favorite broad head
09-16-2008, 10:12 PM
#21
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2008
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RE: favorite broad head
I have used mechanicals (RocketAeroheads Hammerhead)in the past and have had a mixed bag of results. The first buck I shot was about 20 yds. broadside, shot him a little far back. However it looked as if you poured blood from a 5 gallon bucket. I also shot a big 8 point with another Hammerhead, about 25 yds. I had good shot placement, but didn't get pass through. So I am not sure what to think. But I am going to trya fixed blade this year though (SabreTitanium). I'll let ya'll know how it works out.
09-16-2008, 11:07 PM
#22
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RE: favorite broad head
ORIGINAL: bcward
I have used mechanicals (RocketAeroheads Hammerhead)in the past and have had a mixed bag of results. The first buck I shot was about 20 yds. broadside, shot him a little far back. However it looked as if you poured blood from a 5 gallon bucket. I also shot a big 8 point with another Hammerhead, about 25 yds. I had good shot placement, but didn't get pass through. So I am not sure what to think. But I am going to trya fixed blade this year though (SabreTitanium). I'll let ya'll know how it works out.
I have used mechanicals (RocketAeroheads Hammerhead)in the past and have had a mixed bag of results. The first buck I shot was about 20 yds. broadside, shot him a little far back. However it looked as if you poured blood from a 5 gallon bucket. I also shot a big 8 point with another Hammerhead, about 25 yds. I had good shot placement, but didn't get pass through. So I am not sure what to think. But I am going to trya fixed blade this year though (SabreTitanium). I'll let ya'll know how it works out.
Another instance of blaming the mech is when the shot is made and the hunter finds his/her arrow on the ground and the blades are closed. So they assume the head never opened.[&:] That's not the case. What DID happen is the head did indeed open. Then the blades snapped shutfrom the inertia of the arrow stopping.
09-17-2008, 05:43 PM
#24
Spike
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RE: favorite broad head
I am not condemming mechanicals at all. I am just simply reporting my experience. However I do think that many hunters use mechanical heads instead of fixed because they don't or can't tune fixed blade broadheads to produce an accurate shot. So using a mechanical allows them to shoot their broadheadsstraight out of the box. I also believe less energy is transferred tho the target using mechanicals, this is due to the fact that a certain amount of energy is lost when it opens, the loss may be fractional, but there is still a loss. I thinkthat it is important to continually evolve as ahunter that is why I am switching to fixed blades to improve my success as a bowhunter. In the end each hunter must use whats is best for them and what they have confidence in.
Everyone has their personal opinion we might as well be discussing which is better Ford or Chevy....by the way I'm a Ford man.
Everyone has their personal opinion we might as well be discussing which is better Ford or Chevy....by the way I'm a Ford man.
09-17-2008, 08:18 PM
#25
Join Date: Aug 2008
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RE: favorite broad head
I like a plethora of broadhead but I am most partial to Rocket Aeroheads, especially the Buckblaster. To go ahead and add as I've seen it brought up in a few post, I am shooting a high KE bow, a little over 70 lbs (not saying the stronger the pull the better but I am a big guy and it works great for me 
). I posted a pic on the gear and review thread as it devestated the deer from the past Saturday. I have also seen the broadhead used for a few years by a few other folks I know and none of us have ever been let down by this head. I will say it's possible that a lower KE bow would not shoot these heads properly (to work properly on impact anyways).
). I posted a pic on the gear and review thread as it devestated the deer from the past Saturday. I have also seen the broadhead used for a few years by a few other folks I know and none of us have ever been let down by this head. I will say it's possible that a lower KE bow would not shoot these heads properly (to work properly on impact anyways).
09-18-2008, 09:11 PM
#26
Spike
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RE: favorite broad head
I too shoot a bow that has a 70 lb pull, as I too am a big guy (6'3" 270). That is the bow that I have shot for years. I am not, as I said, condemming mechs. I have had some success with Rockets, and I too have a couple friends that use them, thats how I found out about them.I alsohave a couple friends that quit using mechs. for the same reason I stated in my earlier post. All the people I mentioned in this post are highly experienced, avid bowhunters, all with 15 years exp. or more. I guess that further proves what I wrote earlier, we all have to use what we are most successful with and also have condfidence in.
09-22-2008, 09:49 AM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
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RE: favorite broad head
ORIGINAL: Handles
If the blades snap shut upon stoppage, then they are no longer cutting inside the deer,yet another reason that fixed blades can be better.
If the blades snap shut upon stoppage, then they are no longer cutting inside the deer,yet another reason that fixed blades can be better.
I don’t use mech.’s; but that’s what makes sense in my mind.
09-22-2008, 08:43 PM
#30
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
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RE: favorite broad head
ORIGINAL: bcward
I am not condemming mechanicals at all. I am just simply reporting my experience. However I do think that many hunters use mechanical heads instead of fixed because they don't or can't tune fixed blade broadheads to produce an accurate shot. So using a mechanical allows them to shoot their broadheadsstraight out of the box. I also believe less energy is transferred tho the target using mechanicals, this is due to the fact that a certain amount of energy is lost when it opens, the loss may be fractional, but there is still a loss. I thinkthat it is important to continually evolve as ahunter that is why I am switching to fixed blades to improve my success as a bowhunter. In the end each hunter must use whats is best for them and what they have confidence in. Everyone has their personal opinion we might as well be discussing which is better Ford or Chevy....by the way I'm a Ford man.
I am not condemming mechanicals at all. I am just simply reporting my experience. However I do think that many hunters use mechanical heads instead of fixed because they don't or can't tune fixed blade broadheads to produce an accurate shot. So using a mechanical allows them to shoot their broadheadsstraight out of the box. I also believe less energy is transferred tho the target using mechanicals, this is due to the fact that a certain amount of energy is lost when it opens, the loss may be fractional, but there is still a loss. I thinkthat it is important to continually evolve as ahunter that is why I am switching to fixed blades to improve my success as a bowhunter. In the end each hunter must use whats is best for them and what they have confidence in.
Everyone has their personal opinion we might as well be discussing which is better Ford or Chevy....by the way I'm a Ford man.