RE: my muzzy let me down
 

If it killed the tree it did it's job.

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

If it will make you feel better, think about what happens to a car when it hits a tree <img src=icon_smile_blackeye.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

It's OK to not worship the Muzzy broadhead! I used them for many years. A couple years ago, I experienced what I would consider a significant failure of the head. I'll try and post a picture of the failure soon. In a nutshell, the 3-blade 125-grain Muzzy completely destroyed itself on the shoulder-bone of a whitetail, and the arrow penetrated less than 2&quot;.

My hunting partner experienced the exact same thing a year later. I've switched broadheads since then. I know the Muzzy is a quality head, and I realize that the same thing may have happened with another broadhead, but I still can't bring myself to use them.

MOCraig

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

I find the the muzzy is a good broadhead flies true....but that is a problem with them. I used them on a field shoot into sand and had the same problem. I like them but I know they could be better.

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

I had a problem with the 90 grain 4 blade Muzzy heads I tried this year. They never flew consistent enough for me and I missed a deer this year with them.........when I retrieved the arrow the head was destroyed so I dug up the hole only to find a small tree root was what cause all that damage. I switched the heads immediately and put a WASP JAK-HAMMER through the heart of a 6 pt 3 days later.

I am sure Muzzy's are great heads. For whatever reason they didn't do well with my setup. Just find the heads that work best for you and nothing else matters.

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

Atlas,You went hunting with a broad head that wasn't flying right? Why would you do something like that?

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

I finally snapped a photo of the Muzzy I described, and thought I'd post it. Again, I'm not totally knocking Muzzy here, but I think it's important that people know they aren't necessarily bullet-proof.

This broadhead is the result of a 12-yard shot, almost perfectly level, at a Kansas buck, fired out of a 68-lb. Hoyt Striker Redline, at the end of a 29&quot; Nitro Stinger Gold. The arrow did not go any further than about 2&quot; and popped out. This is a 3-blade 125-grain Muzzy.


My hunting partner had the same thing happen to him about a year later.

MOCraig

Edited by - MOCraig on 12/27/2002 10:35:46

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

MoCraig, How far away were you that it took the arrow 12 years to get there?<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

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MoCraig, How far away were you that it took the arrow 12 years to get there?<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>


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Oops...that would be one heckuva long shot, wouldn't it?? 12-yards....I fixed it....

MOCraig

RE: my muzzy let me down
 

I had the same thing happen to my Muzzy 4 blades several years ago. Broke off the tip, just at the base of the treads on 2 heads after going thru a target and killing a tree. I was living in Atlanta, near Muzzy's offices. Stopped by and showed them the heads. They wanted to keep them to investigate the problem. Gave me a tour, including a live drum test. Then gave me a new package of heads. Great people, great head. Send them back to Muzzy with an explaination of what happened.