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Author Topic: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads  (Read 3582 times)

Offline Chuck N Stuff

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Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« on: April 18, 2019, 10:37:52 AM »
Considering trying something different. Why, no good reason! Just bored I guess!  :biglaugh: Anyone use these that would be willing to share your opinion?

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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2019, 11:54:39 AM »
I haven't shot them but I am thinking I might try them.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2019, 11:56:03 AM »
They are on my short list as well.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2019, 12:51:17 PM »
It is surprising that there are so few testimonials after the have been out for awhile. That's what kept me from trying them when I was mulling over a switch to 3 blades. You may have to take the plunge and fill the rest of us in.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2019, 02:03:58 PM »
I know a 2 blade will typically penetrate better, but does the 2 blade's mechanical advantage matter on deer sized game? I am also curious about the performance difference between these and "standard" length broadheads like the Zwickey Eskimo. Oh where is Dr Ashby when you need him! :biglaugh:

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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2019, 03:04:22 PM »
I’m a two blade guy normally but the instincts are bad medicine for turkeys for sure.

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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2019, 03:31:05 PM »
I have killed everything between bunnies and 2000# bison  With 3 blade Wensel Woodsman.... They are badd medicine for everything ....don't be fooled..... They're certainly not just for turkeys for crying out loud..... It's a myth.... And worse it's a  HOAX!!!!!



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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2019, 04:28:57 PM »
I love them. I've killed some whitetail with them. I buy them up on the classifieds when I see them. I have a couple of bows that I shoot a 300 grainer with. I buy the 200 grain and use a 100 grain insert. They are easy to mount and fly straight.

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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2019, 04:43:44 PM »
I've been a 3 blade guy most of my bowhunting career and have been shooting the Instincts at a bunch of animals since they first came out. Turkeys, deer, antelope, bear, elk - they have been devastating on everything. I love the long cutting edge and low angle and really believe it makes a difference with penetration.  I honestly think that the head has been the difference maker on the successful recovery of more than one marginally hit animal.
Excellent broadhead, and I am sitting in a turkey blind as I type this with 4 of them mounted on my arrows.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2019, 05:15:35 PM »
ah hell..They'll work just fine....probably better than many..maybe better than most.
3 blades are great.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2019, 10:38:16 PM »
I picked up some as soon as they came out.  IMO, they are great heads and I shot a great Texas boar with one.  They have been in my quiver ever since.  They are longer than most 3 blades, which I like.  They sharpen easily, get really sharp and hold their edge.  They're made with a tip insert like a Snuffer and I've not curled a tip yet, altho I do steepen the point just a bit.  Weight consistency and trueness is great.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2019, 01:03:53 AM »
No complaints here, my biggest hog ever with a bow was taken with a 175 grain instinct
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2019, 08:35:44 PM »
Picked up some of the original run and never shoot them, looks like that will have to change.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2019, 10:49:17 PM »
My favorite broadheads by a large margin.  Killed a bear and a hog with them so far.  Will be taking them for bear again in a few weeks and thinking real hard about taking them for moose in 2020.  I’ve got lots of other grizzly heads around but I can’t fathom not having an instinct in my quiver.

Wish I could find the picture KentuckyTJ sent me of a doe he shot this fall with an instinct.  Looked like someone dumped a gallon of paint out, that’s been my experience with everything I’ve shot.
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #14 on: April 24, 2019, 08:25:16 AM »
I love them. I've killed 1 whitetail with them. I have 1 bow that I shoot a 200 grain with and use a 100 grain insert. They are easy to mount and fly straight.

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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2019, 10:00:41 AM »
After trying woodsmans last year I don't see myself going back to a 2 blade ever. They are surely bad medicine for critters. Penetration was as good as a 2 blade as far as I know because they passed through like a hot knife and butter and the blood trails where Stevie Wonder specials. Instincts are probably no different.

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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2019, 12:36:06 PM »
After trying woodsmans last year I don't see myself going back to a 2 blade ever. They are surely bad medicine for critters. Penetration was as good as a 2 blade as far as I know because they passed through like a hot knife and butter and the blood trails where Stevie Wonder specials. Instincts are probably no different.

I love 3 blades too.
Couldn't have said it any better.lol :biglaugh:
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2019, 12:09:18 PM »
The are much harder steel and quieter in flight than the WW. Other than that penetration charactoristics are about the same (no need to pyrimid the tip on these)(outstanding).  I killed a few deer and hogs with them, and gave a buddy some along with a bow I made him, he took them to africa and had outstanding results on a Kudu, Impala, Blue Wildebeast, and warthog. The wildebeast was huge and he has a video with most of the arrow shaft and BH coming out the far side right on impact as the bull shot straight up. All short recoveries
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Re: Thoughts on Grizzly Instinct Broadheads
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2019, 11:37:12 AM »
Also a Grizzly Instinct fan

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