I like reading these kind of threads. I still hunt with the old Bear Razorheads, which I try to pickup for around $3 each. If a person is not as cheap as me, they can be had for around $5. I have around 30 of those Bodkin heads that someone gave to me, and I use them on groundhogs. They kill'em just as dead.

I shot over a blackbuck doe and skipped a $30 Grizzlystik head deep in brush never to be seen again.  That and a couple of cheap heads destroyed, 3 destroyed arrows and another one needs to be refletched.  It was an expensive, discouraging and exhilarating trip this week.
But in the end all those were the least expensive part of the trip.   I spent that or more on fuel!

Yeah, if ya want a reliable head, you can get one at a reasonable price or an outrageous price.  Both work the same if applied the same.

Take a week long trip to Cape York peninsula hunting pigs with $30ea BH's and report back to me.

That's one place where you can empty a quiver before midday. Not because of shooting poor but because of target rich.

The 300gr tuffhead is about the only premium BH I would buy again only because I'm setup to use it on a very specific water buffalo arrow. At the moment my quiver is a mix of grizzly, magnus 1's, Blackstump's (old aussie heads) and simmons tree sharks.

I find the latest craze of one piece machined heads to be too expensive and too limiting on available weights for the same bh design. as the weight changes the head design changes. I think trad shooter's looking for machined heads would be better served with a wider choice of glue on machined heads for greater flexibility in weight via adapters.

A sharp broadhead that flies straight for you is a sharp broadhead that flies straight for you.   The critter doesn't care much what it cost.   I hunt way too much to buy the expensive ones that I am absolutely are sure ARE worth the money to folks who buy them.   And if I were going on the trip-of-a-lifetime, maybe I would buy a handful. . . wait, I do that twice a year . . never mind.   I will stick with Zwickeys and Wensel Woodsman and any other quality head I can get on sale.     But I have been called thrifty.

I shoot what I know works or what I can trade for to try out.  Almost all my "expensive" broadheads just cost me postage.  Do like VPA, but still don't have a ton of hunting data on them.  What I do have is positive.  Shoot ACE, Magnus, Zwickey -  2 and 4 blade, Woodsman, Grizzly Instinct, Snuffer and Centaur, also.  They all work just fine.  Even have a couple RH bevel, Tuff heads laying around I picked up as part of a trade that I have not tested.  Guess I need to get cracking!!!

Quote from: matt schuster on March 27, 2022, 05:08:48 PM
A sharp broadhead that flies straight for you is a sharp broadhead that flies straight for you.   The critter doesn't care much what it cost.   I hunt way too much to buy the expensive ones that I am absolutely are sure ARE worth the money to folks who buy them.   And if I were going on the trip-of-a-lifetime, maybe I would buy a handful. . . wait, I do that twice a year . . never mind.   I will stick with Zwickeys and Wensel Woodsman and any other quality head I can get on sale.     But I have been called thrifty.

Too funny Matt!!!

Quote from: Sam Spade on March 16, 2022, 08:05:46 AM

Quote from: Cyclic-Rivers on March 10, 2022, 10:36:57 PM
I would hope the days of taking 12 broadhead tipped arrows to the woods, emptying your quiver by 8 and going back to the car to reload are long gone.

6 quality but affordable broadheads 30.00 and I get several seasons.

Wow, you must have been one piss poor shot. And yeah, heads last a long time if you never kill anything.


Well... As you can see, my buddy Charlie, didn't post a comeback.... He's too nice of a guy!! (But I will)

I have known, Charlie (CyclicRivers) for many years, and hunted with him often.
I haven't hunted with Charlie since he moved to Wisconsin several years ago. But, when we did hunt together, He shot wood arrows, with Zwickey Eskimos, and I NEVER saw him carry more than 3-4 arrows in his quiver.

Charlie can SHOOT!!!! 
He's killed his share of game, and always has venison in the freezer!

If we were at a shoot somewhere and you made a comment like that...??
I pull out a $100 bill and tell you to put your money where your mouth is....

Hmmmm... Dam putor!!! 

Well, I screwed that up!! But I think I made my point....

Chuck, thank you for standing up for Charlie. I don't know Charlie personally, but there really isn't any good reason for us to insult each other here. We're all brothers of the bow, in our case, the trad bow. Good natured ribbing to friends is something I enjoy as well as the next guy. I've been noticing posts lately that don't seem to come from that angle.

I have enough arrows and broadheads to last a lifetime.

I asked a friend who has been to Africa multiple times if he thought my inexpensive but quality heads would be adequate for the African game I was going after.
He replied Mike Yancey (my host on the trip) shot them with sharp rocks.  And kills a bunch.
I'm pretty confident.

Jerry- How do you go thru 900+ Broadheads?

My favorite broadheads are the free ones - before he sold Grizzly broadheads, Bill Dunn would give me a handful of "seconds" everytime we hunted together, which was pretty often, until he and his bride sold everything and became Gypsies out west......🤓

Gun, I'd lose 200 bodkins a year hunting small game. I have less than 75 left to my name at this point and started hunting small game with homemade points many years ago.  Regarding the hundreds of Magnus, zwickey, ace, bear, ribbies, and stos I have - I won't even come close to using them. My kids and their kids will never have to buy glue on broadheads. I overdo everything in life.

Same here. Lol. I over do everything hunting wise. 

I am lucky, I have a few lifetime supplies of the original Magnus head that I like fine. I also have a few dozen Zwicky's that work well. But, prices have gone up as new technology and new marketing seem to drive the bigger/better mind set. If you are concerned about the cost of your broad heads just check out Bishop broadheads. Their premier model will run you $3599.96 a dozen. Arrows are a bit more.

Quote from: Davt on May 15, 2022, 04:44:35 PM
If you are concerned about the cost of your broad heads just check out Bishop broadheads. Their premier model will run you $3599.96 a dozen. Arrows are a bit more.

I can't even believe people would pay that much. There's a sucker born every day they say.

Maybe it's me...?? 

I started bowhunting in 1976 when I was 16 years old.
(Ok, I've been shooting a bow since I could walk, and raining hell on the woodchucks in my grandad's garden 5-6)

But legally deer hunting...  I used a 50# Bear Alaskan, tape on Bear quiver, and cedar arrows tipped with Bear Razorheads. Fred Bear was my childhood idol.
I shot everything with a Razorhead!! Rabbits, squirrels, deer, 2 FOX!! I learned early... A "one shot" deal.
If I missed, I could probly find my arrow, touch up the Razorhead, put it back in my quiver.
More times than not, a hit, or miss, resulted in a broken arrow and or bent broadhead...

Broken, bent, destroyed arrows and broadheads, was part of the game... 

I won a pack of Ace standard broadheads many years ago at the Ky Tradfest. They have been very good and highly effective every since and still using them. Lost a few, traded for more, and still loving them. Had purchased a pack of Zwickey before that, very good also. I admit that I look and lust and maybe even drool a little looking at the new heads. Unfortunately my wallet keeps me using what has proven itself good time and time again! Well maybe that's not too unfortunate.