I will be using the RFA Phoenix, Slick Trick Magnum and I have one Rock Mtn. Snyper left. Not sure if I will try one of the head lopper types or not. Anyone have a suggestion or comment?
2 Blade rage for fall season the same time I'm deer hunting.
i`ve had good luck with a 100 grain grimm reaper.
I'm gonna be using a 2 blade Rage. I'm also thinking of putting some of the Cabela's Adder Points behind them to cut down on penetration. Anybody else use them?
Magnus Bullheads & Stingers with the trad bow.
Turkey Tomahawk's with the compound.
Simmons Treesharks with the longbow or recurve. Fly good and cut WIDE :happy0064:
Will be using Slick Tricks this fall.
I'm old school, mostly shoot a fixed cut on contact 2 blade set up, the last I bought was the Magnus, I loved the old carbon steel bear razor heads, they always sharped up and flew great.
Last couple of years I've been eyeball'n the mechanical heads, maybe I'm evolving away from my caveman mentality.
I'll be sticking with my Rage 2 blades again this year, and also still trying to get a shot with the Bullheads.
i shot WASP fixed blades for years. but i think i'm trying slick tricks this fall
slicktrick MAGS :cross2:
Something mechanical for sure may try the Rage. I have talked to guys who have used the adder points to slow down the penetration with good look I may just try that combo of Rage and adder points my self.
Quote from: blueribbon on February 10, 2011, 08:57:13 AM
Something mechanical for sure may try the Rage. I have talked to guys who have used the adder points to slow down the penetration with good look I may just try that combo of Rage and adder points my self.
Thats what i was thinking. The way i look at it with a turkey you dont want a complete pass through. By leaving the arrow in the bird it will help immobilize it better and make recovery easier. The last thing you want is a bird taking flight before it dies and going a couple hundred yards. You guys with more experience bowhunting them correct me if I'm wrong.
Quote from: Fox Fire on February 08, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
I'm old school, mostly shoot a fixed cut on contact 2 blade set up, the last I bought was the Magnus, I loved the old carbon steel bear razor heads, they always sharped up and flew great.
Last couple of years I've been eyeball'n the mechanical heads, maybe I'm evolving away from my caveman mentality.
You should take a look at the Red Feather Archery broadheads. I have the Phoenix 100 grain and they fly with field points. They are single beveled to produce a better wound channel.
http://www.redfeatherarcheryonline.com/
Even with a large cut mechanical head the last thing you want to do is slow it down. Let that head do it's job and get through the bird. To me it's about how much damage you can do with your shot, and you have to remember that those tough feathers and bones are already taking a toll on your arrow's momentum on impact. As long as you hit vitals, spine or hips you will put the bird down. Use whatever broadhead you are confident in, but my recommendation is to use the largest cut mechanical you can get your hands on.....remember, those kill zones are small.
Slick Trick 100 grain Mags and Grim Reaper 100 grain 1 3/8" cutt :icon_thumright:
Quote from: Ack on February 10, 2011, 11:01:20 AM
Even with a large cut mechanical head the last thing you want to do is slow it down. Let that head do it's job and get through the bird. To me it's about how much damage you can do with your shot, and you have to remember that those tough feathers and bones are already taking a toll on your arrow's momentum on impact. As long as you hit vitals, spine or hips you will put the bird down. Use whatever broadhead you are confident in, but my recommendation is to use the largest cut mechanical you can get your hands on.....remember, those kill zones are small.
yeah that makes sense. Thanks!!
Rocket Sledgehammer's and Magnus Bullheads.
Quote from: Ack on February 10, 2011, 11:01:20 AM
but my recommendation is to use the largest cut mechanical you can get your hands on.....remember, those kill zones are small.
This.
IMO it is not looking to slow down the arrow that I would try the adder point it would be to transfer the energy to the bird. I have shoot through amny Gobblers and then I spend on average chasing down the ones that flew off. When I shoot a mechanical that tranfsers enrgy the bird rarely flys as it tumbles it with the force of the impact. Not saying this is right to all but it is my thinking I guess. It has worked for me. I totally agree with the bigger the cut the better!!!
2 Blade rage on my Mathews and 100gr Muzzy on my Excalibur.
Quote from: Ack on February 10, 2011, 11:01:20 AM
Even with a large cut mechanical head the last thing you want to do is slow it down. Let that head do it's job and get through the bird. To me it's about how much damage you can do with your shot, and you have to remember that those tough feathers and bones are already taking a toll on your arrow's momentum on impact. As long as you hit vitals, spine or hips you will put the bird down. Use whatever broadhead you are confident in, but my recommendation is to use the largest cut mechanical you can get your hands on.....remember, those kill zones are small.
i agree. two holes is better than one. i have only shot 1 turkey with a bow. when the arrow hit it sounded like it hit a 50gal. barrel.
2 inch rage, and grim reaper whitetails...
Here's what can happen when you send a Rage 2 blade all the way through a bird..... 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCk_TVGrLo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCk_TVGrLo)
Thanks for posting!! Looks like he flopped less than a lot of shotgun birds.
100 gr NAP spitfires.
well i originally wasted my money on some "turkey tearrors" by american broadhead company. they are a fixed blade with a "notch" in each blade to prevent a pass through. from what i have read by almost EVERYBODY that has used them on a bird, they are pretty much useless as the blades get clogged with feathers before it even enters the bird, and in turn it just bounces off. guess now i got some squirrel blades. instead i will be trying the rocket hammer heads, 2" cut.
These look interesting, don't know any one who has used them though. http://www.newarchery.com/products/1-13/broadheads/spitfire-gobbler-getters.html
I'll be using the Rage 40KE. :icon_thumright:
A lot of rage on this site!
Rage 2-blade for me - deer and turkeys.
Muzzy MX-3 or Cabela's Laser Strike mechanicals.
Mechanical, spitfires
I bowhunt for deer, but always used a shotgun on turkeys. Just curious, anyone here shoot the gobbler guillotines? Don't know if they're any good or not but those youtube videos are awesome! :D
SNUFFER :newmascot:
Quote from: StruttinGobbler3 on February 23, 2011, 02:54:54 PM
I bowhunt for deer, but always used a shotgun on turkeys. Just curious, anyone here shoot the gobbler guillotines? Don't know if they're any good or not but those youtube videos are awesome! :D
Ive looked at them but honestly I've never had a turkeys head stay still very long and that's a small target with a bow even with a 4in cut or what ever. I could just see myself at full draw waiting for the birds noggin to stop boobing and weaving long enough for me to release.
I'll be useing the Rage 2 blade this year. I have used NAP Gobbler Getters in the past, but it is hard to beat the Rage.
May try the Gobbler Getters this year.
I use G5 Montec 100 grain for deer and The Guillotine 100 grain for turkey. I switch up arrows and shoot a longer shaft with 5" feathers with the Guillotine's.
Going to try the Trophy Ridge (Rocket) Hammerheads this spring.
I was hoping the Rage 2 blade would be good for gobblers cause that's what I shoot for deer.
The damage those things do on deer is unreal. Ive personally seen a handfull of deer taken with the Rage 2 blades and they have all left a blood trail that a blind man could follow...
:agreed: 2 blade rage all the way great broadhead for all game
I don't turkey hunt with my bow but if I did I would use one of the same ones I deer hunt with....Magnus Buzzcut 100 gr 4 blade
2 blade rage.
Quote from: StruttinGobbler3 on February 23, 2011, 02:54:54 PM
I bowhunt for deer, but always used a shotgun on turkeys. Just curious, anyone here shoot the gobbler guillotines? Don't know if they're any good or not but those youtube videos are awesome! :D
I don't shoot the guillotines, but I'm trying out the Magnus Bullheads this year, which is a head shot broadhead but it's 3 blade. I've been practicing with mine on an old Block layer target and the heads have held up great. I'm dead on out to 40 yards but I would never ever take that long of a shot. My max with these heads are going to be around 15-16 yards...that's just my comfort zone. I'm anxious to see what they can do. What I like about them is that it's either going to be a kill or a clean miss.
I have to use an Xbow still due to left shoulder surgery that has left my left arm/shoulder still pretty weakend even after going on 2 years post surgery. My Parker Cylclone will be chucking the Red Hot bolts with either the 3 balde, 100 gr. Meatseeker or the Spitfire Pro 100 gr. 3 blades. Both have taken more than there share of turkey and deer from both my virtical bow and my Xbow. At 360 fpswith a 425 gr. set up, and pin point accuracy...I'm good!
muzzy 3blade 100gr
I just swapped a couple of calls for a couple of packages of NAP Spitfire Gobbler Getters. I know what I'm going to be flining if given the opportunity. ;D
Heading to MO in a couple of weeks and hope to get to use them.
Spitfire
rage two blade
Rage 2 Blade, pinwheeled one last fall season with one and it dropped in its tracks hit it high just above the leg bone and it just dropped and could not even get up on its wings to move!
Rage 2 blade. Results are devastating on any game.
Quote from: StreetHowitzer on February 10, 2011, 10:57:55 AM
Quote from: Fox Fire on February 08, 2011, 10:17:43 PM
I'm old school, mostly shoot a fixed cut on contact 2 blade set up, the last I bought was the Magnus, I loved the old carbon steel bear razor heads, they always sharped up and flew great.
Last couple of years I've been eyeball'n the mechanical heads, maybe I'm evolving away from my caveman mentality.
You should take a look at the Red Feather Archery broadheads. I have the Phoenix 100 grain and they fly with field points. They are single beveled to produce a better wound channel.
http://www.redfeatherarcheryonline.com/
How do you like those Phoenix broadheads from RFA, what have you killled with them. I was actually thinking about trying them