Simmons Great White

[Friend]

Have yet, to see any pics of harvests with the 250 gn-2 5/16" wide Simmons Great White.

I am hoping to unleash the Great White this turkey season. My last 17 birds have been taken with a Tree Shark and was ready to experiment. Note: The vast majority, with the Tree Shark have been complete pass thrus. Am hoping the results are promising as I had previously planned to 1st add the Great White to my arsenal this deer season.

Please share any applicable harvest pics and share your thoughts from your experience with the Great White?

[Terry Green]

Gary 'Flingblade' posted about his Javalia on the 1st Laredo hunt.

[Terry Green]

BTW, it was a great story, and I was in on the blood/intestine trail.  The gash was devastating to say the least.

[Flingblade]

This was the entrance hole on my javelina shot with the Great White head.

You can see it's a little behind the diaphragm.  I think Terry would agree, if it hadn't been for such a wide wound channel we probably would not have recovered the javi.  We were finding 10-12" chunks of intestine hanging from the prickly pear.  The javi was quartering away and the arrow exited further forward taking out the back of one lung.
 

[Flingblade]

And this is the exit hole.

[Flingblade]

This is a buck I shot in Oklahoma last fall with the Great White head.  He was about six yards or so when I shot.  The arrow lopped the back lobe off of both lungs.  I watched blood pump out of the hole as the buck ran away.  He made it about sixty yards and I heard him crash. 

[Flingblade]

I took this picture when I first found the buck.  He had spun around and was facing the direction he came from.  He crossed over the downed limb leaving a lot of blood, spun around and tipped over.  Simmons leave great blood trails and the Great White is certainly no exception. 

[Flingblade]

I've been shooting Simmons heads for about 10 or 12 years now.  I shot my last turkey with the Great White head and probably at least a dozen before that with the Tree Shark.  I really like them.  They fly great for me.  Never plane or whistle and have saved me a few times on marginal shots.  "Knock on wood", I've never lost an animal that I hit with a Tree Shark or Great White head. 
Good luck with the turkeys this spring Friend!  I look forward to seeing the pictures and reading the stories!

[Friend]

Thank you, gentlemen for the most encouraging responses.

I am pumped....

[Wudstix]

I really like Centaur heads (170 and 190gr) Big Game and Battle Axe, very similar to Simmons, but in glue on.  Too bad their bigger heads are screw in only.  Even my aluminum and carbon arrows take glue on heads.
 

[Gordon Jabben]

Well, I guess I'm getting a little off subject but for what ever reason, I just don't have many complete pass throughs on turkeys like i do on deer.   

[Terry Green]

Because Turkeys 'roll with the punch'. Not enough weight to be able to not be effected at impact.

[Wudstix]

That makes sense, I hit a jake at about 18 feet and Snuffer tipped tapered wood arrow stopped at the fletch.  From my MOAB.
 

[Buck350]

Nice diamentions for sure.  Only down sides I see is that I would have to change to a longer arrow, and I have way to many arrows now to even think about buying more. and 2, being that wide and not vented, they could be susceptible to planing.

I prefer the 165 grain tree sharks and centaur battle axes.

[Flingblade]

When I first bought the 190 grain treesharks I was skeptical.  I thought there's no way these heads will fly well and not plane.  I was surprised when I shot them and they flew like darts, hitting right where my field points hit.  I have had the same experience with the Great White heads.  Here's my theory as to why they fly so well.  At the end of the shaft the head is less than an inch wide.  All of the width and most of the surface area of the head is behind the tip of the shaft which makes it act more like fletching.  Simmons calls this "reduced tip leverage" on their website. 
The tape measure is layed across the head at the end of the shaft.

I'm not trying to convince anyone to try these heads, just sharing my thoughts on why they fly so well for me.  These are the kinds of things I think about when I've been sitting in my turkey blind for a couple hours waiting to hear that next gobble. 
One of the drawbacks is that you do need an arrow that's an inch longer to accommodate this head and if you use a back quiver, they could be difficult to draw out because of the width.  On the plus side though, they named them after one of my favorite 80's rock bands, Great White!      

[Terry Green]

No doubt wouldn't I be worried about using them if I had at my disposal thirty inch arrows!!! I Just don't have any shafts that I can use them at the moment.  They would be great for those pillows
(Javies)in south texas. And more!!!

[Friend]

The Great Whites w/a 100 gn insert accompanying them are sharpened while the arrow is well tuned.

Come on gobs...

[Tim Finley]

My son shot a sow with a Great White and hit it to far back but we found it I dont think we would have gotten it if not for the large head . But then he shot a big boar and it only got through the shield and it was done penetrating when it hit the ribs .  Great Whites Maybe good for turkeys but I don't think it was the head to use on big hogs .

[Wudstix]

For decent sized pigs (250#+) I like low and tight to the front leg.  Been successful with Magnus Mag, ACE, Snuffer, and would like to try Centaur.  Have pushed some tapered Cedar through pigs, but prefer 2219.  Don't like breaking tapered, footed arrows on pigs.  Usually, using 160-190 grain heads, but 250 is not out of the question.
 

[MCS]

So would I be correct in saying these heads are better suited for higher poundage bows,not something in the 40s.