Dont know how far your trip to cabelas is but not for nothingis but you can get a three pack on Ebay for like 30ish shipped....the price of gas being what it is it almost pays to save the drive if its any distance at all....And you can always move them if you dont like em
Its about a hour north of me. I got to go up to the city next week and if they dont have them I will go on line and by some. Thanks for the tip
Word. My top 2 picks would be (1) Slick Trick Mags and (2) Shuttle T's. Both very solid, very stout heads. Best part about short, low profile heads... Steel ferrules. I have put Slick Tricks through an incredible amount of bone and have yet to have one fail by bending or breaking. As far as Dan, cannot say enough good about him. He stops in our shop often, great guy.
To expand on this somewhat... My prime example is my buck from this year. Shoot was 35 yards, broadside shot with near leg back. 100 gr Slick Trick Mags with a total weight of 416grns@260fps. The arrow dead centered the near shoulder blade ,both vertically and horizontally, then continued into the joint on the opposite shoulder for a complete pass through. I was somewhat surprised on the pass through at 35, given my slower set-up. I was more shocked at the amount of solid bone it went through to get there. Broadhead is 100% reshootable.
There are a lot of good heads on the market. NAP Hellrazors and Thunderhead are great heads. The last elk I shot (340") in Arizona was killed with a 52lb Mathews and RazorTrick heads. I also have killed moose and deer with the RazorTrick. I've taken the most game with the Thunderhead before I switched. I'd shy away from expandables but to each his own.
Everybody has a favorite broadhead..... for me, it's the one that flys straight and maintains its integrity after the hit is made. There are a bunch on the market that do that and the one I've been using for the past 5 years is the Muzzy 100 gr four blade. I've taken moose, elk, deer, antelope and too many hogs to count. I shoot broadheads with dull blades for practice and put new blades in for hunting. The heads hold up very well. I broke the off side shoulder of a moose at 40 yards and am still using that head with new blades. I don't like changing equipment once I find something that works and the Muzzy will be in my quiver until I have a good reason to change. They'll all kill game if the shot is good. If you're a little off or the game moves, it is nice to have a broadhead hold up in that situation.
Rage broadheads have week blades if you hit any bone they will bend or snap off. Try Slick Trick Viper leave the rage for deer.
i see it like this, if the shot is good and doesnt contact bone, you should be right with most heads over 2 blade, but do you want to take that chance? If the shot is bad and contacts bone, you might lose the animal or wound it. My point is, if you contact bone, which can often be the case, you want to know your going to have the best shot and contacting the vitals behind it as well. Use a two blade cut on contact with a chiseled or bevelled edge and backed by an arrow with some weight (above 500 grains would be a good start). If your like me, look at a two blade with bleeders that will fold out of the way or break IF you contact bone. Im currently using woody's shikiri IV's with bleeders, they are designed with this thought in mind, you then have the same size and angled cut as a Slick Trick Magnum but with bone penetrating power. Here's a vid of some testing i have done using beef bones, much thicker than elk, hope it helps and all the best with your up coming hunt
