20" Laser 3, need better BH

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I' have an Excalibur Equinox that I am shooting 20" laser 3's and boltcutter 150's out of. Killed half a dozen deer or so with this setup, all broadside all double lunged. The deer are running too far, hunting a small 5 acre plot, anti hunting neighbors. Anyone else out there having the same problems, btw I am using new blades on every deer shot. Thought about trying a thunderhead 125, I don't like the idea of expandables.

[deadeer]

Slick Tricks seem to be very good for a lot of guys. They have a 150 and 175 gr version for crossbows. With all that power of an Equinox and the ST, you can always spine them, high shoulder, or thru the shoulders shot. I have shot a few in the spine now with a 333fps TP crossbow and it kills them DRT!


Jay

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Thanks. I'll look up the slick tricks.

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I've used Grimm reapers the last 3 years and they work awesome for my needs. Shot through the offside shoulder last year from 33 yards with a 360gr setup at 310fps

[sw]

I'm shooting 2 xbows: M380 & M405. With AL inserts, I'm using 175gXbow Tricks(Slick Tricks -4 blades 1 1/8" cut), in an 18" Zombie, Blazers helical, extremely accurate. With your setup, the 150 or 175g should work if you have AL inserts or 100g STs if brass insert, in a hunting configuration, ie broadheads, I'm keeping appx 2" 100 yd gps with both xbows.
Back to putting them down, nothing I know of is more effective than the NAP FOC expandible. In over 20 years of shooting almost exclusively expandibles(primarily Spitfires and now FOCs) , I've lost only 1 deer out of over 80-90 shot with expandibles. That was with an early 2 blade Spitfire on a doe and possibly bad shot. Most deer shot with the FOC fall in their tracks. The others go very few yards. I expect the Spitfire Max would do similarly . Controlled tests on military reservations, etc repeatedly show higher recovery rates with expandibles than fixed broadheads.

[gar]

If you want really good heads, non mechanical, go to Alaska Bowhunting Supply and choose an xxl silver flame broadhead or any of the single bevel heads that weigh enough for your bolts.

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I went with the slick trick 175. Shot them this afternoon at 30,40 and 50 yards. They group awesome! Compared to the bolt cutter 150's , I was 1" low at 30, 1.5" low at 40 and 5" low at 50. Hope to find a deer in the morning at the end of a short wide blood trail. Kyle

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No shots this morn, saw 9 deer all too far to shoot at. Moving stand, hope to post a pic this evening. Kyle

[sw]

Hard to beat Slick Tricks. Have started to hear bad quality control reports though. Manufacturing has moved from Jonesboro, AR(50 mi away) to NY. There are so many great fixed broadheads. I still prefer FOCs but they need a good practice broadhead.

[sw]

Thunderheads are great broad heads with excellent quality control. NAP makes good stuff! The main problems with almost all mechanical broad heads is the lack of viable practice points, Grimm excepted. I think Rage has decent practice points but poor actual broad heads! The short Ram Cats have a serious following.
I think the FOC will do what you want better than any other broad head! Out of 11 deer shot with them 6 were DRT , and the others went <30 yds.
The Spitfire Max may do about the same(1 3/4" cut - 3 blade).