BroadHead test

Horizontal Hunter · Post by **Horizontal Hunter** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:30 pm

This is probably the most comprehensive broadhead test that I have seen to date. This test uses ballistic gelatin that contained shoulder bones and was wrapped in deer hide. Has they said "... all heads tested will probably kill a white-tailed deer with proper shot placement" but it makes for some very interesting reading. Enjoy

Broadhead Myth Busters: Part I
http://www.hunting.net/articles/article ... les_id=523

Broadhead Myth Busters: Part II
http://www.huntingnet.com/articles/arti ... les_id=529

Have any of you shot the Grim Reaper out of an Exocet???

HH

M&M · Post by **M&M** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:51 pm

I did try some grim reapers with my exocet 200 and they shot very accuratly but for me it was a tough choice between the grim reaper and the spitfire, the spitfire seemed to shoot just a tiny bit tighter group for me. so I went with that head allthough after reading that info I may give them another try. M&M

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:58 pm

I have a friend of mine that has used them. They worked great but you only get to shoot the broadhead once. Each time you shoot you are going to bend or break the brades.
Thanks for the post. I would like to see the DVD they talked about. I could not find the video.

M&M · Post by **M&M** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:04 pm

myself I did not have any problems with breaking or bending any of the blades when shooting them into my Block broadhead target (I could not find the vidieo either) M&M

Horizontal Hunter · Post by **Horizontal Hunter** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:48 am

Here is the video that they talked about:

http://www.whitetailu.com/grimreapervideoREVISED.htm

The GrimReaper Razortip has replacable blades so I would think that you can reuse the broadhead. There is no doubt that they make one big hole.

HH

shewe · Post by **shewe** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:41 am

most interesting tset. i just wish they had published all the results.

ComfyBear · Post by **ComfyBear** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:05 am

shewe wrote:most interesting tset. i just wish they had published all the results.

I agree.

Furthermore, since Grim Reaper conducted the test, I don't find "their" results surprising. What company would conduct a test and put down their own product. In my opinion, the test was done with ulterior motives, and their short video is nothing more than propaganda and an infomercial.

Had the test been conducted by an independent group, and the entire results published for all to see, I don't doubt that it might have told an entirely different story.

buckeye · Post by **buckeye** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:29 am

A real nice advertisment for grim reaper. I myself will stick to a fixed broadhead. No test can actually represent a hunting condition and I have personally seen mechanicals fail on two seperate instances. I guess I am just old school. But I do know this, the more moving parts there are on any type of device there is more of a chance of it breaking or a total malfunction. Thats why I shoot Excalibur and fixed broadheads.

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:55 am

Have any of you shot the Grim Reaper out of an Exocet???

Yep, And I never got past testing them on a target. One blade was always open when they went through the paper target on front of the foam, and accuracy wasn't as good as many other heads.

Matthias72 · Post by **Matthias72** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:07 am

This is a comparative test on principal italian bowhunters site:

http://www.cacciaconlarco.it/Magazine/A ... apunte.htm#

The tests are very hard: you can notice the ranking position of Grim Raper....

Horizontal Hunter · Post by **Horizontal Hunter** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:55 am

When I posted this test I was aware that the testing was the idea of Jay Liechty, president of Grim Reaper. However, I did not realize that he was an active participant in the test. I agree with Shewe, ComfyBear, Buckeye that the testing was very biased and a great advertisement for GrimReaper. One I certianly fell for.

I do know someone who uses them exclusively in a vertical bow and has had very good luck with them. I have hunted for many years with a vertical bow and have had good luck with a 3 blade 100g Muzzy on a carbon arrow chronoed at 286 fps. Last year was the first time I was unable to recover a deer in many years of hunting. The arrow was a complete pass thru and was found in a tree on the other side of where the deer was standing covered with blood and hair. The shot placement was good at 12 yards. I never found a drop of blood or the animal after searching for many hours over two days.

Being unable to recover this animal bothers me still and is something that I never want to happen again. A back injury has forced me to switch to a crossbow for this season and I am looking for the "perfect broadhead." A broadhead that flies like a fieldpoint and makes a large hole. My concern was that they would open prematurely and thanks to Wabi's post I know that they do open prematurely and I will look for a different broadhead.

Mathias72 provided a good nonbiased test which ranks Slick Tricks at the top, another broadhead I have heard good things about.

Thank you all for your input and saving me a few bucks on poor performing broadheads.

sumner4991 · Post by **sumner4991** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 12:17 pm

Another problem I have with these tests . . .most are done indoors under perfect conditions . . .well, I don't hunt indoors nor in perfect conditions.

I'm doing more of my testing in windy conditions. I want to be comfortable with my set-up regardless of the weather.

Under hunting conditions, seems like the mechanicals would have a definite advantage over the fixed blades. However, from the testing I've done thus far, the shorty type fixed blade Slick Trick has grouped just about as good as the mechanical. The mechanical has performed very well as far as opening/not opening using one o-ring.

Anyway, I have much more testing I want to complete before making a choice and I have all summer to get it done.

Horizontal Hunter · Post by **Horizontal Hunter** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:31 pm

Sumner4991,

I read your earlier posting on broadhead testing on the 100 grain Wasp, Slick Trick, and NAP's ScorpionXP. It is great to see information on broadheads shot out of crossbows in more realistic hunting conditions.

I also thought that a mechanical broadhead would have a definite advantage over the fixed blades and I look forward to some more of your testing results.

Thanks,

HH

shewe · Post by **shewe** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:24 pm

i like the italian test.....now if i can get a translator....lol