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Post by frankinthelaurels on Jun 22, 2007 11:05:20 GMT -4
I personally use both...have had troubles with both and have had great success also.. The mechanicals fly right on the money for the most part but I wounded a nice buck with an angled shot, I tried t slip it just behind his last rib and I guess one of the blades hit before the point and it just made a slice down it's side...thank GOD he was killed the next day by my friend..I still use them and have killed lots of deer in PA and OHIO with them, but I don't shoot any steep angles anymore..as far as fixed, I never get them to fly just exactly right, paper tuned and all the other do dads and sometime it's just not right..I use the ULTIMATE STEEL also and they are awesome but I am actually afraid of them, loading the blades is dangerous enough..using Vaseline helps hold them in place but they make me nervous, every animal that I've shot with them never went far, they are the shapest blades I've ever seen... Think I'm going to try the newest mechanicals out ..the RAGE..seems to me like the perfect compromise, I've watched guys shoot them snf they offer perfect flight and with the rear release seems like it should always open correctly..why do they have to cost so much,...guess I'll break down and try em' WHAT do you think ?? List some bad and good experiences if you can...
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Post by loggy on Jun 22, 2007 12:12:24 GMT -4
Never tried the mechanicals. When i was into bowhuntin big time I shot the 125 grain Thunderheads & have very good results both in accuracy & kills. Been readin alot on the muzzy's doin well in xbows so if i get an xbow may have to give those 100 grain muzzy's a shot! ;D
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Post by jeffpahunter on Jun 22, 2007 14:35:17 GMT -4
Slick Tricks. All steel construction and very strong and durable. 4 blades that cut a devastating hole and they fly like darts....even from a bow where the tune is marginal.
I used to shoot Thunderhead 100's and then Muzzy 100's but after using Slick Tricks for the past two years and doing some testing plus seeing how they actually performed on Deer I doubt I'll be using anything else for a long time to come,...unless someone can make something better and prove it to me.
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Post by mrlongbeard on Jun 22, 2007 14:49:19 GMT -4
tried mechanicals on the range. didn't get good results. so it's fixed blade for me.
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Post by dougell on Jun 22, 2007 17:30:29 GMT -4
I've been using slick tricks for 5 years now.So far,I've killed 15 deer and none ran out of sight.They tune easily,penetrate well,do alot of damage and hold up.Lastyear I killed a 10point,2 doe and a gobbler with the same broadhead.You can't do that with a mechanical.
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Post by whitetail101 on Jun 22, 2007 21:26:07 GMT -4
Up until 2004 I too used mechanical broadheads. After I wounded a doe during the early archery season I switched to fixed blades.
I was using NAP spitfires, I liked them for their ability to fly and hit like my field points, however they don't quite measure up to my standards for hunting.
After the 2004 season I switched to Steelforce Sabortooth fixed blade broadheads. I have never been happier. They actually fly fairly close to where my field points hit, and they can penetrate almost anything.
IMO, if I had been using mechanicals last archery season, the fluke shot I had would have ended in a wounded and suffering buck instead of an awesome european mount that now hangs on my wall.
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