I have a lot of 60 new spined port orford shafts coming in next week and I want to get a new Wild Hog set up ready to rock. My Zwickey's are still my favorite but I want to go with something a little different and heavier. Is anyone a fan of Simmons? The Safari has amazing reviews for durability and the Tree Shark is a huge 2 inch hole blood trail machine.

Shoot me some suggestions Please!

Miss Piggy and Porky Pig... they were delicious...

top is the Safari and this is the Tree Shark,

think they would be illegal in my state. it's a barbed head by the states definition.

Simmons Broadheads are blood thirsty killers.RC

I've got some original interceptors. They are a good head and a three sided jewelstik with a razors edge broadhead guide will get them hair popping sharp.

After RC's pics, might have to give the Simmons a look see. That is some real damage. How far did it go, if it went anywhere? Whew!

I like Simmons, too. I need that extra margin. RC, however, could kill 'em with a stick.

I also love them. RC's pics are the norm. Am getting complete penetration on deer with the 2" cut treeshark with 48# bow. On pigs I think it was to big as penetration wasn't as good. Leaving 4 pig hunting in the morning for 2 weeks and will give the 1 9/16" heads a try this year.

Lots of folks love those Simmons heads and for very good reasons at that. Over on "the other site" they enjoy tremendous popularity. There's something to be said for wider 2 blade heads. Been meaning to try some myself, just never got around to it. Best of luck.

Larry Hatfield, I think you're mistaken on that count. WA now allows barbed broadheads, as well as, mechanicals. I confirmed that with the fish and game department this week( both licensing and enforcement divisions). I believe the argument is that mechanicals are actually a barbed head in use, so it's not right to allow one and not the other. Idaho allows neither mechanicals nor barbed heads.

Users of mechanicals have told me that the blades will fold back upon pulling the shaft out, so they're not fixed barbs. I'll admit to not paying any attention to recent mechanicals, but the ones I saw several years ago suffered damage to the blades and/or pivot during a hit.....I question whether the blades would actually retract easily.

They are popular. If you want to try something new that's a breeze to sharpen, you'd be hard pressed to do better than an Ace.

Tom, thanks for the update. I will just keep on shooting my ace heads though. I feel that mechanicals are for compound bows, if they have a place or use at all. those simmons heads look like they do the job all right, but I have already chosen my heads.

I don't see how that's a barbed head. The end of the blade is perpendicular to the shaft.

I tried the "Big Game" head from Centuar. After over a hundred bucks on sharpening 'stuff' I got one sharp. Took so long that I didn't try on the others.

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I don't believe that those are barbed broadheads-Hap

gonna stick with my ACE standards

looks like the concave curve would be harder to sharpen , and sure the ACE will do anything they would do but thanks for showing

The original interceptors were considered "barbed". I checked with a game warden here since my state also did not allow barbed broadheads at one time. They have since rewritten the law and the original interceptors are now legal.

Pics of the original interceptors?

I THINK this is an original

Those things, all of those Simmons heads, just look like they'd hurt. LOL!!!

I've don't have any Ace heads, just some Snuffers and Magnus 2 blades, of which I've had the tips roll just a bit. Had some Zwickey's do the same, but neither happened on animals. Both happened in my practice target. Only thing I could figure was someone else had shot my targets without telling me and lost some tips. Must have just nicked something. Didn't hurt them bad enough that I couldn't fix them, but it did get me to thinking that they might roll if they hit bone.

In fact, I think I lost my first buck ever with a bow with a Magnus by hitting high at the shoulder. That in combination with drawing just a tad short didn't help matters.

That said, those Magnus and Zwicky's do seem thin, but I try and keep them shaving sharp with a burr on them.

With the looks of those Simmons heads, and if their tips are thicker, I might have to give them a try.

Killed a doe, this past year, with a Tiger Shark. The arrow entered right side up near the spine, and exited the armpit on the off side. This was with a bow I draw less than 40 lbs. on.

Centuar head from a 48 @27 pl. RC

Here's a new head. made by Tadeusz Michal Swierz of Tychy Poland. made of Kevlar/titanium/argentum. definitely barbed.

Definitely wicked looking too, Larry. Ouch!

I discussed the heads with the owner. He stated that a forensic pathologist stated that a cut with this design (speaking in terms of knives) was unmistakable in an autopsy (and that they did the most internal damage)

By the looks of the pics that may be true. My first (and onoly) trad deer was shot with a small screw in simmons. I hit the deer high (spine) so the damage wasnt as bad as these pics.

Statlite? Lol

How about some of the older broadhead designs? I'm no colector but there are pleanty out there to choose. But there are bad ones too.

Could try a deadhead or a howard hill broadhead.

Bryan Ferguson used to swear by those Interseptors in 190grain. In fact the heads made in Germany that bear his logo look very, very similar. He killed many a deer with his Simmons Interseptors. Of course he was shooting 70# in those days as well.

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