I have some of these kicking around, mostly as decoration in the shop and in the cave. I recall mounting one at some point and though I didn't spend much time on it, I don't remember it flying too well. That was the end of it so far anyway, but I was eyeballing some of them old arrows hanging in the shop and wanted to reach out and see if anyone had some good pics they'd be willing to share of game animals taken with these big ole broadheads .......... :bigsmyl: ?
You're not referring to Grateful Dead fans, are you?
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:laughing: Heck no! I'm talking about them heads about as wide as a spade shovel that look they'd be capable of cutting an average sized deer clean in half.
That's a bit of an exaggeration I suppose, but maybe not too far off! :biglaugh:
Most of the guys that killed with those heads aren't around anymore. They sure had a big following for sure.
I have one somewhere, if I run across it I'll try and take it hunting....
I hunted with them , as well as the Bear Razorheads, for decades. They weren't as wide as you might think, the biggest was about 1 1/2". But they were vented, and flew quite well, and as Doug Mercaida would say, "they will Kill!".
Terry, that would be awesome! :thumbsup:
Quote from: Noah70 on January 18, 2022, 12:39:24 PM
I hunted with them , as well as the Bear Razorheads, for decades. They weren't as wide as you might think, the biggest was about 1 1/2". But they were vented, and flew quite well, and as Doug Mercaida would say, "they will Kill!".
Wow!!!! And look at those prices! Man, times have changed haven't they .........
I've got 1/2 dz of them, but never tried to shoot anything with them.
Bisch
Quote from: Bisch on January 18, 2022, 12:43:45 PM
I've got 1/2 dz of them, but never tried to shoot anything with them.
Bisch
Bisch, I couldn't help but notice over the many years now the countless critters to your credit.......one with a dead head might be a possibility in the future ? :bigsmyl:
If there aren't many pictures out there, maybe some moments can be made ........ maybe I work on this myself. Local, I have coyotes all year and turkey coming in the spring but that's it til deer, unless I travel south which most likely isn't happening this year for hunting anyhow.
I shot my first "big game " animal with a Dead Head in 1967. Was a fat ground hog on the run. Arrow went through him like he was butter, and he rolled over, dead. 45# Indian recurve.
Didn't even own a camera then, so no picture.
Eric, there are tons of pics out there, but not likely for many to show up here. Wish me luck on finding mine.
I'll look but I haven't shot anything with since the 80's. One buck I remember well, it was a spike I took on Halloween morning in a swamp in central Wisconsin. I'd put hip boots on went out about 1/2 mile to a large forked tree where I sat. This spike came along at about 15 yards and when I drew my 70" 70# longbow the bottom limb hit the tree and caused my arrow go low and left. It hit the deer in the neck with a SMACK and down it went down. After gutting the deer I started dragging and the deer's neck stretched about 6", turns out the deadhead had completely severed the neck bones!
Charlie Bledsoe of the Sioux Falls Bear Archery shop was once asked when we there, "Charlie, don't those Deadheads whistle in flight?" He said, "You bet they whistle, they whistle straight through 'em." We used the smaller and the larger sizes, no digital pictures that i know of. We quit using them because they do not always track straight on contact.
Robin and Sue Buck out of Kent, WA offers a copy called a Buck Dreaded Head. 2.52" long and 1.36 wide. Looks just like the Deadhead. I bought a half dozen a few years back, but never shot anything with them. The ones I had didn't whistle.
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Not sure if the pic will come thru. Have not tried to post a pic over here in a long time.
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Well, the other one worked. :) I believe the head with the adaptor is the real Deadhead, the other the Dread Head.
When I joined Bearstate Bowhunters in late 70's that was first question I was asked. "You have any Deadheads you want to sell or trade for". Being the "newbie " and wanting to make an impression I traded the ones I had for Black Diamonds.
Man I'm gonna have to set up a few arrows with the ones I have and bring them into the woods next chance I get. Don't know why I haven't yet to be honest :campfire.
There are many heads that preformed well, but were marketed poorly. Also, may have been a glut of good heads and some were sold better. I still shoot Snuffer, ACE, Magnus and Ribtek. Couple newer ones Grizzly Instinct and VPA. But they're not $3!!!
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Killed my first deer with a deadhead broadhead and a ben pearson hunter model 706 recurve 50 lb draw
It was a doe she jumped the bow string and I hit her in left rear leg at the white hair brown hair line. She ran
out of sight when I went to where she was standing there was blood everywhere 3 feet wide and 1/4 " deep
she went about 60 yards. I cut femoral arteries in both back legs That seems like a long time ago I was 16 and
am now 71. Never have forgotten the thrill I felt that day. I still have that broadhead.
I killed my first deer with a deadhead and ben pearson hunter model 706 50lb
She was a doe and she jumped the string and I hit her at the white hair brown hair line in the left
rear leg. Went to where she was standing and there was blood everywhere 3 feet wide and 1/4" deep
she went 60 yards. I cut the femoral artery in both back legs. That sure seems like a long time ago
as I was 16 and now I am 71. I have never forgotten the thrill I felt that day and still bowhunting today
I killed my first deer with deadhead this year on Oct 31! I was shooting a 49# Firefly Messenger with cedar arrows and deadheads!
They fly great for me and hammered her at 8 yards. Shot grazed the spine and drove down through the lungs and out the lower chest. She ran about 60 yards with a great blood trail and was done.
I have no hesitations shooting deadheads and am considering them for my Canadian black bear hunt this spring.
I would love to find some more so I have some backups!
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Doe taken in December 143# dressed weight with a deadhead
That's what I'm talking about right there....... great photos and stories everyone. It's great to see folks are still using these broadheads :thumbsup: :archer2:
Think I'm gonna have to pull a few off of some old arrows and get them to fly!
Let me know if they don't fly, I'll be happy to take them off your hands!
QuoteMost of the guys that killed with those heads aren't around anymore. They sure had a big following for sure.
I hunted with them and I'm still here
I killed a bunch of deer with the big Dead Head, I called them my flying Axe's.
I was using them in the 60's before I started using a longbow. I was shooting a 55# super Kodiak and those head's were killers I wish I had taken some pictures
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