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Old 09-19-2005, 08:09 AM
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I shot a doe last night with a 100 grain Spitfire on an 29" ACC 360 out of a 65# Martin cougar at 16 yards. She was standing straight broadside, I hit here 3" Back from the shoulder and center of body in hight. Perfect double lung shot. I had NO pass through. I can not believe that this arrow didn't pass through. It left only a mark on the inside of the opposite side rib cage. I caught two ribs at the same time with the blades but that still shouldn't of mattered! It did leave a nice hole in the entrance side! I will not shoot another deer with these heads. I new I should of stuck with my Muzzy's. BBBB....BAD TO THE BONE
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:27 AM
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I tried the 125 grain Spitfires a couple years ago and lost two does,one week apart. Both were good hits, I left the woods and came back in the morning before work.
Good blood trail at first, then petered out. I found both arrows about 30 yards down the trail. Niether were pass thru shots.
I was shooting my FX at 60 lbs.
I went back to Magnus/Nugent 2 blade and have had pass thru shots on almost every deer since.
I know people that swear by the expandables but they just didn't work well for me. I hate losing deer.
It had been about 10 years since I had lost a deer up to that point.

It will be fixed blades,cut on contact for me!
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:31 AM
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My cousin uses the 125 gr. spitfires and absolutely annilated a buck this year with it. Complete pass through and there was tons of blood . It didn't even make it out of the field.
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:32 AM
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shot the 100 gr spitfires for two seasons. first shot was on a four pt at 6 yds quartering away. poor arrow penetration, but that deer only made it 12 yds before piling up. the next was a doe I lost at 20 yds. poor penetration again. I only shot these because I was having set up problems and my bow was 2500 mi away with me in the usn. I don't understand how some of these celebrities have pass throughs all the time on video. my bow was a 70# xi shooting a 450 gr arrow at about 245 fps. I've since gone back to my trusty thunderhead 100s, and haven't had an issue since. hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:32 AM
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I have taken 3 deer with the Spifires and 2 with the Scorpion XPs. All were pass throughs from my tree stand about 20 feet high.
I am now using Wasp Sharpshooters, Stingers and Slick Tricks just to see how these heads work this year.
Whether or not expandables work well or not is a dead horse. Too many arguments about them already. Just use whatever head you fell comfortable with.
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:40 AM
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Buelhunter, you're right on the money. Too much energy lost on impact with mechanicals. I like the NAP Thunderheads. One less thing to go wrong, especially if it's a trophy in your sights.
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Old 09-19-2005, 02:39 PM
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I used 100gr Spitfires for several years because I couldn't get fixed blades to fly right out of my Mathews LX. I was generally disappointed with their performance and lost 2 well-shot deer while using them. One was a doe that was about 10 yards, did not get a complete pass through and a very poor blood trail. The other was a buck that also was a good shot at 20 yards, weak blood trail and never found him. Am going back to 100gr Thunderheads this year and have them shooting pretty well. I did shoot a buck last year, 20 yards quartering away that left a fantastic blood trail and the deer only went about 75 yards after the shot; so it wasn't every deer that was a problem.
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Old 09-19-2005, 02:48 PM
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I'll take all your spitfire heads.No problem at all with them. I've taken several bucks and 2 does , plus a couple turkeys, all pass thru's, and excellant blood trails.

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Old 09-19-2005, 02:50 PM
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Big John, is that triangular cut in the heart from the Spitfire or when you were cleaning him?
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Old 09-19-2005, 03:02 PM
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All too often "we" blame the broadheads for "our" poor shots!
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