Single blade broadheads should never be used for big game hunting!!!

trick00 · January 18, 2012, 03:32:00 PM

A friend at work cleaned out his shop and found an old pack of Fred Bear Razorheads and he gave them to me.I noticed on the back under points to remember it states " Single blade broadheads should never be used for big game hunting!!!" It also says, "It is virtually impossible to properly sharper a multi-blade head that cannot be taken apart"
Comments, thoughts? sure hate to through away all my woodsmans and stos and 4 blade zwickeys. LOL

wooddamon1 · January 18, 2012, 03:40:00 PM

Sounds like some more marketing genious from Mr. Bear to sell more of the bleeder insert 4-blade broadheads. Smart dude...

Zradix · January 18, 2012, 03:42:00 PM

DON'T THROW EM AWAY TRICK!!!!

Send them to me... I'll recycle them.

Bowwild · January 18, 2012, 03:45:00 PM

Someone forgot to tell a bunch of beasts I've met at close range over the years.

PaddyMac · January 18, 2012, 03:49:00 PM

Marketers played it a little looser back in the day.

Kinda like the old slogan on the tuna cans aimed at the salmon: "Guaranteed not to turn pink in the can."

Bill Turner · January 18, 2012, 04:08:00 PM

Been killing game with old Green Bear Razorheads since 1969 and only a few with the bleeder blades attached. Never liked the way the bleeders fit. Marketing sells for sure, but knowledge,instinct,and good shooting kills more often than not.

YORNOC · January 18, 2012, 04:34:00 PM

dragonheart · January 18, 2012, 04:41:00 PM

All this time I never knew...

T Lail · January 18, 2012, 04:46:00 PM

I guess all those dead animals over the last 30 years did not know that......do I have to give them all back ????

January 18, 2012, 05:23:00 PM

Odd thing, the only deer I ever hit with Bear head that got almost zero penetration and did recover was the one that had the bleeder blade on it, apparently that deer never read that warning. I remember seeing that warning when I tossed my supply of bleeder blades.

JamesKerr · January 18, 2012, 05:49:00 PM

Lol I remember reading where Fred explained that any single blade head would often penetrate better than a multiblade bh. I have killed game with both 2 and 3 blade heads and so far my favorite is a long narrow 3 blade.

Gary Logsdon · January 18, 2012, 06:11:00 PM

Fred was a big believer that you needed an auxiliary blade in order to produce more of a "hole" versus a "slit". He pointed out that 2 blades occasionally entered parallel to muscle strata which can cause the exterior wound channel to "seal off", reducing blood on the ground. Shifting of outer layers (hide, fat, tallow, etc.)can also cover, or mis-align with, this slit - especially on angled shots. So, in retrospect, you could say that the theory behind his four blade broadhead (main edges plus "bleeders") is similar to the advantages you read in 3 blade head promotion. Of course - as we all know, shot placement of a sharp, sturdy broadhead trumps other considerations.

Jerry Jeffer · January 18, 2012, 06:36:00 PM

:confused:

zipper bowss · January 18, 2012, 07:58:00 PM

If someone was to put that on a pack of broadheads today, there would be a fight just to get to see who got to string the culprit up.

Doc Nock · January 19, 2012, 08:38:00 AM

Yes, and my original, now 50 yr old Social Security card says, "This number is NOT to be used for identification purposes"!

ber643 · January 19, 2012, 08:56:00 AM

LOL - I love it, Doc!

black velvet · January 19, 2012, 10:07:00 AM

Now what do I do with all the 4 blade Zwickeys I have?(LOL) I been getting them razor sharp for years. As I have with all 2,3,and 4 blade broadheads. Sounds like some uncoordinated person came up with that one.

ChuckC · January 19, 2012, 12:36:00 PM

Yes, Fred was often very worried about the performance of two bladed heads for the average bow hunter and sought a lot of ways to improve them.

I am thinking that they really didn't need improvement, just better education for all involved.
ChuckC

joe ashton · January 19, 2012, 01:13:00 PM

reminds me of a marketing story I heard years ago about Alkasaler. An ad guy went into the sales meeting and said "I can double our sales over night" he went on to present the plan. Our new slogan will be "Plop, Plop, fizz, fizz.and we will package them in groups of two. Done.

pianoman9701 · January 19, 2012, 06:08:00 PM

I killed my first bow elk with a Zwikey Eskimo 125 gr. 2-blade broadhead, sharpened it up and killed a deer with it two days later. The arrow on the elk went through a rib and came out through the shoulder on the other side. That elk went about 20 yards before she died. On the deer, it was a clean pass-through. I'd say they're fine for big game.