using Thunderhead broadheads - why not ?

[hill boy]

They are desighned for fast wheel bows.But you can shoot what ever you like.Have you ever had penetration problems with them?

[DesertDude]

NDTerminator........Perfectly Put........Mark

[bmfer]

You won't bend that head on a rock and the blades are sharper than anybody's from the factory, as long as you have the ponies to put it in there, you're good. Besides... what NDTerminator said.

[Tajue17]

+2 for NDTerminator --> good to know theres more of us out there..

[Robertfishes]

I think I started shooting 125gr Thunderheads in 1986? Back then a fast compound shot arround 200fps AMO(I think). I have taken arround 50 deer with thunderheads. I went back to Traditional archery in 1994 and went thru several broadhead changes, 2 blade,2 blade with bleeders etc.. I have been shooting razorcaps for 2 hunting seasons and this year will be my third. There are alot of good choices out there.

[bentpole]

I still have in my broadhead tackle box a couple of Thunderhead TWO blade heads I think they are 150/155 gr heads. Who remembers them?

[Oliverstacy]

Originally posted by bentpole:
I still have in my broadhead tackle box a couple of Thunderhead TWO blade heads I think they are 150/155 gr heads. Who remembers them?

They were indeed 150 grain two blade heads.  the Thunderhead 160 were the 3 blade version.  You can still find them on **** every once in a while.

Josh

[BradLantz]

with a 525 grain total weight setup, I punched through the ribs on both sides of a 200+ pound KS whitetail at 22 yards 3 years back. Awesome damage.

I'll be shooting 650 grain total weight now, 56# Recurve ..... and going after caribou.

I will not shoot a 2 blade - too many of my broadheads tests have resulted in bent tips, curling etc.

I like the 3 blade snuffer/WW type heads, never have I gotten one Thunderhead sharp

So - the choice is really this IMO ....... shoot a WW or Snuffer head thats Cut On Impact, but not as sharp or shoot a Thunderhead thats a chisel tip, not COI but ultra razor sharp.


I'm heavily leaning towards Thunderheads ...... thanks for the PM guys too. Especially the guy thats shoot 49# @ 29" with trad and kills animals with Thunderheads  

[2-BIG]

Many moons ago when I shot aluminum arrows I used Thunderheads with my recurve and they did awesome!  

[danseitz]

There seems to me to be too much unfounded concern about the issue of penetration.  All these tests with hides proclaim a definitive standard that has resulted in too much political correctness.  The problem with all this is that hunters who are woefully ignorant of these tests and the resulting standards are somehow killing tons of deer with 3 blades, replaceable blades, etc.

Some of us have forgotten how deadly a trad bow really is and have adopted in some way the mindset of a compounder; to whit, "Those bows don't have enough power to kill a deer."

[hockeyref]

"They are designed for fast wheel bows......"

Hillboy,
I used Thunder head 125's back in the 1980's ... I dunno if I would sat they're designed "fast wheel bows"... If my memory serves me the round wheel compounds at that time were blazing if they sniffed 190fps and you needed light arrows and something like the then new PSE, or a Martin Firecat cam bows to get over 200fps. My main hunting bows (Howatt hunter and Leon Stewart R\\D long bow will push a 125 TH on a 2219 out at ~185fps minimum.... basically the equivalent of that era's compound....
I still keep a half dozen aluminum 2219's with 125gr razor heads around as "emergency back up arrows"... ie: The 2219's will fly well from any of the bows I'll hunt with.

Brad,
125 grain TH's have killed a lot of deer over the years and there have been a lot worse choices on the market. If ya got 'em make sure they're sharp and use 'em... You can always go to another cut on impact head if you don't like the TH's performance.