Does anyone have any experience with this broadhead. I'm looking for deer this season and need some new broadheads. Thanks
Awesome. They've performed flawlessly for me on critters up to and including reindeer size from treestands, on the ground, broadside and heavily quartering away. I have found that they don't survive to hunt another day but that's fine with me; complete pass through, dead critter and done.
I use the Spitfire MAXX broadheads. Last deer I took I went through the rib cage and hit the thickest point of the shoulder on the other side. It went all the way through leaving a 1.5" diameter hole on the way. I would replace the blades on them every time you make it through a deer.
IF it helps you at all I use to use the rage 2 blade and if I get to unt this year I will be using the SPITFIRE MAXX.
I have used them for a decade or so. Deer,turkey, and bear, no problems. I have switched back and forth with thunderheads too. Both fly with my feild points.
Great broadhead! Killed three deer last year with the Spitfire Maxx and the furthest one went about 80 yards. They are extremely accurate, scary sharp, and very very tough. Three pass throughs and I could use two of the three ferrules again. The bad one hit heavy shoulder bone, but still passed through my 265 pound buck!!! I will have at least one in my quiver again this year.
I shot this girl with one a few weeks ago with a Spitfire Edge. Had bad shot placement (my fault) but it went clean through her shoulder and into the thoracic cavity. She dropped about 50 yards later.
BTW, I was 3/3 this season with the Spitfire Edge. They all opened and didn't break or dull the blades whatsoever. This was the first time I had used them and I'm impressed so far, they hit hard.
Fixed, Muzzy's. Expandable, Rage. Simple. Always recommend Muzzy's, but be sure you tune your bow to any fixed blade. Hope this helps. God Bless.
I switched to spitfires this year. Ive shot two does with them and have been impressed with the results. Great blodtrails both times, notthat I needed to trail either deer.....both expired within sight.
The biggest thing in bowhunting is confidence. Confidence in your equipment is essential, and allows you to focus on the animal, it's actions, and hammering it. If your comfortable with what you shoot, by all means, do not change anything. As far as expired within sight, I always love that. Congrats. God Bless.
I would also highly recommend the NAP spitfire. This was my first year to hunt with stick and string and I couldnt be more happy with these heads. I shoot the 100 gr edge version. I killed two doe, a 155# and a 168# back in september. Both were complete pass throughs, both died in sight from my tree. the second doe made it the farthest going about 60 yards and piling up at the edge of the timber. On november 20th I killed a 4.5 year old, 260#, mature Kansas 10 point using a spitfire edge. I did not pass completely through as my broadhead buried in the off shoulder, but the buck only ran 30 yards and dropped in sight from my tree. The damage to heart and lungs was devastating! Also, these heads truly do fly like my field points, no tuning was necesary with my setup. The blades are also incredibly tough and sharp. I used one head for both doe and could probably use it on a third. The head I used on the buck, the blades remained sharp, but my ferrule was slightly bent on account of running into solid bone. hope this review helps. happy hunting.
I am always happy to hear successful stories like yours. Your blessed for sure. NAP has done a good job at improving the spitfire, and from what I'm hearing their working great. God Bless.
Very true. Let's be honest, most similar sized broadheads will cause virtually the same damage shot under the same conditions. I for one, like to try out different ones just for fun, but they all act the same way, fixed or mechanical. In the end, it's all about what you feel comfortable shooting. There is no #1 broadhead that everyone should use, it's a preference and subjective. Some people grab on to one brand and proclaim up and down that it's God's gift to earth. As soon as my 3 Spitfires get damaged, I'll try a different brand...and then a different brand...and so on.
The one thing you said that make's sense, is what your comfortable shooting. If you like nuge blades, shoot em. Cedar arrows, go for it. Your own longbow, helk yeah. I have no problem with anything unless it's likely to cause bowhunters bad press. As far as God's gift to earth, if you've been to Muzzy and saw the strictest calibration of broadheads in the industry, and their testing platforms, you'd understand why I recommend muzzys. When you get to Heaven (assuming you've accepted Christ), you can ask not only the 100+ deer that ate a muzzy shishkabob from me, but also the other billion that have been eaten up by others. If you want the most dependable broadhead, at any angle and that's a major point, the sharpest blades available, and a true bone crushing and then crushing again ferrule, you want a muzzy. I'm not knocking any other broadhead. You can shoot a number 2 pencil through the vitals of a deer and it will die. But survival training taught me any situation/any climate. Using that training too often is a problem for me, but describes a muzzy to a t. You can give me the most quartering away shot on the planet, and I will insert a muzzy into the area recommended for death. Can I do that with a spitfire? Possibly. That's the difference. As I've said before, there is a reason that not many, but most outfitters will not allow you to shoot expandables. Even though their effectiveness has been proven, there is room for error, much more than a fixed blade. As far as grabbing one brand, I set up bows for a living, and make recommendations on what heads to shoot. I have been shooting muzzy's only for 10 years. I have never had a problem that was not my fault. Likewise, I have never had a complaint on the broadhead itself from anyone. Expandables, too many stories for this thread. One more thing, one thing that I do not recommend is that you switch and switch broadheads. Find something your comfortable with, believe in, and shoot it. Don't jump on a bandwagon by any means. If you like allen broadheads shootem well, they'll kill deer. Same with spits. But switching again and again is just poor advice. In 2000, I bought my first Bowtech. In 01, I had the Bowtech archery guy (logo) tatooed on my right shoulder. I have shot bowtech's since then, and believe esp now binary, that they are the best bows on the market. However, I set up enough mathews and hoyts to make you sick to your stomach. It's all in the feel, the shot, and the confidance. You buy what you like, what fits you. Rage's basically came from Aftershocks. Enough marketing and I can convince you you have to have it (ie iPhone). If you want something that's tried and true and you believe in, then get it. If you want to run with the latest and greatest I'll be overjoyed to sell it to you. Spitfires got a bad rap in the beginning, but now they perform better, I would say as well as any expandable. There is no argument there. And there is no must have muzzy, must have rage, it was just an opinion (although and educated one And there is a #1 Selling Broadhead. And I also have to completely disagree that all broadheads are the same, make the same wound channel, or for that matter fly the same at all. Just bad advice. They do not in any way. A fixed will fly different than a spit, and a spit will have an entirely different wound channel than a sonic. Do a little research, I think you'll find I'm correct. I like the back and forth of forums which is why I'm here. these conversations are what bring people to make their own decisions regarding what they shoot, and that, not muzzy, is my goal here. IMHO. God Bless.
