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08-08-2005 | 10:49 PM

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From: Mississippi USA

RE: Grizzly Broadheads

Depends on your bow weight and what you are shooting Alex. For most game animals, if you can pull a reasonably heavy bow most any decentbroadhead will do. Pigs can be tough, but usually aren't that large, and if you put the arrow in the right spot, they can be penetrated.

Now, if you are hunting a super tough animal, a very large animal, and/or are limited in what you can pull, Grizzlys are great. I know a lady in PA who killed a record book gemsbok with her longbow, pulling 47@26 --that's all the weight she could handle. However, she still got complete broadhead penetration on this elk-sized critter--she was using Grizzlys. With a wider blade, there would have been too much resistance and she wouldn't have gotten as much penetration. BTW, it went approximately 65 yds and piled up.

I've been talking to different hunters who have killed water buffalo. These are super tough animals--thick hide, large, tight ribs, huge bodies with the vitals down deep. The preferred head for these hunters is Grizzly, because of the penetration. A large hole doesn't mean squat if it doesn't get to the heart and lungs. Some even narrow thethe head for better penetration.

In Dr. Ed Ashby's tests, the Grizzly broadheads were tops in penetration. Personally, I rather have a smaller hole in both lungs than a larger one in one lung.

That being said, I don't hunt with Grizzlys--I shoot a fairly heavy bow, and have never hunted any animals that were that hard to kill. I do plan on it though, and Grizzlys are one of the top broadheads I will consider for it.

Chad

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