point I am not sure that 3 and 4 blade heads are any more deadly than a 2 blade. I keep trying different things though to see what I like.
Zwickeys, Ace, STOS are the majority of heads that I use, and they do the job very well. Two blade heads are more than sufficient in turning deer into venison. Put them in the right place, and it is deer steak (or elk, moose, sheep, bear, etc) for dinner.
This buck went 10 yards from where I shot him. It blew right threw him, he never knew he was hit. He continued eating after the shot .(click on pic to play)
Nothing wrong with a 2 blade at all!
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Love my 145 gr Snuffers.
Must say I love my Simmons broadheads wether it be tigers harks or the tree sharks!
Two blade stingers are my favorite
Grizzly 160 grain for this years buck. He only went about 30 yards after the shot. Have also used VPA 160 3 blades the past few years with great success and have some Interceptors I will try also. :thumbsup:
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I've used 2 and 4 blade buzzcuts and 2 blade single bevel helix heads. The results have been the same with each...good hit=dead deer. I'm going to shoot Snuffers for turkeys this spring, and probably try them on deer next fall too.
Lots of good broadheads out there. Just make sure they're sharp.
All of them will kill, but you have to question which type will leave the best blood trail.
For me, it would be 3 or 4 blade broadheads. Not as easy to close up the wound channel as with a 2 blade.
Stos, Magnus II and Ribtek 125S. All easy to get and keep sharp and all rugged as all get out. Unfortunately the RibTeks are no longer imported. Happily the Magnus line was picked up by Thundervalley. I've also been eyeing the single blade Ace. That's got longevity going for it.
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Without any other info about bow weight, arrow weight or draw length...this is my answer.....
Deer are basically a paper grocery bag filled with shaving cream, a few tinker toys and one ball joint.....just stay away from the ball joint. There is NO guarantee you are going to get through the ball joint with ANY head with normal weight hunting bows. 700 grain arrows out of 70# plus bows, maybe, if the animal is static at impact with weight on ball joint leg.
I'd suggest 4 blades all day long with 50# bows and up and at least 27 inch draws....maybe even lighter or shorter depending on the width of the 4 blade.
If any concern on lighter weight or shorter draw length...a good attack angle 3 blade all day long.
That's my 2 cents.
Having tried several different styles and blade configurations, I have settled on three blades. They make the nastiest blood trails!
I've killed 4 with either a Woodsman/VPA and 1 with a zwickey Eskimo. Both have lead to seriously dead deer but my favorite out of all of them is the VPA terminator. I've punched through shoulders with them and other than a gut shot or 2 I've never had a deer go over 60 yards.
I've also shot deer with 2 blades that went between ribs in and out and the deer never knew it was shot till if fell within 20 yards. The majority of my deer kills are with zwickey deltas 2 and 4 blade I never could tell much difference in blood trails or distance traveled but most fell within 100 yards some as close as 10-15 yards just have em razor sharp and out em in the right place
I've have shot mainly big 1.5" 2 blade German silver flame XL's with 49-52lb trad bows for deer,turkey and hogs for several years now. Yes I know crazy money for a broadhead but I bough 9 of them, still have seven left. I have harvested a couple dozen wild hogs, four BIG bucks and a few doe and a handful of turkeys with them. I just resharpen to crazy,crazy sharp and their ready to go again. I think I made a good investment and they produce wicked damage and heavy blood trails.
I use Bear Razorheads with my recurves and Howard Hill 140gr heads with my longbows. Always have had perfect flight and complete penetration.
I prefer the Simmons sharks. Most 3 blade holes can be covered with your thumb. Try to do that with a 2" gash from a shark. Very accurate too! Any good head through the lungs will do. Some just leave a better trail...
QuoteOriginally posted by TURKEYFOOTGIRL:
I prefer the Simmons sharks. Most 3 blade holes can be covered with your thumb. Try to do that with a 2" gash from a shark. Very accurate too! Any good head through the lungs will do. Some just leave a better trail...
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY! :shaka:
QuoteOriginally posted by Matthew Bolton:
I've killed 4 with either a Woodsman/VPA and 1 with a zwickey Eskimo. Both have lead to seriously dead deer but my favorite out of all of them is the VPA terminator. I've punched through shoulders with them and other than a gut shot or 2 I've never had a deer go over 60 yards.
I'm with Matt on this one. VPA makes a great head and the blood trails are just what my old eyes need.
I like Woodsman Elites since they are so easy to sharpen. VPA three blades are basically the same heads.
One of these years I'm going to buy myself a KME sharpener and try a nice two-blade head.
Lots of great choices and no right answer....except make sure they are sharp. Ive killed with 2, 3, and 4 blade. They were all sharp and got the job done. I did my part by putting it in the right spot.
I swapped to Simmons broad heads recently after 35+ years of using Bear, Zwickey and Magnus heads.... I have no plans on ever going back.
The Simmons fly great, are super strong, and they just drain animals of that bubbly red stuff faster than anything I have ever tried. I am still amazed at the size of the wound holes they open up.
I hit a buck extremely high this year and from a severe quartering angle, the broad head entered just in front of his ham and just under the backbone.... it traveled all the way to front of his sternum and lodged there.... no exit hole and a very high entry hole. I figured it was going to be a long, hard tracking job. Wrong, i Found blood immediately at the impact site and walked the trail to where he collapsed only 80 yards away. This buck died running and yet the blood trail was easy to follow. Never had such luck with the flat smaller two blades.
There is just something about the concave shape of the Simmons heads.
Like most hunting, it doesnt seem as if the head itself makes a lot of different from manufacturer to manufactuer and style to style but more so shot placement. I'm going to be using the 3 blade woodsmans' this year.
Abowyer Wapiti, a killin head for sure! :thumbsup:
I use single bevel Hills, either shaving sharp smooth or with a light serration mostly these past years.
For deer I have come full circle to what I started with almost ten years ago zwickey deltas. except now I'm shooting the 4 blades instead of the 2 blades. I am seriously looking at the simmons broadheads though too.
Since 1973 I have used 2,3,4 and 5 blade broadheads on deer. I have killed deer with all of them. Which ones left the best bloodtrail? I've had great to nonexistent with all of them. :knothead: It normally depends on where you hit them and if you get an exit or not. Use the one that flies the best that you can get the sharpest that gives you a passthru reliably. For me, since going down to >45lbs., that is a 2 blade. The 2 blades that I can get the sharpest are the Magnus, Ace Standard, and Zwickey. That being said, I have probably killed more deer with Zwickeys. Lots of great broadheads out there these days to choose from. Have fun and try'em all! :archer:
Two blades are every bit as effective! You just have to put them in the right place. A bad shot is a bad shot, no matter what kind of bow or broadhead!
Bisch
QuoteOriginally posted by IAhunter86:
Hey guys, what kinds of broadheads do you use? I love the thought of oldschool 2 blades but are they as effective in dropping game quickly as 3 and 4 blades? I use grim reapers with my compound and they are amazing. Not sure im getting the FPS with my recurve to use them.
You got some great info on here about 2, 3, and 4 blade heads. I would stay away from using an expandable broadhead like the reaper with a stickbow. There are a lot of variables that could be covered, but the standard use to be around 60 foot pounds of kinetic energy for an expandable. Stick with the quality cut on contact heads and you will be extremely happy. Good luck!
Hey thanks for the info everybody I wouldnt of even know where to start until reading this thread. One more question. I'm shooting a bear grizzly 50# @ 28" with beman classics 500 spine and 100gr insert. would would be a recomended gr broadhead? Im shooting 125gr field points right now. Should i bump up my arrow wweight or stay where I'm at?
10 grains per pound of bow weight seems to be the most popular arrow weight.
SuperK,
Were those 5 blades you mentioned the NAP 5 blade Razorbaks from around the mid-1980's? I think I still have some in the box in the basement. :) They were 145grs, if I recall.
So far in my short two years of shooting a recurve and killing 7 whitetail I have used
Bear razor head old style 2 blade
The new style from trophy ridge 4 blade
And 150 grain vpa 3 blade.
All have done great jobs
Hey Mojo...I think that was the one. I do remember they came in an orange or reddish plastic box and the blades were molded in a plastic "cartridge". They also came with a practice cartridge. And you are correct, they did weigh 145 grains, the same as a Bear Razorhead. I killed 2 does with them one late afternoon about 15 minutes apart. I remember that the bloodtrails weren't any better than a Razorhead and they didn't penetrate as good either. That was the only deer I shot with them. After that I went back to the Razorheads for a while. I also remember that it was nearly 11 pm before I got'em out of the woods, cleaned up and on ice. It's amazing the stuff you remember! Now if I could just find my cellphone.... :rolleyes:
Yeah, that was my experience with them too. They looked incredible, but I imagine the surface area really bogged down penetration. But for "killer looks", they sure looked like the best head ever. ;)