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i can shoot 2 inch groups at 30 yards with my field tips.. but everytime.. no matter how good the bow is tuned.. when i put the broadheads on 100gr tunderheads the bow shoots of and not straight but kinda with a loop..

anyone ever used broadheads that shot exactly as their field points??
 
Right now it looks like my Slick Tricks are shooting the same as my field points. I've shot back to 40 yds with no change in impact. I'll check at 50 this evening (with no intent to shoot a deer at that distance, just checking the tuning). This is a first for me. In times past with other broadheads I've had to retune and/or adjust sights.
 
There are many variables that affect arrow flight. While Slick Tricks are a little more forgiving than Thunderheads, changing broadheads may or may not solve your problem. Thunderheads are quality broadheads for which good flight can usually be achieved. If your arrows are not spined correctly for your bow or you have fletching interferance, you will not get great flight out of any head.
 
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muzzys...natorious for flying poorly have flown great out of my bow and buddies bows that I have set up. Its all about tunning and a few tricks. Quick fix is to change to a mech or small diameter, short ferrel cutting head like slick tricks
 
Rico said:
i can shoot 2 inch groups at 30 yards with my field tips.. but everytime.. no matter how good the bow is tuned.. when i put the broadheads on 100gr tunderheads the bow shoots of and not straight but kinda with a loop..

anyone ever used broadheads that shot exactly as their field points??
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Slick Tricks !
 
I have shot 100 grn Thunderheads for many years. Just this year I won a pack of Slick trick magnum 100's, and guess what, both of them shoot within an inch of each other. I may just give the tricks a try this Fall.
 
Rico said:
i can shoot 2 inch groups at 30 yards with my field tips.. but everytime.. no matter how good the bow is tuned.. when i put the broadheads on 100gr tunderheads the bow shoots of and not straight but kinda with a loop..

anyone ever used broadheads that shot exactly as their field points??
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Yes, my Muzzys fly right with my field points out to 40 yards. How have you confirmed your bow is tuned? Maybe some on here can help you.
 
My muzzy's fly great all the way to 80 yards. I have a few times shot (using the muzzy pack as the target) put 6 shots into
the pack at 80 yards.
 
anybody have better experiance with a certain size slicktrick than the others. i think they make a 1 in. , 1 1/4 and 1 1/8 or something like that.
 
Radar said:
Headhunter said:
My muzzy's fly great all the way to 80 yards. I have a few times shot (using the muzzy pack as the target) put 6 shots into
the pack at 80 yards.
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Whatever . :D
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At 80 yards even shooting with a small pin it would cover up atleast 12 or so inches of what you where aiming at.

Thats hard with a mf'in crossbow!
 
Slick Tricks are great heads but so are the Thunderheads. It sounds like your arrows are planing. That means the blades are catching the air and trying to steer the arrow. Kind of like if you put your hand out the window of a car on the highway if you hold your hand steady and flat it will cut the wind with little resistance. Keep your palm open and rigid then turn your wrist up and down in the wind. No matter how hard you try you cannot hold the arm steady. It will wobble a little, sometimes alot.

The same holds true for arrows if the blades are moving in the wind that is called planing and the arrow will wobble. Tune the bow and tune the arrows and make sure your arrows are spined perfectly. Then the problem can be corrected. If the bow is launching the arrow out of alignment or if the arrow is spinning the blades out of alignment the arrow is going to wobble causing the blades to catch air and plane. This will cause a different point of impact for broadhead as compared to field points(no blades to plane).
 
Buckblaster, I used to shoot constantly, I do not anymore and would take some practice to do the 80 yard thing again, but I did it. Hate it your crossbow won't shoot any straighter than my compound. One way to solve the problem with field points is to not shoot them. I shoot broadhead 99 percent of the time. Instead of spending time practicing before hunting, almost all of my practice is during the season. I carry 2 extra arrows and shoot them in the ground before I get down. I had a shot pegged several years ago that was over 80 yards (the field is no longer there it is bulldozed now) and kept hoping a doe would be in the spot I knew where to hold (before I had an adjustable pin) but one never did. I have killed deer out to just past 50 yards. I will tell you this, of the deer I have lost, all of them were shots 20 yards and closer. I have missed deer out past 40 yards but every single deer I have hit past 40 yards has been recovered. I still think that no matter your bow, the closer a deer is to you, and it does not matter if the deer is unalerted, they can and will react quicker to the sound of the bow than when they are out past 40 yards where the sound of the bow is probably not even heard by the deer. All I know is the only deer I have ever lost were right on top of me and as best as I could tell all but a couple did not have a clue that I was even in the world. And I am confident with some practice I could do the 80 yard thing again, not everytime, I did not say that, it took me about 10 groups to get one group back in the package and it may take 20 groups now to get one but I could still do it. I have had a shoulder start to bother me this past year and do not care for the long practice sessions most people do. Most of my practice sessions are less than 20 shots anymore.
 

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