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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: coachA on March 16, 2012, 10:13:00 AM
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I know just about any broadhead is good as long as it is sharp but I have been looking at the VPA spur. Has anyone used them? They Have definitely raised my curiuosity. Thanks for your opinions.
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Haven't used em. Magnus bullheads for head shots is my 1st choice.
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I would shoot something you are deadly accurate with and have full confidence in. No matter what broadhead you choose, accuracy is key. For turkeys I prefer a large cutting diameter.
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I have and use a couple of different ones depending on what bow I am shooting. I will be using Snuffers and woodsmen mainly. The VPA spur is just interesting to me.
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Coach: When you can shoot like Roy (Bowwild) you can use anything, if you shoot like Roy(Mackey) you need all the help you can get, I use the big VPA Tetminators and shoot for the body. I never cared for anything that would inpeed penetration, I want the broadhead to cut as much as possible and if I can get a passthrough all the better. RW
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You might be surprised what a turkey can take.They are not as easy to penetrate as they look. The spur is not for me. I don’t want anything to slow penetration. I love the 1 ¼ VPA (formerly called terminator) for turkeys.They are great heads.
Bill
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Magnus Bull Heads for neck shots (only). I shot a tom in the head and knocked him to the ground. The impact of the arrow broke the ferral of the broadhead. He popped right back up and kept strutting with no beak! Next shot was a zwicky to the boiler room. I don't recommend head shots with Magnus Bull Heads.
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I've used the old 2 blade Snuffers and it zipped through a big tom I killed in Ohio a few years back. I would go with a wide two blade head as sharp as you can get it and aim for the boiler room.
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I will be using two and three blade snuffers that are shaving sharpe.
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Its gonna be snuffers and battle axes for me this year...I'm not a fan so my arrow slowing down I've seen a turkey's take a lot of abuse and keep going. I want something that is going to put a big hole and leave a bright read feather covered trail....Best of Luck
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With the correct set-up, one will be hard pressed to exceed the lethality of the Big Jim Big 3's.
Highest Slash Factor of which I am aware of.
Six Big 3's will be accompanying me to Alabama next month.
Quick immobility is key.
The famed 18 in 1 Rhinehart was totally immobilized w/i 3 1/2 weeks.
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I agree with Bill.I`ve killed a few Turkeys and have shot through very few.A Turkey has really hard bones.I shoot low poundage and Simmons ,4 blade phantoms, snuffers.....you get the idea. Slow the broadhead down with cutting blades not drag.RC
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I agree with a big, sharp broadhead. The last one took two arrows and niether went all the way threw. First shot was at 5 yards.
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Terminators or deltas. I had trouble getting through turkeys when I shot twice the speed I shoot now.
Rob
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Large 160 gr Snuffers.... :thumbsup:
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I use the same thing I use for everything else bigger than a rabbit: 125-grain Ace Standards.
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I use the same setup for turkeys as I do for any kind of big game. A 55# Tomahawk bow with a 580 grain arrow that's tipped with a 175 grain Woodsman Elite. This setup is shooting close to the 180 fps mark and has plenty of energy to blow through a turkey.
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Like Joe said,160 snuffers.
RJ
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Since I've broken my turkey "inx" I've killed 4 in row. First one was with a four blade Phantom...pass thru and the bird dropped on the spot. The other 3 were with Razorcaps. One I hit in the drumsticks and she went about 50 yards before she realized she couldn't go anymore. The other two were shot from a blind and both hit in the wing butt and one went 20 yards and the other was done for in 5 yards. The last 3 were with Razorcaps. All kills were pass thrus. Here's the wound from the last bird I killed in the fall.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Arrowworks/Turkeyshot.jpg)
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I've shot mine with Razorcaps as well. One broadhead ended up with a bent furrel (125 grain) but they performed well. Either Snuffers or Tusker Aztecs this year.
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I should be using either 175gr Simmons Tiger Sharks or the VPA Terminator 1 1/4" I just got from Big Jim yesterday...not that broadhead choice has mattered before LOL! I CAN tell you which broadhead is best for shaving feathers. :)
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I agree if you hit the head, neck, back or centerpunch the vitals any head will do. I killed the first bird with the Spur prototype and am responsible for the general design. I had a few arrows blow through birds only to have them fly off and become coyote bait. I had also had flight issue with some "head choppers" I tried. I set out to design a turkey head of our own. I wanted a head that would do maxim damage and either not pass through (where the bird would have to carry it to run or fly) or to pass the maximum amount of energy to the bird before it passed through. Maximum energy transfer is achieved through rapid decelleration. This is acheived on the VPA Spur in two ways. The gap between the front section and the "spur" blades capture feathers, meat and bone as it turns and the leading edges of the "spur" blades are not sharpened so they tear instead of slice. They do major damage and perform as they were designed. warning: they are very hard on broadhead targets so you will only want to shoot a time or two to verify point of impact! All VPA products carry a satifaction guartantee. If you aren't happy with them return them for a refund! Bowhunter magazine called the SPur the wickedest looking broadhead of the year in 2011. Nice double beard with 1 1/2" Spurs killed with them on opening day last spring was on the cover of Ohio Outdoor News. They are available from the rayzor-vpa.com webstore. Coupon code:tradgang get you free shipping.