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jrdntboy09 07-19-2012 01:15 AM

Expandable-2 blade rage extreme....I've shot just about everyone out there and u can't beat accuracy out to 60 yards and great blood trail..better than any fixed blade hands down....but if u like fixed I would go with Montec carbon steel, they fly great and are razor sharp but not the blood trail of rage

Gerald 07-19-2012 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by hadabite (Post 464587)
I don't believe in tuning. I never have tuned and my broad heads shoot the exact same as me field tips! just my 2 cents

What???? So you don't care if your arrow are "fishing tailing" while flying toward the target?

Maybe you bought your bow and were "lucky" to have had it tuned just right by someone that really knew how to properly tune a bow.

IMO...... tunning a bow so it shoots an arrow smoothly [accurately] is just as import as practicing shooting your bow.

If a bow is not set up just right.....the arrow will be "wobbling" as it flies toward the target. You may not see it wobbling, but if the bow launches the arrow "crooked", it will not fly smoothly.

I would paper tuned my bow, but the next year I had to make some adjustments again to get it back to shooting "builets" holes in the paper. So, years ago I starting reading up on bow tunning and found information on different ways to test a bow "tuning". Many of the articles that I read only covered some of the things to do.

I had never considered checking or making adjustments for what they called the "till". My bow "till" was not correct and after making adjustments, the arrows flight was really much smoother.

Craig..... As far as broadheads go, I got into bow hunting 27 years ago and there were a lot cheap broadheads on the market. I tried one of the first mechanicals that came out and it was an epic failure when I shot a deer with it. There are a bunch of very good mechanicals sold now.

I have been shooting the 100 gr Thunderheads for 15 years and have not found a reason to change. I find the Thunderheads do about the same damage to a deer as my .243 cal rifle.

If you would like some assistance in checking and adjusting your bow tunning, I would be glad to have you come over and see if we can improve your arrow flight. Just about anytime is good for me.

hadabite 07-19-2012 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerald (Post 464712)
What???? So you don't care if your arrow are "fishing tailing" while flying toward the target?

Maybe you bought your bow and were "lucky" to have had it tuned just right by someone that really knew how to properly tune a bow.

IMO...... tunning a bow so it shoots an arrow smoothly [accurately] is just as import as practicing shooting your bow.

If a bow is not set up just right.....the arrow will be "wobbling" as it flies toward the target. You may not see it wobbling, but if the bow launches the arrow "crooked", it will not fly smoothly.

I would paper tuned my bow, but the next year I had to make some adjustments again to get it back to shooting "builets" holes in the paper. So, years ago I starting reading up on bow tunning and found information on different ways to test a bow "tuning". Many of the articles that I read only covered some of the things to do.

I had never considered checking or making adjustments for what they called the "till". My bow "till" was not correct and after making adjustments, the arrows flight was really much smoother.

Craig..... As far as broadheads go, I got into bow hunting 27 years ago and there were a lot cheap broadheads on the market. I tried one of the first mechanicals that came out and it was an epic failure when I shot a deer with it. There are a bunch of very good mechanicals sold now.

I have been shooting the 100 gr Thunderheads for 15 years and have not found a reason to change. I find the Thunderheads do about the same damage to a deer as my .243 cal rifle.

If you would like some assistance in checking and adjusting your bow tunning, I would be glad to have you come over and see if we can improve your arrow flight. Just about anytime is good for me.

They were asking about tunning arrows! And yes of course my bow is tuned!

IslandRunner 07-19-2012 01:52 PM

Bloodrunners or Rage 2 !!!!!

Goosepond Monster 07-19-2012 02:29 PM

NAP Thunderheads were included with my bow package, so I'll be rolling with those this fall. I need to get another set, because Hunter's Friend only sends three broadheads with the ready-to-shoot packages. I figure I need one for every arrow.

I wish I could remember the brand, but I was watching a show on the Outdoor Channel last weekend and whatever broadhead the guy was using was just wicked. He shot a doe and it didn't go more than twenty yards.

As for fixed vs. mechanical, I vote for fixed. I know that the failure rate is low the the mechanical broadheads, but I'd hate to shoot a big buck and it be the one time that the broadhead fails.

Slidellkid 07-19-2012 05:31 PM

Nothing wrong with Muzzy or Thunderhead, have used them both with good results, but that being said the quickest kills I have ever made (watched all deer fall) were with mechanicals. I really like the mechanicals and will continue to use them.

Jabeaux 07-19-2012 08:55 PM

Switching from Rage 2 blade to Grim Reaper this year. Have had the blades fall open too many times on them Rage and am tired of messing with them.

Feesherman 07-20-2012 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by hadabite (Post 464912)
They were asking about tunning arrows! And yes of course my bow is tuned!

To tune arrows you have to make the proper adjustments to your bow! I would never shoot a mechanical. There is a reason most western outfitters won't allow you to shoot mechanicals. They were invented so people didn't have to learn to tune their bow. I don't understand why anyone would allow an extra thing to possibly go wrong. You will have that with mechanicals. Not opening, opening on release, broken blades, freezing and not opening etc. etc. etc. Fixed blade in a tuned bow will always cut a big hole in the animal!

buddy ro 07-20-2012 07:21 AM

i shot rage for a couple years and and the last 4 years ive been shooting steelforce

wtretrievers 07-20-2012 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Feesherman (Post 465175)
To tune arrows you have to make the proper adjustments to your bow! I would never shoot a mechanical. There is a reason most western outfitters won't allow you to shoot mechanicals. They were invented so people didn't have to learn to tune their bow. I don't understand why anyone would allow an extra thing to possibly go wrong. You will have that with mechanicals. Not opening, opening on release, broken blades, freezing and not opening etc. etc. etc. Fixed blade in a tuned bow will always cut a big hole in the animal!

AMEN!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by buddy ro (Post 465182)
i shot rage for a couple years and and the last 4 years ive been shooting steelforce

I shot steelforce for awhile good head. I love a cut on contact head. Just hard to find on a moments notice.

The perfect blade to me would be the Delta Snuffer 3 blade. That's bad & tough SOB. Could only get 5 or 6 to fly right out of a dozen & that was with a lot of tinkering.

Widowmaker 07-23-2012 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Feesherman (Post 465175)
To tune arrows you have to make the proper adjustments to your bow! I would never shoot a mechanical. There is a reason most western outfitters won't allow you to shoot mechanicals. They were invented so people didn't have to learn to tune their bow. I don't understand why anyone would allow an extra thing to possibly go wrong. You will have that with mechanicals. Not opening, opening on release, broken blades, freezing and not opening etc. etc. etc. Fixed blade in a tuned bow will always cut a big hole in the animal!



Hmmmmm....This is interesting.....lol

Feesherman 07-23-2012 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Widowmaker (Post 466267)
Hmmmmm....This is interesting.....lol

LOL, we already had this discussion remember?

jchief 07-23-2012 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Widowmaker (Post 466267)
Hmmmmm....This is interesting.....lol


Uh Oh!!!

Widowmaker 07-23-2012 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Feesherman (Post 466281)
LOL, we already had this discussion remember?



I thought that was you !!!....lol........:*****:

Feesherman 07-23-2012 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Widowmaker (Post 466291)
I thought that was you !!!....lol........:*****:


:)...........

Smoke Shack BBQ 07-23-2012 03:25 PM

Widow says the only way to get an arrow to fly straight is to use the pink Crush fletchings!:D Tiffany is the man.

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Bluechip 07-23-2012 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoke Shack BBQ (Post 466362)
Widow says the only way to get an arrow to fly straight is to use the pink Crush fletchings!:D Tiffany is the man.

Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk 2

Lol !!!!

jchief 07-23-2012 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smoke Shack BBQ (Post 466362)
Widow says the only way to get an arrow to fly straight is to use the pink Crush fletchings!:D Tiffany is the man.

Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk 2


Got to be a story here.

For those that don't know, Widow is a legend on another board and in his mind.












Really, damn good hunter.

Smoke Shack BBQ 07-23-2012 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jchief (Post 466370)
Got to be a story here.

For those that don't know, Widow is a legend on another board and in his mind.












Really, damn good hunter.

And president of the Tiffany Lykoski fan club. He's obsessed!:beer::p

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Widowmaker 07-23-2012 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Smoke Shack BBQ (Post 466387)
And president of the Tiffany Lykoski fan club. He's obsessed!:beer::p

Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk 2


Yall just not rite !!!.....lol


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