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Rage broadheads... i've always heard the horror stories!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bowhunter57" data-source="post: 706887" data-attributes="member: 24203"><p><span style="color: darkgreen">skeeterboud,</span></p><p><span style="color: #006400">Are you shooting the MX series of Muzzy broadheads? The MX series has a shorter ferrule and that's what's needed for faster shooting bows. Short ferruled broadheads are more aerodynamic and offer less surface area for wind planing. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #006400">I've been shooting Fuse Banshee, Slick Trick's Razor Trick and MX3 Muzzy with excellent accuracy, out to 50 yards. Same POI as my field tips, out to the same 50 yards. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #006400">I can put on a Thunderhead 100, Satilite Titan 100, Wasp Hammer SST and they will all drop 4" to 6" low, at any yardage. The ferrules are longer and it adds to the FOC balance and changes the aerodynamics of the shaft's flight charactoristics.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #006400">Using mechanicals has solved a lot of people's problems, but it's created some too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> I don't care for mechanical broadheads for large game. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good ones out there. However, the biggest mistake most bowhunters make is getting too large of a cutting diameter and ruining their chances of a pass through.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #006400">Unless the bow that's being used produces plenty of K.E., there's a good chance of NOT getting a pass through. Think about it this way... You're hunting from a treestand and taking a downward angle shot. Don't you want the bottom exit would to leak blood? A bow kills by way of hemorage. Are you going to have a blood trail? How many bowhunting shows have you watched and you see the shot with about half of the arrow sticking out of the animal?</span></p><p><span style="color: #006400">I have to ask myself... Could I find that deer, shot this way? I'd rather not attempt it. I'd rather shoot a smaller diameter cutting width, make the shot and find the deer via a decent blood trail, made by a sharp well placed broadhead. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #006400">Bowhunter57</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bowhunter57, post: 706887, member: 24203"] [COLOR=darkgreen]skeeterboud,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]Are you shooting the MX series of Muzzy broadheads? The MX series has a shorter ferrule and that's what's needed for faster shooting bows. Short ferruled broadheads are more aerodynamic and offer less surface area for wind planing. :)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]I've been shooting Fuse Banshee, Slick Trick's Razor Trick and MX3 Muzzy with excellent accuracy, out to 50 yards. Same POI as my field tips, out to the same 50 yards. :cool:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]I can put on a Thunderhead 100, Satilite Titan 100, Wasp Hammer SST and they will all drop 4" to 6" low, at any yardage. The ferrules are longer and it adds to the FOC balance and changes the aerodynamics of the shaft's flight charactoristics.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]Using mechanicals has solved a lot of people's problems, but it's created some too. :rolleyes: I don't care for mechanical broadheads for large game. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good ones out there. However, the biggest mistake most bowhunters make is getting too large of a cutting diameter and ruining their chances of a pass through.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]Unless the bow that's being used produces plenty of K.E., there's a good chance of NOT getting a pass through. Think about it this way... You're hunting from a treestand and taking a downward angle shot. Don't you want the bottom exit would to leak blood? A bow kills by way of hemorage. Are you going to have a blood trail? How many bowhunting shows have you watched and you see the shot with about half of the arrow sticking out of the animal?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]I have to ask myself... Could I find that deer, shot this way? I'd rather not attempt it. I'd rather shoot a smaller diameter cutting width, make the shot and find the deer via a decent blood trail, made by a sharp well placed broadhead. :)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006400]Bowhunter57[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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