I don't know who to explain it to you but it has nothing to do with the trophy aspect. I don't want to make a big deal out of this but I would also like you to see where I am coming from. If I didn't respect you... the conversation would have ended after the first post with a " bite me ". :D I figure you deserve better then that. If this doesn't help... I will walk away from it. Let's look at the practical side. Tim shoots does. Tim shoots a lot more does then bucks. Tim shoots does in more open areas. Does come out early so Tim has more time to find them after Tim shoots them. Tim has seen them all drop so far so finding them hasn't been a problem. Tim thinks this is a good, practical time to try a new broadhead. Tim is a happy camper... eeerrr... hunter if the broadhead leaves him a good blood trail on a doe or two. Tim is unhappy and scrapes the broadhead if it doesn't leave a good blood trail. Tim still finds his doe which Tim is grateful. Tim shoots only big racked, mature bucks. Sadly Tim doesn't shoot big racked, mature bucks every year cause he still sucks at it. Big racked, mature bucks like hanging out in nasty spots where it isn't so open. Tim has to hunt far from the road in these nastier spots. Bucks tend to come out later so Tim has less time to look for them before dark fall should he shoot one. Tim hasn't seen all his bucks drop after being shot. About 50/50 on that one. They head for the nasty stuff after being shot. The nasty stuff includes dense cattails, sloopy mud and deep water. Tim has waded out to retrieve a few deer. Tim has a greater chance of losing a buck with no blood trail in this nasty stuff. Tim gets crabby when he is out in the middle of nowhere with a buck down and no blood trail. The longer it takes Tim to find the buck in the dark with no blood trail... the crabbier he gets. Tim isn't going to try a new broadhead in this situation. He is going to shoot a proven broadhead to him in this situation. It keeps Tim from getting crabby should the broadhead not be all it is bragged up to be. if Tim was shooting does in this situation he would be using the proven broadhead. nuff said !! :D Ok I am done with this. Try to find the humor in it as it was more for that then anything else. Plus I like repeating myself... apparently !! Tim
So at least I got that going for me, which is nice. I also hope you're finger doesn't hurt from typing so much, I did understand exactly what you were saying after your first post. Now, here is the issue...... "What if" Tim didn't find the doe? Alright, now get over here you big lug and give me a hug....but don't grab my ass, or I might think living in hickville turned you into a Someone needs to change the name of that smiley!!!!
I tell you what Donnie the only reason I watched that video was because you suggested it... I'm not a Hank Parker fan, nor have I even thought about Swhacker's but the testing does speak for its self, I was trying to find ways they could have "rigged" it, and other that when they were shooting into the shoulder blade( I wondered if they used a new shoulder every time of if the swhacker already had it's path made from the previous broadheads) It looked pretty legit. Interesting stuff.
Tim, that was classic... that, and your blind-date story of how you met your wife are two of the best posts I've read this year!
I guess I missed your post Donnie...it got lost in Tim's manifestos. Just in case anyone misunderstood me, my original post had nothing to do with the heads themselves.
I did the same as trying to see if it was rigged but I don't think so. I mean they picked "virgin" spots on the 55 gallon drum each time. For the plywood tests.... I'm sure any of those heads would enter a deer at 67 degrees unlike they did on the plywood. BUT the fact the swhacker DID enter at 67 degrees while the others did not was impressive! No problem. Did you watch the video in its entirety?
Not going to lie, I didn't watch it at all. Mainly because my original post had absolutely nothing to do with the head itself.
just buy the broadheads you already use.... a doe is basically the same thing as a buck so just use the broadheads you know will get the job done
I'm going to give the Swhacker a try this year and I'll probably try it on a doe first because I will be trying to fill the freezer before I go after a trophy and this doesn't mean I will let a trophy buck pass by or swap heads if I see one it only means most likely a doe will be the first come first serve "On the grill" The Swhacker looks good form the commercial but that's as far as my knowledge of it goes Does anybody have any actual experience on shooting deer with it?
i just wasted a part of my life reading the back to back garbage. bud if you want to buy that bh buy it. i really dont care what you choose as long as your not shooting field points at the darn thing. its America dang it do what YOU want. -Dan
Dan, If it makes you feel any better, I smell what you're stepping in. I've got the same feelings that the does are equals to big bucks. Just because they don't hang on the wall or score any inches of antler does not make them any less of a trophy, or definitely any less harder to kill. Every chance could be the last. I get jacked up and get goofy after the shot and text a bunch of people and celebrate just like I would a 130 inch buck. I also GET what everyone else is trying to say, although I don't agree exactly. It's easier to "Try out" a broadhead on a doe simply because there are more chances at them, obviously because there are more does out there. There are definitely more ways to test out heads than trying on an animal first, plus find as many reviews (honest ones) as you can. In the end, it's a personal call, and one of preference. When I first switched to the Rage, which was the very first year they came out, I read reviews and tested and tested them until I was confident they would do the trick. (It didn't take long) Of course as bow season opened I tried my darndest to kill a doe early but it didn't happen. Ended up that the first deer I killed with the Rage hangs on my wall, and I am sure glad I had em on. I had a mediocre shot on him and they saved me big time.
IF YOU LOOK AT MY THREAD POSTED "BLOOD TRAILS", I HAVE TRIED THEM WITH A BOW WITH LESS THAN 60lbs KINETIC ENERGY)(125 GR). AT 30 YARDS, THE ARROW HIT GREAT, BUT HAD NO PENETRATION FOR WHAT I NEED (VERY THICK MESQUITS & QUISATCH IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS). THIS WAS AN OLD MISSION FEATHER LIGHT PULLING AT 61 lbs. A FREIND OF MINE SHOT A MAGNUS STINGER (100 gr) WITH AN OLDER HOYT PULLING 50 lbs FROM EXACTLY THE SAME BLIND, HIT IT BACK, PASSED THRU, WENT DOWN THE SAME TRAIL, AND DID NOT GO 35 YARDS. (IT DID CUT THE RENARAL ARTERY). LOOKING AT MY POSTS, I'M GOING TO TRY THE SLICK TRICKS (MAYBE NOW THE GRIZZ TRICKS) FIXED HEADS NEXT- (ALSO TRIED A RAGE 2 BLADE WITH THE SAME "SUCESS" THAT I HAD WITH THE SWHACER)
