mechanical broadheads

[tunkhannockbowhunter]

mechanical broadheads are as tougher or tougher then a lot of the fixed blade broadheads

[VermontHunter]

Im using the Grim Reaper Tricor Razor Tips this season.....this is why

It employs the same bone cutting tip that the MUZZY uses....

They thick razor sharp cutting blades are set back futher for zero delflection and the blades are spring loaded, that can be opened just by vane contact.

This mechanical is like no other,,,,,it also can be used as a fixed blade head, by simply locking back the three cutting blades....

But remember anything mechanical that has moving parts can be prone to failure,,this is just FACT,,,,but better and better technology and testing is making this less likely.....

Hunt Safe, Hunt Smart, and hopefully we get to see what you have harvested this year..Good Luck....

[PAbowhunter4life]

Any good quality mechanical head will penetrate just as good through a shoulder as any fixed head will, provided you are producing adequate levels of KE.

Bill Winke has put Rocket Steelheads through both shoulders of a bull elk, Brad Ferris from Primos put a Rocky Mt. Snyper through one shoulder of a bull and it lodged in the other, Ralph Ciancurillo has put Spitfires through the shoulders of deer, bear, caribou and moose, and probably a few other animals as well.
Choose a mechanical head with a cutting diameter that will work well with your set up and you'll be just fine.


If you are dead set on the Tekan II then that's fine, they are quality heads, but if you are producing a decent amount of KE, I suggest you give the Rocket Sidewinder a try. It has the Pathfinder tip that is SUPER SHARP at the tip and will bust bone with the best of them in the event you hit bone. The blades are angled back a 1/2" from the tip which eliminates deflection on quartering shots, it has a 1.5" cutting diameter, and the blades open up VERY easily, so you'll have a full width entry and exit hole.

[iabow]

Taken2, they are a very tough head from test I've seen.

[pa_bowhunter38]

I have switched to mechanical too, Silver Strike from Eastman, 1 1/2 inch cutting diameter with a hollow-ground chisel point, good luck

[buddy ahart]

Last year my freind shot a Huuge 12 pointer biggest buck we have every seen taken around where i live he couldnt use any of the meat cause someone shot it in the shoulder with a mechanical and it never opend after seeing that i would never use a mechanical. Just my Opinion

[huntrman]

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Im using the Grim Reaper Tricor Razor Tips this season.....this is why

It employs the same bone cutting tip that the MUZZY uses....

They thick razor sharp cutting blades are set back futher for zero delflection and the blades are spring loaded, that can be opened just by vane contact.

This mechanical is like no other,,,,,it also can be used as a fixed blade head, by simply locking back the three cutting blades....

But remember anything mechanical that has moving parts can be prone to failure,,this is just FACT,,,,but better and better technology and testing is making this less likely.....

Hunt Safe, Hunt Smart, and hopefully we get to see what you have harvested this year..Good Luck....

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This will be my 2nd year of using the Grim Reapers. I ABSOLUTELY love them. They fly exactly like my field tips. Combine that with how they operate, the cutting diameter, and how tough they are, you won't be disappointed if you try these.

[PAbowhunter4life]

Why couldn't you use any of the meat???? If it was that badly spoiled that it wasn't fit for consumption and the buck had that bad of gangreen, it would have died LONG before your buddy ever got a shot at it.

As for not shooting a mechanical head because of that experience, what if you would have found a fixed blade broadhead in it like we did on my buddy's doe a couple of years ago? To boot, it was the "Bad To The Bone" brand, but somehow the bone won. If the mechanical was lodged in the shoulder it was either shot from a set up that it shouldn't have been, or it hit the shoulder joint itself, which NO broadhead will bust, not even a Muzzy.

[madabouthuntin]

I have used the ShockWave by NAP. This is a very good broadhead. I shot a doe either last year or the year before that hit her leg on the way out of her body. It shattered her Leg bone!! I was still able to use the broadhead after cleaning it up (removing fur, meat and such). The price of these at Wally World just increased this year to $21.95 for 3.
I know you will receive many different opinions on broadheads from many different people. I would stick to a GOOD Brand Name no matter which one you decide to try.

Steve

[HeviShot]

I also use ShockWaves for the price and accuracy you can't beat them.

[thegoat273]

I shoot Rocket steelhead areoheads.........they are great. Blew out a shoulder w/ these mechanicals.
They fly like field points and to this date have never had a problem.

[buddy ahart]

the meat all on the right side of the deer was dis colored it all smelled weird once we skinned the deer so the risk of eating it and getting sick out weighed the little meat that we would have gotten cause he shot it in the rear leg on the other side so it was blown to bits you would gotten maybe a small rost and the shoulder but it still wouldnt have been the risk. that isent the only deer that we have shot with a mechanical b/h in it we found a doe with one in her ribs whoever shot it took a bad angle shot and it split one rib and got lodged in another . Never heard of a fixed not penatrating enough . where was the doe hit maybe thats why it didnt go threw

[HarvDog]

I just picked up some Rocky Mountain Snyper mechanicals. I'll see how they shoot tomorrow...hopefully.

[PAbowhunter4life]

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the meat all on the right side of the deer was dis colored it all smelled weird once we skinned the deer so the risk of eating it and getting sick out weighed the little meat that we would have gotten cause he shot it in the rear leg on the other side so it was blown to bits you would gotten maybe a small rost and the shoulder but it still wouldnt have been the risk. that isent the only deer that we have shot with a mechanical b/h in it we found a doe with one in her ribs whoever shot it took a bad angle shot and it split one rib and got lodged in another . Never heard of a fixed not penatrating enough . where was the doe hit maybe thats why it didnt go threw

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Ummmmmmmmm, here is an EXACT quote from your first response......

"someone shot it in the shoulder with a mechanical and it never opend after seeing that i would never use a mechanical."



Yet now, in your very next response to justify why you don't use mechanical heads, you just stated that someone shot it in the rear leg? You are going to blame someone not harvesting a deer shot in the rear leg on the mechanical broadhead? You're joking, right? LMAO


On top of that, you've now found does with mechanicals broadheads sticking everywhere in them. I especially love the one about one not penetrating through a rib, that's hysterical. A field point launched out of my bow would crack a rib in half. Good lord man, keep the laughs coming!!! As far as fixed broadheads not penetrating, try shooting one in to the ball joint of a shoulder of a deer, or even the rear leg for that matter, then you'll see for yourself.



Will you please just come out and say you've read articles about how evil mechanical heads are, or just tell us that you know a guy, who knew a guy that said that a guy he knew told him about this other guy that doesn;t like mechanical heads cause they are stupid.


I am shooting a Mathews SQ2, 30" , 70 lb. with 406 grain Gold Tip XT Hunter arrows at 272 fps, which adds up to 67 lb. of KE. I'll bet money my expandable Rocket Sidewinders will shatter anything your heads will, and leave a bigger hole in doing so

[Bloodtrailer]

NAP spitfire XP's dont mess around...