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Post by hoosier on Mar 17, 2006 0:59:13 GMT -5
My history has included the use of Razorbacks for years, Muzzys for years and then I tried Spitfire 100s. They all kill deer. Dead is dead as they say. In using the Spitfires over the last 3 years I can say that I have been TOTALLY IMPRESSED. They will shoot to my field tips point of impact (as will some other designs if the bow is tuned correctly). As far as penetration goes, I have had pass throughs on 2 bucks (both broadside) and other harvests where the head fully penetrated the deer's ribcage but failed to exit. The deciding factor for my sticking with the Spitfires is the fact that they have left the best blood trails of all the other 'heads I have used. The blood trails for some reason start immediately at the point of impact. I have tried to surmise why they do this every time, but cannot. This is a great help to me as I am somewhat color blind and reds are difficult for me to pick out. I know that my testimonial here runs opposite of what others have heard or experienced. My advice to anyone looking at broadheads is to use what you are the most accurate with that will cleanly take your game. IMHO the Spitfires are hard to beat if your bow is set up for them! Your mileage may vary. Good hunting, Hoosier.
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Post by 10point on Mar 17, 2006 8:43:47 GMT -5
After doing a lot of research on this topic and reading the broadhead test that 5shot (I belive is his name) does on other sites I switched from Muzzy's to Rocky Mtn Snypers. The reason I chose the Snypers was because of the way they open which requires less kinetic energy. I am shooting a Parker UL31 at 60 lbs. and have shot at 4 deer with them and killed all four and two were marginal hits. The two I hit good died in my sight. If I were to go back to a fixed blade head I would probably try the Slick Triks.
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Post by bant on Mar 25, 2006 10:07:27 GMT -5
I use Magus Stingers with bleeder blades 85gr they fly well and cut great have not ever had a little blood trail. As many have said a well place shot is what counts in the end.
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Post by semisneak on Mar 25, 2006 14:38:26 GMT -5
Montec g 5 s will fly the same as your field points.
See if your bow shop has the practice heads you can try .
The montec practice heads whistle when in flight but the real heads do not.
I have killed two deer with mechanicals and was not impressed with penetration. The blades on the satelite broke off in a doe I shot. I couldnt find one of the blades so i used a metal detector on the meat. The spitfire held up but poor penetration. I dont think you have a prayer with mechanicals with a marginal or shoulder hit on a buck. Good luck...semisneak.
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Post by huxbux on Mar 25, 2006 19:24:01 GMT -5
I also experienced poor penetration with mechs, not to mention their inherent fragility. Used to use 3 blade Rocky Mountains until the blades separated from the point upon hitting bone, resulting in a wounded & lost deer. I now use 100 grain 3 blade Muzzys & have been totally satisfied with their performance in every respect.
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Post by ridgerunner on Mar 25, 2006 20:02:45 GMT -5
I've been bowhunting 25 years and have tried everything from mechanicals to Muzzys. I killed deer with all of em. The only thing I don't like about mechanicals is penetration. I hit several deer right in the boiler room perfect shots and found that I rarely got an exit wound, thus making tracking difficult. Most of the deer went only 50 -100 yards, but hardly any blood trail becuase I wasn't blowing thru them. I recently switched to Montec broadheads. My opinion is this is the best, by far, broadhead I've shot in 25 years hunting. I always get a pass thru, excellent blood trail and no planing. You can correct planing with muzzy's and it usually ocurrs becuase, one, your insert is not seated squarely causing wobble which you can check by spinning arrows in a spinner. two, blades not aligned with fletching which you can do with dental floss wrapped around threads of boradhead where it screws into arrow insert. The dental floss tighen broadhead up sooner when installing till you get alignment, you have to play with it until you get the alignment in with fletching, in other words, the blades on muzzy have to be aligned with fletching for true arrow flight. With Montec broadheads I don't have this problem, perfect flight out of the box, good blood, pass thrus etc.
I shoot a Mathews SQ2 at 60 pounds,with release,28 in. draw length, Muzzy zero effect rest. I have never blowed thru a deer shooting this bow, or any other bow using mechanicals which even with a perfect shot make retrieving a deer difficult. I had deer that went only 50 yards and had maybe 15 drops of blood using mechanicals, upon finding the deer relized I had made a good shot, often double lung shots, open deer up to field dress and they were full of blood, the blood fills the body cavity with no where to go, hunting from a treestand with the downward angles, often the shots are gonna enter up high and with no exit the only blood you get is whats trickles from around arrow shaft.. I'm not saying they're not effective in killing deer, but like I said before, blood trailing can be difficult, especially at night in very thick cover...After many years of bowhunting and weighing the pro's and con's I decided I'd rather take the fixed blade broadhead and have a bloodtrail that takes fifteen minutes to retrieve my deer instead of 3 hours, if at all,, most times with a complete pass thru you don't have to look hard for blood.Try Montecs and tell me if you don't think they're the best blade you ever shot..Ridgerunner
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Post by polypros on Apr 5, 2006 13:17:07 GMT -5
I shoot Muzzys and have for some time now. I work at a pro shop, but like the fact I can go down to Sprawl Mart (Walmart) and pick more up, if I happen to foget them or need new blades on a hunting trip. Something you might try if you are having plaining issues is paper tuning your bow. Your proshop can help with this. If you can get your field tips to shoot bullet holes, it should help with the plaining. My Muzzies shoot like fieldpoints.
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