From: Mingo
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Date: 22-Apr-18 |
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Would love to know your “go to broadheads” for hunting elk - many thanks Mingo
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From: LBshooter
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Lots of good heads out there, just make sure they fly well and are sharp.
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From: Squirrel Hunter
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Elk really aren’t that tough. Any decent head that works for deer will work well on elk.
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From: mobertok
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I would use Zwickey 4 blade.
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From: Frisky
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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If I was hunting elk, I'd second Sam and go with my 160 grain Grizzlies.
Joe
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I used Zwickey and Magnus broadheads for elk.
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From: Mr.Griz
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Any good broadhead that is sharp and that YOU trust. Think about the native Americans, they used stone than flint. So why , should we as modern archers keep asking the same old questions?
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From: ny yankee
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Grizzly, Ace, Zwickey, Eclipse etc. All good.
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From: Jim
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Any well made broadhead that flys well out of your bow will work. Heads mentioned above are all fine heads.
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From: Ollie
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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There are plenty of quality heads to choose from. It really comes down to your ability to place the shot where the arrow needs to go.
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From: South Farm
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I'll throw in Thunderhead 125's. Never had an elk walk away from one yet.
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From: GF
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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If I were ever to go back to a modular head, it’d probably be the Thunderhead 125.
But in principle, no moving parts is good moving parts, and anything that’s made to come apart probably will.... sooner or later. So it’s gotta be hard to beat a head that’s been machined from bar stock, but on the other hand, if there were anything wrong with the way the Ace Express is made, Larry would’ve figured it out by now...
Just find one that YOU can sharpen and tune with....
And shoot straight!
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From: Sawtooth (Original)
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Nemophilist supplemented his statement with a picture of a nice elk. PROOF! That's what I like to see. I can't comment on the best broadhead for elk, I have never shot one.
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From: larryhatfield
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Have killed over 50 elk with Ace express heads. Use them for everything I hunt.
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From: Birdy
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I would choose something that was dull and I had no confidence in.
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From: Buglmin
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I used to use Muzzy Phantoms, but switched to G5 Montecs and then Solid Broadheads and Kudu Point. AS far as pictures, I'm at work and don't have any on this computer.
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From: Elkpacker1
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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2 blade sharrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp. I had great /dead success with a VPN 200grn head. huge BT
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From: CHICKENFOOT
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Elk are not that tough??I have blood trailed lots of elk theyre tough
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From: GF
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I always get a chuckle out of it when somebody mentions how heavy the blood trail was from a particular head, as if some of them are magically capable of causing more blood to pour out of a hole in the hide...
Yes, SHARP is critical, and 2 holes will generally leak out more than one, but beyond that, it’s what you hit on the inside that makes all the difference...
Shocking, isn’t it?
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From: Babysaph
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Well those expandable heads sure put a big hole in critters. Go with rage.
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From: limbwalker
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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I'm going with what Larry said. LOL
50 elk. Man. I'm so far behind.
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From: Desperado
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Bear Greenie Razorheads...Only broadhead I use...for everything !!!!
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From: Skeets
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Babysaph, why do you want to steer people wrong? You may just be joking but someone might follow your advice.
For the record: I shot a 4 pt buck about 8 yrs ago that had been shot previous by another hunter. The Rage broadhead penetrated the scapula but not the rib cage. This carbon arrow was sticking upward from this deer for who knows how long. I would have to say in this case a Rage broadhead did NOT penetrate very well.
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From: yeager
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Another vote for the old Bear razorhead. They’ve killed quit a few animals, not only in North American, but on other continents as well.
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From: Wapiti - - M. S.
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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My friend killed a fair amount of elk, he used thunderheads.
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From: Rotten:
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Date: 23-Apr-18 |
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Extremely sharp, and put through the lungs/heart, any good well made broadhead will do. It doesn’t matter what head you use, if the shot is bad.
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From: Mingo
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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Gentlemen, Thank you for your opinions as the discussion was exactly what I was looking for. I too have killed elk (latest bull from last year in pic) but always curious to learn. I’ve shot a 125gr snuffer for over 15yrs (previously Jack Z’s two blade Delta seconds as he used to let me pick through them at his house as a kid in north St. Paul MN) but plan to stick with my beloved snuffers. I shoot an original Silvertip built by Paul and ACME cedar shafts from the 60’s (thanks to Terry at the Footed Shaft). God bless and good luck this coming fall. Mingo
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From: Mingo
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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From: larryhatfield
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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Limbwalker, I hunted elk for over 50 years. I'm 83 now, and just shoot one bear every fall. Don't kill elk or deer now.
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From: limbwalker
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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Larry, you've led a blessed life for sure.
I finally went on my first elk hunt at the age of 45. Of course, once I did, I was hooked and wondered why I waited so long. But only for a minute when I remembered what I just spent on that non-resident tag. LOL At $1000-1200/trip, if I am frugal, I just wasn't in a position financially to go and dangit if I never got drawn when I lived in NM. It would have only cost me $64 for a tag when I lived there!
Life is short. Make the most of it. It sure sounds like you have.
This fall, I'll have some Magnus Journeyman heads in my quiver that is strapped to my Adcock longbow. The bow he and my wife gave me for my 30th birthday.
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From: bugslinger
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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Rocky Mountain Specialty Gear Cutthroats, single bevel, one piece steel construction, glue on or screw options available, and lifetime warranty.
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From: Jarhead
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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I was impressed with G-5 Strikers. Wife shot right through an elk with lower poundage bow and short 26" draw... that thing was down in 30 yards. Blood trail a blind man could follow. I also love VPA's... took their 175 grains two blade version to Africa last year and went 4/4 on one shot kills... all pass-through shots and all dead in sight. Tough head...
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From: stickhunter
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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Like already said, lots of capable heads out there. I’ve killed them with 2 and 3 blade heads, pass through with both, shooting around 46# and 550 grain arrow.
I think the single bevel heads are the best overall. The biggest issue that I have with Broadheads is the non stainless heads start to oxidize the second that you finish honing them. For this reason I think that I’m going to stick with SS from now on.
Good luck with the elk hunting.
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From: ADB
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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Elk really do not accept broadheads well when compared to a lot of other critters. I like 160 gr. snuffers for everything. I do not see blood that well and need something that leaves a trail Stevie Wonder could follow.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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You asked two questions. the first was the "best" broadhead for elk. Then in your thread you ask what we liked. Anyway, there are probably a hundred "best" broadheads from old to new that are quite capable of killing elk quite readily. Some guys will tell you, you need 70# bows and 800 grain arrows. You don't. Any quality broadhead, and there's a lot of them, will take elk effectively. I would personally take some Ace Standard. Folks been killing elk with them for a lot of decades.
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From: dean
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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I am not sure there is one best. I know one recurve shooter that uses four blade deltas for deer with his 50 @ 27 recurve, but will only use two blade Eskimos on elk. I met another longbow shooter that shoots 51@26 and has shot a number of elk with Schulz Hunter's Heads on cedar arrows. He couldn't figure out why some use such heavy arrows for elk, he got pass throughs or near pass through hit on all of the ones he had taken to that point. Yet we hear of lots of times when people do not get good penetration on deer and elk with heavy arrows. I always wonder if it was bad arrow flight from a weak shot or the broadhead was too much for the set up.
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From: David McLendon
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Date: 24-Apr-18 |
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I use the 160 Snuffer driven by 69# and have never been disappointed. What is best is for one is not best for all.
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