Tell me about the Zephyr Sasquatch

[Bowhunter4life]

I've been wanting to try them for a while, and found a 1/2 dozen in the classifieds and picked them up.  Still waiting on delivery at this point, but like the looks of the design.

1 9/16" wide main blade with bleeders, sounds like it will do the trick.  I guess I'm looking for your experiences with the head on game.  Penetration with your setup, and overall durability of the head.

Thanks all!

Oh, been shooting wide 2-blades (1 1/2" or wider with great results) just trying other heads just to do it...

[joevan125]

Jeff

Just wanted to let you know i killed a really nice 8 pointer with one of the broadheads i bought from you this past summer.  

[Bowhunter4life]

Awesome Joe!  Congrats!

[Drew]

They hold an edge well, the bleeder blades come out real easy, and they leave a big hole...it's a lot of blade, so I personally wouldn't recommend them for lower poundage bows, or light arrows.

good head in the right set up.

[Bowhunter4life]

Thanks Drew, and a little more background...

I shoot 55# - 75# bows at my 29" draw... mostly my Morrison Shawnees with Dakota and Arapaho limb, and I also have a Thunderstick MOAB @ 60#, and a 70# MOAB on order.  Goldtips are what I usually shoot, but do also have some Arrow Dynamic Trad Heavies and Lites depending on the setup.

[James on laptop]

Well they are the only broadhead I have bought I never hunted with.They looked great,were easy to keep sharp but just were not durable enough for me.Any hit with another arrow in a target butt and the blades popped off.If you use hot melt to mount them the low temp solder they are put together with will drop a blade on the floor.Unless you are shooting them on a slow heavy arrow the arrow flight is among the worst of any I have used.

I know guys have used them with good results and some even love them.I however would not recommend them to anyone unless I had a grudge against them myseld when there are so many better broadheads on the market now days. jmho

[Bowhunter4life]

Well that isn't encouraging news James, but thanks for the info...

[Steel]

I have been using the Sasquatch as a 2 blade no bleeder blade installed on deer/hogs no issues at all 50Lb to 53lb bows at 27" draw 540gr arrow. Holes are huge and blood trails are really easy to follow. Heads sharpen easy enough I have no broke heads and sent a couple into rocky ground no damage other than a nick or two on the blade. I read somewhere that in the past there was some issues with solder and blades breaking loose but the newest heads out since Hornes archery took over have not had this issue? Anyway if I was hunting cape buffalo I might look at a different head but for deer and hogs these have did me a very good job I like the stainless steel also they stay sharp in my quiver longer and don't rust easy.

[Cory Mattson]

we have a couple a members who use them. Sharpen well - fly well - they stay on carbon arrows. Good performance on well hit game - Simmons sharks are better heads though no doubt
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[Don Batten]

I have to agree with Cory, they make a bad hole when hit in the goodies. I have seen some penatration issues on less than perfect shots with bows under 57lbs. DB

[Lost Arra]

I also use them as a two blade.

Three deer.
Three bows (48#, 51#, 53#).
Two carbon arrows, one wood.
Three pass-thrus including multiple broken ribs.
No broadhead damage. In fact, the same broadhead was used on both carbon arrow kills. (CE Heritage 150 and AD Trad Lite)

   

[Bonebuster]

I bought a half dozen when they first came out back in the mid 90`s.

Still have two of them.

Whitetail ribs are easy to get through, and the hole they punch in the hide is incredible.

The steel on the ones I have leaves a little to be desired. They are hard to the point of being brittle. The newer ones are better I have heard.

[Joseph]

I have used them since the 90's with excellent results on everything from hogs to African plains game.  I have heard of issues when the company first traded hands from the original owners to the current ones and the new owners were getting started but I have never experienced any myself.  They make a wicked hole in everything I have ever shot with them    

[maxfit]

3 years ago,I used them in my backyard, only. Tha three i had all broke where the blade meets the ferrule. I shot them alongside snuffers and simmons. My shooting and target at that time left alot to be desired, so they got put into several other things beside foam! Still have the snuffers, and simmons though. Ithink they will zip right thru whitetail ribs, but any marginal shots? I wouldnt chance it.However, I think our Terry Green uses them, so that would Trump anything i say.

[the longbowkid]

easy to sharpen, accurate, but mostly easy to sharpen!!

[Onions]

My buddy shoots a 60lb longbow with the Sasquatch. He put a arrow completely through a moose. I have seen some big holes he put in deer. He always called the holes "The Mark of the Sasquatch".

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[JMartin]

I have shot several hogs with them, HUGE hole. I shoot them out of a 53# Horne's Traditionalist, on 2215 arrows, and I never have had any flight issues with them. I love 'em.

[Terry Green]

I haven't used them a LOT...but I've never seen any flight issues either...yeah, they are wide, but vented.  I've also shot them out of many bows with no flight issues.

I haven't torn one up either.

Cory and Batman can correct me if I'm wrong.....but I am pretty sure their comments are on hogs and I would agree that they are a bit wide for hogs and light bows or arrows.....but should be fine on deer.

"Mark of the Sasquatch"....that reminds me Mark Horne bought the company cause he liked them so much, and he improved them.....he also has run many of the FOUR blade Sasquatches THROUGH a pile of elk over the years.  He'd be a good one to ask.

Jeff....I'll be using them this year in TX on whitetails on our hunt....and have the WWs in the quiver as well for the hogs.

Killed my biggest deer ever with one as well...this 260 pounder....

     

     


Cut this oversized deer rib with ease....

     

     

[raghorn]

It depends  if you have the original Zephyrs by Brad Winger or the new version by Horne. The original was super tough! I mounted one of the originals on a Compressed hemlock arrow for a total weight of 750 gr and shot it into the basement cement wall at 10 yards with a 60# bow. Five times...then the shaft buckled, never any damage to the head. Some of the originals were black paint and later on they were unpainted. The difference between the two versions is easy to see....the original had a weld/solder all the way around the ferrule to blade contact areas. The new version is only soldered at the tip and rear.
I'm very disappointed with the new version.

[Bowhunter4life]

Wow Terry, I don't think I've ever seen you shoot anything but your trusty Delta 4-blades... I know you shoot other heads but I've never seen it.  

I'll see when I get them, but I think I'm still going to use my Silver Flame DS this year on the TX hunt.  I just gotta see what they do to a deer!