Leaving montec in the dust!!

[owmygulay]

I would look into the VPA 3-blades. They are machined out of a solid piece of tool steel and are probably stronger than any of the ones with replaceable blades. I have some of the 1 1/4" cut 125gn that I will be using.

[ribka]

I would look into the VPA 3-blades. They are machined out of a solid piece of tool steel and are probably stronger than any if the ones with replaceable blades. I have some of the 1 1/4" cut 125gn that I will be using.

The VPA's look like a well made head

[jrebel]

I shoot the Shuttle 125's and love them.  I have taken a couple elk with them and hav had no problems. 

[Jason]

Wac'ems

[demontang]

Ive shot the muzzy mx3 and they seem to be a great head, the g5 striker are going to be my next buy. Ive been spinning heads and checking the weights. The g5 strikers where all the same 102 grs for about 12 heads and spin very nice. The muzzy all hit 100gr and the 125 hit 125grs, some spin great others not so well. Slick trick was 100-104grs over 6 heads, wasp boss 102grs, shuttle t where 102-108grs, and the thunder heads where 102grs over 8 heads. Most of the heads where spinning great on my beman pro hunters and the kinectic too.

[RadSav]

Ive shot the muzzy mx3 and they seem to be a great head, the g5 striker are going to be my next buy. Ive been spinning heads and checking the weights. The g5 strikers where all the same 102 grs for about 12 heads and spin very nice. The muzzy all hit 100gr and the 125 hit 125grs, some spin great others not so well. Slick trick was 100-104grs over 6 heads, wasp boss 102grs, shuttle t where 102-108grs, and the thunder heads where 102grs over 8 heads. Most of the heads where spinning great on my beman pro hunters and the kinectic too.

A little plumbers thread tape and they all should spin fine.  Except maybe a Shuttle-T here or there.  Even then nothing to worry about if you have adequate fletching.

[Button Nubbs]

Hmmm neat trick rad

[CoryTDF]

What do you think is the BEST broadhead for elk???

I'm looking at the Slick Tricks or the Toxic's??? Any others??

Anything but Toxic...please!

Best blades on the market right now = Wac'em, WASP, Slick Trick and G5 Striker.  Any of those will treat you well.

Why not Toxics?

[PolarBear]

Slick Ticks or Shuttle T's. if you care about accuracy and dependability.  Slick Tricks rated at the top in a recent Peterson's Bowhunting accuracy, and strength test.

[buglebuster]

Shuttle t's are the best ive shot dropped a cow in her tracks once.

[Wanttohuntmore]

I've wanted to try slick tricks but the montec cs work so well I haven't switched.  Why the montec hate?

[6haase6]

Muzzy 90 grain four blade killed the bull in my avatar. I'm guessing he ran 25 to 30 yards and was dead in less than a minute. I had instant blood down his side having that fourth blade is amazing.

[PolarBear]

It doesn't matter what broadhead you shoot if the accuracy isn't there.  You can kill a critter with any broadhead on the market but if it does not fly like a dart with your set up, even the most expensive or popular broadhead is just junk.  Hell, think of all the critters that have been killed with rocks on the end of a stick.

[CoryTDF]

I've wanted to try slick tricks but the montec cs work so well I haven't switched.  Why the montec hate?

I have killed 7 deer, 2 elk, 1 bear, and tons of foam with Montecs. I bout a pack of the CS in 2009 as that was all the shop had. Since they are the same as the regular 100 grain heads i just put them on and went hunting. I shot them three times.Once killing a bear, once killing a 4x6 whitetail, and once killing a cow elk.

On the down side I have also watched text book shots done with montecs result in a lost animal. Not to toot my own horn but I'm a fair hand at tracking animals and even after I saw the shot, rewatched it on film 10 times, and gave it plenty of time to die we still lost the buck. 3 of the deer I shot were also text book shots, right through the 4th rib, and if not for my " never stop looking" attitude and what I consider to be a better than average eye for blood and sign those animals would not have been recovered.

I know Montecs are ok and as I just said I have killed allot with them. But if there is a better broadhead out there I want to use it. Under the advice of a professional hunter friend, who has killed more with a bow than me and 10 of my hunting partners combined, I thought I might make the switch to Slick Tricks. But in my search found the Toxics and they look freaking cool. They are new but they look legit.

Point is the Slick Trick Magnum is cheaper than a Montec and the blades can be replaced. Even though you can sharpen Montec they never really get SHARP.
 

[RadSav]

What do you think is the BEST broadhead for elk???

I'm looking at the Slick Tricks or the Toxic's??? Any others??

Anything but Toxic...please!

Best blades on the market right now = Wac'em, WASP, Slick Trick and G5 Striker.  Any of those will treat you well.

Why not Toxics?

I am not going down that road again here, but you can do a search for "Toxic Broadhead" threads on this site and see my previous thoughts.

I will put it this way though.  Bowhunting and archery has been my chosen career path and my passion for nearly 35 years.  It pays the bills and continues to reflect my identity.  But if for some reason I was forced to shoot a Toxic, Atom, Allen, Crimson Talon or a POD...I would give up bowhunting for big game altogether.  Period!