Cost of broadheads?

[Slickhead]

Post covid everything has doubled or tripled.
Unfortunatley its the days we're in.

Zwickys are still affordable.

[Pine]

[Sant-Ravenhill]

Thank you again to all that have posted. It is much appreciated!

[Sam Spade]

I would hope the days of taking 12 broadhead tipped arrows to the woods, emptying your quiver by 8 and going back to the car to reload are long gone.

6 quality but affordable broadheads 30.00 and I get several seasons.

Wow, you must have been one piss poor shot. And yeah, heads last a long time if you never kill anything.

[Terry Green]

I've been shooting Zwickey 4 blades since the 80s pretty exclusively. What's the problem?

I even have some of the old 80s blues. Most don't have a clue what I'm talking about.

[Bamboozle]

I would hope the days of taking 12 broadhead tipped arrows to the woods, emptying your quiver by 8 and going back to the car to reload are long gone.

6 quality but affordable broadheads 30.00 and I get several seasons.

Wow, you must have been one piss poor shot. And yeah, heads last a long time if you never kill anything.

My thoughts exactly. I have never nor do I know anyone that I ever hunted with were that pics poor of a shot or hunter. Not sure who you are directing these comments to but they must be to yourself.

[Jim Jackson]

Cyclic where did you hunt to get 12 shot opertuniies before 8 am?

[Bowwild]

Here's a picture of a box of the old blue Zwickey's in case there were people who were indeed clueless.

I've never shot a Zwickey, Bears served the purpose in those days for me. One year I killed deer with 3 different fixed blade broad heads. Keep em sharp, miss the shoulder bones, and lung/heart = dead.

This is the first year in 20+ that I've paid for arrows or broad heads. I've bought two different types of fixed blades recently that I plan to use this year.

[Sam McMichael]

In the final analysis, it comes down to personal economics. If a hunter likes and can afford these new, expensive broadheads, he should shoot them. Many of us can't afford these heads, but fortunately, we have less expensive heads that are just as effective. Maybe it's just me, but I seem to detect a hint of disdain toward those who purchase these broadheads. While I don't care to use Chinese goods, it is almost impossible to completely avoid them, but we really don't have a right to condemn those that do. Perhaps we should simply shoot what we like and let others do the same. By the way, Terry, I also remember the blue Zwickeys. Are we getting old, or what?

[Terry Green]

Yeah Sam I guess we are. Entered high school fall of 79 at 14 years old. Once I got my driver's license I was a bowhunting fool. Never got the chance to shoot 12 times before 8 am though. If so, my dad would have bought a couple of coffin coolers for sure, he was that kind of guy.

[GCook]

To me availability is a worse issue than price.  So many are "out of stock, not taking back orders".

[LookMomNoSights]

You can buy blem shafts ....... put a Zwick Delta on the end,  some nice feathers ....... good to go.  It doesn't have to cost a ton.  Prices have shot up,  as with everything else.  Not saying you don't get what you pay for,  sometimes you do......but a good flying arrow for hunting doesn't have to hurt your wallet.  Look for deals and buy some here and there,  ESPECIALLY when you don't really need it ...... that's when you'll see the best deals 

[dnovo]

Yeah I have a package of the blue Zwickeys also. Have a package or 2 of the green ones also plus and bunch of loose ones. I’ve got more than I will ever use.

[string bean]

The cost of some are absolutely obscene, but that don't mean I have to buy them.  Shoot what ya can afford to lose and be happy.

[JohnV]

Just because there are a few broadheads out there selling for $100+ a three pack does not mean there are no lesser priced broadheads that will do a good job.  How many shots do you take in a season?  2?  3? It seems to me the cost per shot is minuscule compared to your total expenditure to hunt each year.  How much you paying this season for gasoline to drive to your hunt location?

[Wudstix]

I also have a few of the blue Kwickey heads.  Shoot Snuffer 160's, predominately.  But do shoot ACE, Magnus, and STOS.  Have a pile of Woodsmen, Grizzly Instinct and VPA waiting their turn.  Just stumbled onto a bunch of Centaur Battle Axe heads, so I'm set for the foreseeable future.  Also have about ten dozen wood shafts bidding their time waiting for stain and fletching.  All I need is the time to hunt!!!
 

[GCook]

Actually no JohnV, some of us will shoot 20, 30, 50 shots at animals every year. 
We can't assume others have the same circumstances or needs as we do.

[Jon Stewart]

I laugh not out of jealousy but why? Been using Black diamonds since the 60's. We sold a ton of those and Bear heads out of the archery shop. Doesn't take much to sharpen them up and if you need more they are relatively cheap in comparison.

If a guy took the time he/she could hit the woods with $10.00 invested in their equipment and kill a deer just as dead as the guy with a thousand dollars worth of equipment. By that I mean I took time to learn how to make a self bow, wood shafts, grind my turkey feathers and flint knap my stone hunting heads. What made it up to $10.00 was the cost for the string material. 

Just the other day a guy in a sport shop showed me a $170.00 drop away rest.  Now that is a head scratcher.

[Alexander Traditional]

Bill Dunn who used to own Zipper bought them out to make the Grizzly Instinct. He got the tooling he wanted I think. I bought a bunch off of him. I don't know how to get in touch with him now though.

[Jerry Gille]

25 plus years ago I used to go in with a guy or two and we'd buy bodkin rejects by the 1000 from Whiffen (I think) for .25 cents each. One of the guys I did this with always complained that they were too high because he had paid .10 cents a piece before I started doing it. I never could tell why many of them were rejects. We bought a few thousands and the price went up again so we quit doing it. Man I wish I would have bought way more now. I am probably down to about 100 left.

Many years ago I figured things would get tight in the glue on market. Mike Sohm with Magnus was getting out of that market and had talked about it being a tough market. I got scared and bought, begged, traded or whatever for as many glue on magnus and zwickey I could get for me and my kids. I have a couple thousand easily of them and bears, ace, and ribbies. My top price was always $40 to $50 per new dozen depending on the head. I paid much less than that for many of them. I'd pay the $50 for Magnus glue on. I am REALLY glad I did that back then. An Ace head today is way more than I have ever paid but I still think it is about the best value out there compared to the others. I would never pay some of the prices I see advertised when Ace is so much cheaper and kills just as good as anything else. Plus Bob and Jan Mayo are about 2 of the best people around!