tree sharks

[slayer1]

I have always used land shark and tiger sharks, but I think this year I am going to try a tree shark. I have a buddy that has been using them the last few years and swears by them. I saw one of the deer he shot with them. It was a hatchet wound for sure.

[RC]

Kind of a gruesome photo as is most simmons photos.
  I shot this doe this evening with a 51 lb Big Jim Buffalo and a Treeshark . Broadhead came out the bottom. Blood trail was 4 feet wide. RC

 

[jkm97]

I love them for deer out of a 50# or better bow.

[ChuckC]

cacciatore..  One thing to watch out for with any really wide head and angled shots.  If the head hits with an edge first ( as in a pretty severe angle) it can ( and often will) throw the flight of the arrow off, just like deflecting on a stick and you will lose much, maybe most of its penetration energy.  This is probably more likely on a tough skinned animal like a boar than on a much softer skinned animal.  I believe this phenomena, to a lesser extent, is why we often see pix of critters laid open by a hit with a very wide head.
ChuckC

[savage1]

Safaris, air guide and jewel stik.

Lou

[highlow]

I was going to refer you to RC's photo that he had posted on another site but he beat me to it. I have the Interceptors. Shot a hog, actually a domestic hog, on a meat hunt on an island in the Susquehanna River in PA last April. Didn't get a pass through but Piggy didn't go far. This was a big animal, probably at least 250lbs. I'm not anticipating any trouble with a 100+ lb. whitetail. I was only shooting a 47# recurve.

[Friend]

Prefer to keep the traditional way simplified.

Accu Sharp

Jewel Stick,,,tri-side radius..

Glass rod...for personal fancy polish

Excellent heads....excellent flight..tuned dead-on out at 35 yards...creates gernerous clearance when shooting thru mesh.

No expert on hogs here..there was a posting some time back from a guide that had been in on more than a couple of hundred bowhunting hog harvests.
He stated that they encountered lost hogs whether shot from a traditional or conventional bow when taking quartering away shots. Sighting that shooting long ways thru the shield was of primary concern and advised his clients to take broadside shots.

[Michael Arnette]

Dear God! 67 pounds with a 30 inch draw I'm sure you could shoot about any head you want! I have used the tree sharks but was not able to get them to fly well, I missed two coyotes in one morning and gave them up after that

[Steve Jr]

I have killed 4 deer with the Simmons Safari's, all pass through's using my Stalker Coyote #49 @ 26. Awesome blood trails! I bought the wheel sharpener when I ordered mine. It does a pretty good job but I always finish them off with a ceramic stick.

Steve Jr

[BrushWolf]

I have always been a 4-blade fan. Mainly have shot zwicky delta's. Two years ago I tried a treeshark and haven't looked back. I shoot a 47#@27recurve. The only thing so far to stop them has been the ground. I have shot several deer and a Turkey couldn't ask for a better head.Imo

[Tedd]

For easy and quick sharpening to an extreme edge try the $35 1" belt sander from harbor freight. I ordered a series belts with grits up to 800 and a leather belt strop.
Finish with some Flitz on the leather strop. You can go to any level of extremely sharp you want! You might find it takes a little finesse at first to maintain the exact factory bevel. I color the bevel with a maker between each grit.  I don't have any hair left on my arm!
Now I mostly just use the leather belt even on new broad heads. The steel in the Tree Sharks seems to be really good at holding an edge. I am surprised how sharp they stay even after a dozen or so shots into a foam target.

[lt-m-grow]

Originally posted by Tedd:
For easy and quick sharpening to an extreme edge try the $35 1" belt sander from harbor freight. I ordered a series belts with grits up to 800 and a leather belt strop.
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Interesting...I have this setup (use it for knives it is excellent) but shied away from using on on my Centaur Battle Axes (similar to treeshark) because of the big sweeping curve.  I will give it a shot.

Regarding the original question, I love my battle axes, I use them on deer, turkey, and bear.  I don't use them for  hogs or elk.  I use Centaur big game heads which are similar but smaller for better penetration.  I shoot 60# @28  .  I just would not feel comfortable with that big a head with such tough hide animal.

[lt-m-grow]

But for deer I have opened some sick holes, and when I say sick, I don't mean it like "cool" I mean more like "what the heck did I just do to this animal".  I have made some scary big holes and I have blasted through big deer bones too a time or two.

I am not proud of this shot, but just to back up my comment on hitting big bones...I shot a doe last year and missed my mark by a bit and shot right through both front legs and the bottom of the chest bone.  I recovered the deer, heck I shot off its legs (again feel bad), but what scary devastation from a bhead.