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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Producer on May 20, 2015, 06:07:00 PM
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Looking at all the broadheads on the market is exhausting. The reviews are confusing with one guy saying they are too hard to sharpen and the next guy talks about how easy they are to sharpen while another talks about how noisy they are and the next how quite. Should I spend $16.95 for them or over $100. I trust that someone here has the answer to what to use for a longbow for deer size game.
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.............(zwickey)....................!
save your money,..........dont waste it on over priced broadheads!
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Zwickey double bevel No Mercy! Easy to sharpen, stay sharp and fly great. No kill experience though. :rolleyes:
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I would think that if the broadhead goes through the boiler room the deer, elk, bear, moose etc (pick one), the animal doesn't spend a lot of time worrying about what kind it is or how much it cost. Good advice above
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Zwickey or Ace standards...more than enough broadhead...and you wont cry if you loose one.
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True, wait no False.....
any head thats been on the market for more than a decade managed to do so because they work. For deer save your money and buy some of the 25-35 bucks for 6 kind.
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I have 3 personal favorites. Zwickey Delta 4 blades, Wensel Woodsmans, and Simmons treesharks. The Simmons are the priciest of the heads I use but they work so well I continue to use them. Like the others have said though any well made broadhead will work and I highly recommend any one of these three heads because of their quality.
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There are a lot of good choices. Zwickey, Ace, Grizzly for 2-blades, Wensel Woodsmans for 3. All are easy to sharpen.
Any vented head is going to be louder than a solid head. Sharpening is more a matter of technique than anything, but if you are sharpening challenged, you can get a great edge by using a simple Accusharp tool.
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Snuffers, and several others, have been around a long time and taken a ton of game. The larger the animal, the more you need to look at what BH you use-any BH will take down ground hog, but not necessarily cape buffalo or elephant.
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I've killed an awful lot of critters with Zwickey 4-blade deltas. Also like STOS, Magnus and Abowyer two blade heads and Wensel Woodsmans. Lots of good heads out there.
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Everyone had their favorites when it to archery equipment but especially when it comes to broadheads. After hunting for more than 40 years with my stick bows and killing lots of big game I have my share of favorite broadheads but a couple are always with me. Snuffers when I want a three blade and Delta or Ace when I want a two blade.
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They all work and they all don't work.
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No kidding!
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Has anyone mentioned Zwickey yet ?
Can't be beat !
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Borrow or buy several from friends or the classifieds. one or two of a certain design will let you know your skill level of sharpening and mounting.
Heck send me your address I'll send you a couple to get started. They're all fun to try!!
The easiest I ever sharpened was a Ace. The biggest hole I ever put in a Deer was with a Snuffer. Had great luck With the Magnus also.
Haven't tried the single bevels yet but I was gifted some by Drewsbow and might give them a whirl this fall.
bretto
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Originally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
True, wait no False.....
any head thats been on the market for more than a decade managed to do so because they work. For deer save your money and buy some of the 25-35 bucks for 6 kind.
You need not go any further than what is said above! PERIOD! Do yourself a favor, and drop that heavy weight of broadhead confusion you've been carrying!
Tried and true, field proven legends (and they wont empty your pocket)
Zwickey
Magnus
Grizzly
Ace
STOS
Simmons
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I use Woodsmans and Zwickeys. They have done a good job for me.
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Cutthroat broadheads from Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear! Unless you lose them you will never have to pay for another head, and I've never gotten a broadhead so sharp so fast with a KME.
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You need two things to get a zwickey hunting sharp. A new file and a felt tip marker, if you want to get fancy add an arrow holder. Just make sure that your file strokes are machine like and treat all four edges equally. Ending with light even strokes, some like to leave the burr and some like to remove it. I have done it both ways, I cannot tell the difference on which more effective on deer. If you are concerned about initial blood on the ground go with a four blade, but they are a little more challenging to sharpen, just a little. If you really want to hammer something use a Delta four blade. I bought a couple dozen Herters four blades for $10 that were unused, I find them to be excellent as well.
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I am another member of the Zwickey camp.
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I prefer heavier heads and the Ace Express 165 has been on my favorites list for many years. Sharpens beautifully, tough, great width and length, very reasonable price and great value; they have never let me down and I have complete confidence in them. I've moved up to 200 gr heads and am shooting Grizzly Kodiaks and Instincts these days.
Perfect arrow flight is very important. If lighter heads work better for you, Zwickey Deltas or Ace Standards are excellent.
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I'm partial to the eclipse 145 2 blade.......like the old journeyman head.
Darcy
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Originally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
True, wait no False.....
any head thats been on the market for more than a decade managed to do so because they work. For deer save your money and buy some of the 25-35 bucks for 6 kind.
Ditto.
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Well....
You read much over and over..lol
What weight of head do you need?
Just about any head will do.
I like to stay with solid heads, as opposed to the ones with separate blades that insert into the ferrule.
Once you determine the weight you need, buy the ones with the type of blade you can sharpen the best.... single bevel, double bevel, 3 blade..etc
I prefer to use a head that is the correct weight right out of the package rather than have to use weights/inserts etc.
I find 3 blades the easiest as they have a built in angle guide.
The other easiest method is to get a double bevel head and pick up an "Accusharp" for about $10.
...but your sharpening skills might be awesome and you could sharpen anything with ease.
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If you want to test a bunch of broadheads take a look at all of these on The St Jude auction.
http://auction1.tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=207;t=000101
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Magnus are great and have a warranty. Priced right and sharpen well. I went the cool,fancey, expensive route but ended up with maugnus 1 love them.
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Been using the old Bear greenies. Have had good luck with them but picked up some Zwickeys as they looked good and you can't beat the price. Will give them a try this fall. Reallly can't wrap my head around paying $45 to $50 for three of the "broadhead of the week".
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I've been playing around with broadheads a lot recently and have been thinking there really isn't much you can't get done with the cheap MA3 and Zwickey Delta/Eskimo
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Can't beat a Magnus Stinger for the price and warranty.
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I'll add my 2 cents worth... use a head that flies as close as possible to the field points that you practice with (sampe point of impact at same distances). I used a new point weight combo last season and was quite pleased... the 225 grain single bevel steel force. Quickly dispatched a bull elk on a quartering to me shot, 40 yards, and breaking a rib on the way in...#53 recurve. This was a head that I had previously pulled out of the dirt and rocks after a poor shot. a couple minutes with a flat file and a butchers steel and it was shaving sharp again.
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There are so many on the market its crazy.the 3 blade 3 rivers sells looks[ike a snuffer only a little longer. Same with the grizzly lookalikes out there.The 6 0f a kind for 25 bucks makes perfect sense money left over for beer.lol
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Zwickeys and Ace for great easy to sharpen tough heads that won't leave you broke.
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Magus Stinger 150 nuff said
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Zwickey or you could try zwickey and my third choice would be I guess zwickey.
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Bretto, was nice enough to send me some samples of broadheads that he uses and I can't say enough about how nice a jesture that was. The thing that suprised me the most was the 122.9Gr Snuffer three blade. I never had an arrow fly so true. My Eskimos were surpased for arrow flight but in fairness the Eskimos are for my 57lb longbow and the Snuffers where flying out of one of my recurves. It could just be that the bow, arrow and head just come together perfectly. Now I will have to learn how to sharpen them before I commit to buying them. Back to Bretto; the thing I love the best about this site is the people. Trad people as a whole,are the best people on earth.
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Originally posted by Producer:
Looking at all the broadheads on the market is exhausting. The reviews are confusing with one guy saying they are too hard to sharpen and the next guy talks about how easy they are to sharpen while another talks about how noisy they are and the next how quite. Should I spend $16.95 for them or over $100. I trust that someone here has the answer to what to use for a longbow for deer size game.
I think most of these comments can be found on most forum sites when a BH discussion comes up.
I do like Stingers and VPA's. That being said I have never used a Zwickey to kill a deer but plan on picking up a pack in 150 grain for this season. Just doesn't seem right shooting traditional gear and not ever using one.
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Try different things until you find something YOU like! The reason there are a 1000 different broadheads out there is because there 1000's of different guys out there who all like different things.
After lots of years, and playing with many different heads, I settled on German Kinetic as my goto head. Some will say I am nuts for spending that much money on broadheads, but I say I know how well they work, and how well I can sharpen them, and I have complete confidence in them.
Confidence is the key to success!
Bisch
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Originally posted by arrow30:
.............(zwickey)....................!
save your money,..........dont waste it on over priced broadheads!
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German Kenetics
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ACE and Zwickey are like the 30-30 of broadheads...if there were ever actual numbers of deer killed with these heads...
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What, No mention of bodkins!
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Whatever you land on make sure you can get them sharp. Your sharpening system is WAY more important than the name stamped on the blade. Until I discovered diamond hones I didn't know what sharp was and struggled to get my blades very sharp at all. Those hones with Ron's CBN emulsions on a leather strop make them hair popping sharp.
http://kmesharp.com/kmegosediho.html
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If you are hunting deer about any fixed head will do. Bigger critter then pay a little more attention to broad head design. Most of all make sure they fly well and are sharp.
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just about every broadhead sold now is fine and each has its own following. if you don't want to deal with inserts, or even sharpening then get the Stinger or VPA there might be other boutique heads but they cost more.
if you want a huge hole get a tree shark but only if your arrows are tuned and flying good otherwise stay clear of those.
I didn't read all the posts but describe more about your set up and then if you sharpen or no, if you like gluing in adaptors, what weight bow, what type of arrows woods/other.