Thunderhead broadheads
 

What luck have ya'll had with these broadheads?

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I shot them for years. They come fairly sharp and are a tuff head. Only reason I changed is just to try something else. You know how us archers can be, always trying out new stuff.

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started out with them, changed for a while and went back to them. muzzy and thunderheads tie on most of the tests

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very good heads. They are one of the "gold standards" which most bowhunters judge other broadheads.

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I've used them since I started hunting (6 years ago). Every once in a while I think about changing, but then I remind myself, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

They seem to be constant from broadhead to broadhead and rather tough too. This past year I was able to tune them with my bow to shoot <5" 5 shot groups at 40 yds.

I really like them and will probably stick with them for a long time.

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They are my head of choice, and have killed a lot of deer for me.

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Some of your are going to hate me for this: But I won't ever use them again, I will try to make a long story short.

I'm friends (business friends) with a guy from ID who does a lot of Elk hunting. I asked him what broadheads her perfers for hunting elk and he said Muzzy. I asked what he thought about Thunderheads (that is what I used at the time) and he said "one of his hunting partners used to use them and once he shot an elk, hit it in the shoulder and it broke the broadhead. Since they are only supported or fastened by the tip and end of the blade, it don't take much to break them." I though, well I'm hunting deer not elk so I'll continue to use them.

BUTthat next fall, I was out deer hunting. And there was this squirrell that ran around my stand and was continuously setting off my game camera, so one day I just got out there and seen the squirrell 10 yards away. Since my hunt was just beginning, I nocked an arrow (a duller broadhead I use for if I have a shot at turkeys) and shot the squirrell. I hit it right in the back of the head and left it down there until dark when I was ready to go home. At dark I went and got my arrow and the squirrell, I looked at my broadhead and the EXACT SAME THING happening just from shooting the squirrell. A blade busted just from shooting the squirrell because it was only supported at the tip and the end. That is when I switched to Muzzy because a deer is tougher than a squirrell.

I have taken deer with Thunderheads, but I just thought I would share the story of why I switched.

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I used them for years until a friend had me try Wac'ems. I got tired of having to re-sight for T-heads when changing from field tips. And yes my bow is tuned properly.
I had my bow tuned up. Shot my field tips. Put on a wacem, shot right with the field tips. Took the same arrow, took off the wac'em, put on the T-head and it was consistently low left or left. They seem to plane or something.
they are a good head for sure, but I just found something better, for me.

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I've used thunderhead 125s and 100s for about 20 years. Never ever had one break and that included one that was imbedded in a pigs skull. After the skull dried out I could plainly see the broadhead intact in the brain pan. It was in so deep I couldn't pull it out. I'll never switch. BTW, that 20 years includes about 30 deer and 40 pig kills.

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They have always worked for me and fly very accurately to my field points.
Krojeman, the only way I know that a thunderhead will break is if the blade(s) is not correctly installed in tip correctly or the back band is not properly tighten squarely over each blade. This happen to me before when I tried to insert my blades without my eye glasses on. I have taken an arrow with a thunderhead on it before and shot a junked car door out in the woods and the arrow penetrated half way through the door and the broadhead could still be used for hunting after properly installing new blades. I have had the old bear broadheads curl up on me when hitting the shoulderblade but I havent had any preformance problems with the thunderheads.

Bobby

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To Each Their Own...


I'm not here to start a fight, I'm was just stating my opinion and a personal experience with Thunderheads. I'm not saying their bad because I have alsotaken deer with them before switching. Use whatever works for you.


'Opinions are like A$$ Holes, everybody has one.'

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No argument, just a statement and nothing more.

Bobby

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As for me I love them. They respectively out of my bow and from what i have put them through are very tough also. I used one broadhead for this whole season and shot 3 deer, the first a double lung that passed through, the second was a spine shot, and the third one i messed up on and shot a little forward but still blew through the first shoulder and most of the way through the next. Granted it aint as sharp as new but it went right back into the quiver.


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I have used them before and I liked them.

I only had one problem with them. I shot a deer at about 30yds (complete pass through) the deer went about 55yds and fell dead. When I went to get my arrow I noticed that one blade was missing. The other two were still there but loose. The broadhead was also loose and I could turn it about a 1/4 turn before it tightened up to the arrow. I was real carefull when field dressing and sure enough it was still in the deer.

Since the blades are "locked" into place when the broadhead is tightened, I figured it popped off because the broadhead came loose.I used the provided tool to tighten them but every oncein a while I would find one that was slightly loose after shooting it, but never to the point where I lost a blade. That kinda turned me offon them but I still continued to use them (along with Spitfires)until I switch to the G5 Montecs.

Keep an eye on the broadhead to make sure they are tight and they should serve you well.

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They great!!! I shoot em, and have never had one break.

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I use thunderheads and would never change. Ive shot 4 3 deer with the same head.

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I've probably shot my last 50 whitetails with Thunderheads. I've made perfect hits, questionable hits and plain dumb AZZZ hits. The heads have never failed me. In that time I had one blade chip but it could have just as easily been on a rock when it went throught both shoulders and stuck in the ground. I've even gone to the point of buying several others and playing with them, but I never did like any better. They're solid. Make sure you use the UBARs on carbons.

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I had used thunderheads for about 20 years on deer, elk (1), and moose (1), and many fox and groundhogs.I have never experienced any problems with the thunderheads, a great broadhead (imho). Iswitched to Slick Tricks this past deer season -I have no plans to switch back.

-fsh

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Used them for three years, killed my first five deer with them, then had one disintgrate after whizzing through a shoulder of a doe...bad penetration.
Then went to Spitfires (yuck)...
Then we to the Wasp 100gr SST's.....
Couldnt be happier, though I am thinking of trying the Jakhammers...

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bdbwtie101,
I hope you were changing blades after shooting each of those deer. It was hard to tell from your post. All blades should be replaced(or at least touched up if you know how) once they are shot whether they shot an animal, target, or the ground.

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I have used them for 12 years with ablsolutely no problems. I know some people that have switched from them for no reason other than they are not a flashy head. They have been basically the same for many years (although this year a new one is coming out) and I think people are just intrigued with trying new things. They are as reliable as I think you can find.

As far as matching up with fields points, dont use field points. I shoot mine all summer long with just the ferrule and the point. I remove the blades. Basically giving you a long skinny, pointed field point. Then when season comes, I put the blades back in and they fly exactly the same as the ferrules did all summer. I put a little edge back on the tip and awayI go.

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David, just to show my ignorance, whats a ubar? thanks. :eek:

Bobby

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A UBAR "Universal Broadhead adaptor ring". Basically it's a small washer that bridges the gap between a small diameter carbon shaft and the lock ring used to retain the blades. I had to use these this past season when I went to carbons.

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well actually do to my lack of experience then, i never touched them, just cleaned em and felt them and they felt good as new so I used it again. Even though it still feels good as new I nowknow better and always change the blades.


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I used to use thunderheads and shot a lot of deer with them. I've had them break or lose blades when hitting bone a couple of times too. When I started shooting in broadhead tournaments I switched over to Wasp SST Hammers. What I found was that the Wasp's aluminium washer used between the broadhead and the arrow insert, worked much better than the thunderheads rubber o-ring, for keeping the broadhead in alignment with the arrow shaft. I check this on every broadhead that I install by spinning the arrow on an arrow spinner with the point lined up with a line on an index card lying on the table below. I had almost zero point wobble with the Wasps, but I had to really mess around with the thunder heads to eliminate the point wobble. I think it was because the rubber o-ring would squish out un evenly with the thunderheads. I believe that the wasps are a tougher blade as well, they have a sharper, trocar point similar to the muzzy, and the sharp edges of its point aslo line up with the blades to enhance penetration. They have the same or nearly the same cutting diameter as the thunderheads also. The wasps were easier to tune, sharper and tougher than the thunderheads and flew the same. I cannot say that there was a difference in accuracy, because if any broadhead is tuned to the arrow, they should all fly good. I love the wasps, killed lots of deer with them, and won't switch until something better comes along.

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I never had a problem with Thunderheads on game, but I started using Muzzy because I got tired of my T'headsfalling into multiple and sundry pieces every time I unscrewed them from the arrow. [:@]

Muzzy is a much stronger head, much better blade retention system and Ilikethe Trocar points much better than the punch thru typepoints like T'head uses. And you don't have to have them freakin' UBAR's! T'heads are good but Muzzy is better, IMO.

Now I won't use anything but cut on contact heads.

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I didn't know that as I just switched to carbons last year but up to 30 yrds shooting with fingers I'm getting a baseball group. I'm going to have to cheque that out. Thanks for the info.

Bobby