Who has used drt broadheads and who has had success with them? I killed my first deer with traditional equipment last season and these heads did a fantastic job I just had a little trouble getting them to fly right anyone else have the same issue?

I'm cheap and broadheads are expensive, so I won't buy anything but a glue on head. With a glue on head I can change the weight of the head (125)plus the adaptor (short nosed 25 grain which I don't really use and the 25 grainer are hard to find 30's are more common) to something so heavy that I've never found the need for. Max for a 125 grain broadhead would be 450 grains and you can do that in 25 to 50 grain increments.

I have a setup right now that I shoot once in a while with broadheads that I bought 30 years ago.

Bowmania

Bowmania ? :)

I open my new pac of D.R.T Broadheads this morning, first immpressions is that they have a huge burr along every edge. The nail test shows they will not grap, looking down the edges with light behind me show numerous flat spots. I took my crock stick and polished, then leather stropped every edge, a great improvement cuts leather easily now.

I will have to get back to you about how they fly from my bow. Mounted on my arrows they look very slick.

Diane

I used to shoot the DRT heads, had great results with the single beveled heads, which I used for two years, on elk, mule deer, black bear and turkeys. Since then, I've moved on to the Kudu Point, just like this head a lot better...

Im tellin you guys zwicky's are the way to go!

I have a couple of test heads in the mail to me as we speak. I plan on shooting them without the bleeders, if testing and edge works out the way I hope. I'll get back to you on my findings. I really like the thought of helping out a Ma and pa outfit like this though.

So what's different in a DRT vs. just about anything else from Ace to Zwickey?

Frankly, I don't care for the name. I'm not angry at these critters - I just like to eat them when I can.

I used to shoot em but put all I had in the st jude auction

GF I'm with you on the name. Sounds like the stuff you'd hear on some of the shows. They look like a great head but I won't use them specifically because the name. Kind of silly I know but I'm weird like that.

GF, do you know what they look like? Google. They're vented, so they make more noise than the ACE or Zwickey.

Bowmania

They may be fine, and flying well is a product of tuning...not the broadhead, so act accordingly. I'm happy with the old stand- by heads that have served so well and I know what they will do...including how they will fly. Tune your bow well and the flight issue is a non issue.

I've never heard my DRT heads make noise while in flight, and neither has anyone shooting with me. Don't know why this is being said to discourage someone from trying DRT heads. O personally don't like the weight inconsistence with Zwickey heads, and please don't tell me they are perfectly matched. Add to the fact that because I shoot carbon, I don't need a head over 125 grains. There are several reasons why someone would choose a DRT head over a Zwickey.

I liked shooting them, killed a lot game with them with no issues in noise, flight or penetration. They did what they were designed to do, and that's kill game.

"They did what they were designed to do, and that's kill game."

Kind of a Minimum Standard, wouldn't you think???

It's pretty crazy, IMO.... An awful lot of people seem to be concerned that whatever it is that they're using might not be Good Enough... Why else all these threads?

Oddly enough, the only 1-piece, 2-blade head that I really remember anyone saying they'd had problems with is the old Bear Greenie. It DOES seem simple enough - you just need something that takes a bit of a beating as well as it takes an edge, and which was made with enough care that it'll spin true. Why people believe that deer & Elk have evolved to the point that we need a head that was CNC'd out of a block of high-strength knife steel.... ???

Meanwhile, the one guy on here who has taken more big game with a bow than anyone else (and doubtless by a hefty margin!) is on record as having last bought broadheads in 1958. Ace Express, if you're wondering. I believe those start at 175 grains, though his are probably down to about 150... LOL

I'd venture that most of us just need to find one we can sharpen to our own satisfaction and put the effort into tuning and shooting better.

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