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Old 03-15-2003 | 07:57 PM
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vERN
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Default RE: What broadheads have you had problems with

I tried Pucketts once. Shot like a dream - penetrated like a nightmare. Cost me a deer - couldn' t find any blood at all for about 125 yds, and then not enough to trail. Also used to shoot Rocky Mtn. 110 gr heads. Liked everything about them except that sometimes the head loosened just enough from rotation when hitting the target that a blade could come out. Never had a blade break, though. Then Gametracker came out with a head that looked just like the MR and had the locking collar on the back. Great, I thought. I now have the best of two worlds. HOWEVER, when shooting them in the target, mixing RM' s, whenever the two heads met up the Gametracker always had the broken blade. Helped a young hunter finish off a deer and hit it in the spine. All three blades were broken! Never hunted with a Gametracker head again. I am using Muzzy 100 3-blade and like them. The only thing is that the thread length on the ferrel is a little small and can get damaged if it hits something hard. I do not shoot a speed bow, so don' t have trouble with tuning - about 230 FPS with carbon arrows. When I taught bow hunter ed classes for the state and we came up to broadheads, I would ask how many were using mechanicals. The answer was always the same - " Used to" , and the reason was poor, or no, blood trail. I have been playing around with the SteelForce 100 gr. and they fly good, but hate to give up on the MZY' s as they have been so good for me.

I am an ol' deerluvr - whether in the woods or on the platter.
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