04-15-2007, 12:23 PM
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 prefer?  hmm. my first choice would be a fixed blade 100 gr muzzy. for deer and other larger game i would not be completely comfortable using a mechanical. with a fixed blade i know what i got going through the target. a fixed blade leaves no question as to how many blades and the size of the cut you will create. with an expandable you just don't know. will the blades open at all? will one blade break? if they dont open will it be enough to get the job done of whatever i am shooting at?that being said ill give my experiences with 2 different expandables on deer. i shot 1 deer with a spitfire. the area it went in appeared to have opened up all the blades. (nice hole) it ricocheted off the ribs on the exit side and traveled through the body area and exited out just in front of the back leg. it dropped the deer in about 20 yds. a hunting partner of mine also dropped a deer with a spitfire that ran about 50 yds. in both instances the blades were broken and not found. but the spitfire did do the job it was suppose to. the other instance was with a 2 1/2 inch cut vortex 100 gr (2 blade) in this instance the arrow just stuck in the deer. it looked like it went in and struck bone and just stopped. the deer ran off while the arrow just hung on to his body. while it ran it knocked the arrow lose. it calmed itself after a couple 100 yds of running and appeared not to shook up at all. like i shot it with a pellet gun, broke a little skin and scared the pee out of it. i beleive expanables have their place in hunting. some like the job they do on smaller game like rabbit, squirrel and turkey. but for me i like a fixed broadhead simply for the fact that i know what i am getting. there is no question of how many blades will open. and i also have a higher chance of the arrow going all the way through. a well placed fixed broadhead with an average cut of 1 1/4 inch will create enough damage to insure you get to tag whatever animal it is you are shooting at.  |
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04-22-2007, 12:26 PM
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| 100 grain nugeblade muzzy.i tried spitfires too expensive
__________________ the spirt of the wild....it will cleanse your soul ........................ Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison. Genesis 27:3 |
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02-18-2008, 05:43 PM
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| I check out a lot of broadhead field testing sites and here are the best of both worlds. Fixed - G5, Muzzy, NAP Hellrazors. Mechanical - Here are the 2 highest broadheads I have ever found. Grimreaper Razortip and the Rocky MTN Snyper. They are outstanding broadheads. Never heard of any failures and they can really take a beating.
__________________ Owner - Trophy Advantage Hybrids "We Fill Dreams....Not Just Tags" Ohio State Corrections Officer - 16 Years PSE PRO FIELD STAFF Member QDMA - Protect the Sport We so Dearly Love "Let Em Grow" |
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02-19-2008, 05:40 AM
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__________________ When You Live Off The Land, Livin is Good... "One Nation Under GOD" "IN GOD WE TRUST" |
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02-19-2008, 10:14 AM
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| I swear by Thunder Heads 100gr. a couple of years ago I tried spitfires. I was on a urban doe only hunt and shot a mature doe that stood 6 yards from the base of the tree I was in. My arrow entered just behind and a little high of her shoulder. She ran off with about 12 inches of arrow sticking out. Later that same day another doe stood in the exact same spot. I shot her in the exact same spot with the exact same set up, beman 400 with a spitfire broad head. She went about 50 yards and expired. I looked for the first doe for hours and never found her. The obvious deduction here is the spit fire never opened on the first deer. This in my opinion is not worth the risk. I will stick with the fixed blades. |
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