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Dude that's beyond "aint ready to hunt" I've seen better factory edges on a Walmart shovel.
Broadhead sharpening
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Dude that's beyond "aint ready to hunt" I've seen better factory edges on a Walmart shovel.
part of the reason that ground edge is so rough is because it is a single bevel. beveling the other side does clean that up a little bit, but Magnus, Zwickey, Stos, Eclipse, Ribtek, Woodsman, etc are all pretty rough from the factory. those are seriously stout heads and they will certainly do the job, but I'm not a single bevel fan. even less of a fan of tanto points on broadheads.
Sure. I get it. But then why the high price tag? They take the time to grind them at the factory, so why can't they spend a few extra minutes to send you a sharp head? Don't get me wrong... I'm sure they're great, stout heads. But for like half the price I can shoot factory Stingers that are razor sharp out of the package and have a lifetime warranty. If I plan on dropping 50-60 on broadheads, I might as well drop 120 bucks on some Iron Will broadheads that I can shave my pubes with right out of the package and kill a T-Rex the same day.
for an extra $5 they'll sharpen them for you. I've never killed an animal with a broadhead that I didn't sharpen with my own two hands, and I wouldn't consider doing it any other way. except for the one deer I killed with a flint head. I didn't sharpen that one. different strokes, I guess, but making the business end of my arrows ready to hunt is an important part of the whole affair for me. and it's the least expensive option if you are trying to save money. I cannot imagine paying $280 for a dozen broadheads, let alone over $400.
When I used to run the G5 I would touch them up all the time. Therapeutic feeling. Makes you smile right before you set it to flight.
How'd you like the G5s? Not so much Im guessing because you're using something different?
I loved them for years. Hit a bad streak and completely changed everything. They redesigned them this year and I will likely go back to them. Easiest head I've found to sharpen and reuse. Only ever bent the tip on one.
Lifetime guarantee. Bend it, break it, anything but lose it and the company is still around, send it back for a replacement.
I've probably watched too much Ranch Fairy, but if you listen to him much about broadheads, most of them are not hunt ready right out of the package. They aren't as raw as the Cutthroat's, but most need at least some work before you should hunt with them.
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l would ask Randy... “okay so how do you explain the 100’s of thousands of deer getting killed with broadheads pulled straight from the package?” Apparently those were indeed hunt-ready broadheads of every shape and size. Don’t get me wrong... I love a razor sharp knife or broadhead... but sometimes we overthink certain things pertaining to running a stick through the side of a whitetail deer. I’m as guilty of this as anyone.
I would argue confidence. The more you do to tip the scales in your direction, the more confidence you have in your set up. In turn, you generally shoot better.
You can get to work on a horse, but the 300 horses under the hood of your truck makes it that much better.
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Big_Holla
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I've always been the buy a new pack of replacement blades for the Slick Tricks over the years. I always called them stupid sharp out of the package only because I was stupid a few times and had to go grab a band-aid. That said I can see what RF is saying about out of the pack heads not being sharp as over the years (til I found ST's) heads and replacement blades usually needed touched up. My dad was good for checking those when I was younger and he was never afraid of spending time sharpening blades right out of the package. Keep in mind people will kill deer with out of the package heads but as you often hear a well placed field tip will kill a deer dead. Perhaps dull blades are a big contributing factor in losing deer? I used G5 T3's several years ago and lost (later found) my biggest buck with them and had I went with my gut feeling those blades would have been sharpened better before I hunted. I still say that was the reason he went so far, the rest of the heads/blades just weren't that sharp.
Troy goes into detail of why sharp is so important in one of his sharpening videos. Something about slicing the lungs and creating more damage. Things don't roll out of the way, they get cut.
Store bought turkey is good enough.
Store bought turkey is good enough.
Yea, that. Confidence and doing everything you can to tip the scales in your favor. Look at it like scent control. Some people don't do anything. Some people wash their hunting clothes and take a scent-free shower. Some people wash their clothes, take a shower, and try to decontaminate their pack and boots and underwear and the towel they use to dry off after their shower. Lots of deer every year are killed by people with no scent control methods. That doesn't mean I won't do everything I can to tip the scales in my favor.
My leather strop from eBay came yesterday. It's good to fear your own broadheads, right?
you shouldn't be hunting with them if you don't.