#1989468 - 07/11/10 03:21 PM
Re: Broad head question
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Good time Charlie
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Thunderheads are great broadheads but a little "flimsy" IMO. Muzzys are a little more expensive but are tougher made.
ex 1. First bow season I got a little bored one day. Had an armadillo making a ruckus all morning and decided to let him have it. WHACK> killed the dillo' but mangled my thunderhead. Bent the point and all the blades. Had to trash the head.
ex 2. Shot a muzzy at a deer and missed, hit the dirt behind it and got about 8" of penetration. Had to dig the arrow out of the ground. A rock stopped the arrow and my muzzy head was fine, just had a ding in the edge of the blade. Resharpened it when I got home and have killed a couple deer with it since. Still in balance and still flies and spin checks ok.
I take the time to tune my bow each year so the field point vs. broadhead issue doesn't bother me.
The chance that a mechanical head "could" deploy incorrectly is not another variable I want to worry about. YES they have gotten much better, but I still hear a LOT of stories each year about how a mechanical BH failed. Bow hunting is tough enough without loosing sleep wondering if my gear might fail.
IF I shot a deer and couldn't recover it, I don't want to wonder if it was my shot, or my mechanical BH that was the point of failure. I looked and muzzys are 36.00 for 6 and the same grain TH. is 39.00 for 6.I think they are very comparable In toughness.I hear that all the time muzzy's cost more than TH. just not so.
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#1989544 - 07/11/10 04:41 PM
Re: Broad head question
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fishboy1
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DM, Im going to disagree on the toughness issue unless they changed them in the past 10 yrs.
I like that thunderheads seem much sharper and have a very pointed tip. Seems like the tip will penetrate easier so you will have less likelyhood of a "skimmer" shot or deflection on steep angled shots. That tip WILL bend if it hits something hard like a rock or armadillo !
Muzzys don't seem quite as sleek as thunderheads but they are beefier in design and don't bend as easily. The points seem more "blunt" to me so I cheat and use a diamond file to sharpen the tips to a razor edge(s).
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#1989573 - 07/11/10 05:12 PM
Re: Broad head question
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harvester
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I used to shoot thunderheads(100 grain), had excellent perfermance from them. Now I shoot Muzzy 100 grain 4 blade. The only thing that made me switch to Muzzy was that the thunderheads weren't readily available. I had to order re-placement blades and new broadheads, no-one carried them in stock near where I live. Muzzys on the other hand are easier to find. I have shot mechanicals (Rockets), shot great but had very bad performance out of them on deer. Some other people I know hunt with them love them. One of my hunting buddies shoot rage and won't shoot anything else. I keep my set-up very simple,fewer moving parts the better, JMO, rests, sights, everything.
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#1989611 - 07/11/10 05:37 PM
Re: Broad head question
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Wes Parrish
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I keep my set-up very simple, fewer moving parts the better, JMO, rests, sights, everything. And that's the best defense against "Murphy's Law". With less to "think" about, I seem to enjoy the hunting more.
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#1989776 - 07/11/10 08:05 PM
Re: Broad head question
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muddyboots
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I am also color blind with the color red being very hard to see in the woods, so tracking deer for me is not easy. I really enjoy tracking them with a rage.
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#1990451 - 07/12/10 09:15 AM
Re: Broad head question
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Some good advice given, and I will agree that the, Sharpest, widest cutting diameter, tuffest, and most impottantly ACCURATE, fixed blade head with nothing to chance in mechanics, is the best choice, IMO!
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#1990463 - 07/12/10 09:25 AM
Re: Broad head question
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Wes Parrish
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Personally, I'll never again try any mechanical that uses a "rubber band" (like so many do) to hold the blades in place. That rubber band either breaks or slides, and that mechanical headed arrow will fly every which way but straight.
I may continue experimenting with some mechanicals, but I don't care how much the "rage" about them, none with a rubber band are tipping my arrows.
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#1990469 - 07/12/10 09:29 AM
Re: Broad head question
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W.Seay
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Rage 2 blade!!! Because i have killed around 10 deer with them and they are by far the most devastating and destructive broadheads on the market!I have killed deer with many different broadheads and these are definitely the best!
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