Grizzly 145

[Bullseye803]

I love these heads. They sharpen very easily and fly great, but I hunt in the THICK woods of South Carolina. I know hit in the spot they won't go far, but how do these heads on average do creating good blood trails. Where I hunt some places you can't see past ten yards, that's why i'm curious.

[Pinecone]

I use Grizzly heads most of the time. I have experienced excellent blood trails on every hunt except one...and that was as a result of a driving rain.  The Grizzly 145 is an excellent head and I would not hesitate to use them in any foliage condition.

Claudia

[Bjorn]

As good as it gets; and like you said it sharpens easily too!

[Dave2old]

I agree on Griz quality. Often, blood trail quality is more a result of where the arrow hits, whether it stays in or passes through, and other such variables, rather than how many blades a head has or how big it is. A high lung hit most often doesn't spurt blood, as it bleeds internally, where low lungs and/or heart bleeds profusely, as does liver. I the shaft stays in, muscle quickly contracts round it and shuts off bleeding. My goal, thus, is not to create a lot of blood on the ground, but to get a low heart/lung broadside pass-through that will put the animal down within sight, even in thick cover. Nothing beats a Grizzly for pass-through capability, esp. if you remodel the tip to a Tanto point.

[Rick McGowan]

The biggest blood trail I ever saw was from a 160 Grizzly, which is the exact same size. It was only seven paces LONG though! However having said that, I use the biggest head that I am reasonably sure will give me an exit hole on the biggest animal I am likely to get a shot at. The whitetails in the SE are not difficult to shoot through, so I use bigger heads.

[bowdude]

I rarely look more than 10 yards ahead for my blood trail.  My eyes are not that good any more.

[Recurve50LBS]

I too willbe using 145 Griz heads this year for the first time. I bought 2 packages of them and sharpend the first 6 with no problems. Shaving sharp. The second batch of 6 is where my troubles began. Seems the steel is a lot harder than the first 6 heads. My file can't hardly scratch them. ANy ideas how to get through this? By the way What is a Tanto point? Any pics of a Tanto point?
Larry

[Bullseye803]

I use a new 8" bastard file. I lay it flat and run the head down the file putting hard pressure. I find laying the file flaton a hard surface will not let it give in the middle while appling hard pressure. The point that the Grizzly has is a Tanto point. This type of point causes the broadhead to still rotate as it enters the target instead of stopping. If you shoot it in a foam target you will see a S-shape entry instead of the typical 2 blade straight up and down hole.

[Blackhawk]

I guess I am so inept   :mad:  at sharpening that I have to stay with Magnus and Zwickey (which are so easy to sharpen that "even a caveman can do it").  

I could never get the Grizzly sharp enough for my tastes, but they fly as good as any broadhead out there.

[troutms]

Are the 100 gr as tough as the rest? I've got 75 gr steel inserts in them.

[last arrow]

I use grizzleys and Zwickeys, and agree that zwickeys are easier to sharpen but grizzleys penetrate better when sharp.  I put my file in vise and push the grizzlys down it - take a lot of metal off to reduce the bevel angle.  Once the edge starts folding aroung the bevel, knock the wire of with a hone and it is sharp.  I start with 145s and end up with them about 125 - 135, just like the Zwickeys I use. After reading Dr. Asbys lastest report, I am going to try and put a single bevel on some Zwickeys to see how they work.

[mongo45]

i tried the redi-edge sharpener as a last ditch effort to sharpen my 160 gr grizzleys.  i was ready to give up on the grizzleys because i couldn't sharpen them.  after about ten minutes i had my grizzley shaving hair off my forearm using the readi-edge.  it is a great sharpener that cost $17.00.  check out the braveheart archery web site on grizzley sharpening/  worked great for me.  
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