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2 blades, who shoots them?

I have a couple dozen Bear Razor Heads with bleeder blades that belonged to my dad who hunted with a recurve back in the late 60's and through the 70's. Last year I was upping my FOC and looking for a 150 head when I put one on the scale and it was pretty close! So last year I killed 4 deer with them using a 2021 Hoyt Ventum. Pass throughs on each deer and all of them fell with in sight. A modern rig shooting a 1960's broad head and they preformed perfectly. I also think my dad would get a real kick out of the fact that Im putting them to good use.
 
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Va.Hunter said:
I have a couple dozen Bear Razor Heads with bleeder blades that belonged to my dad who hunted with a recurve back in the late 60's and through the 70's. Last year I was upping my FOC and looking for a 150 head when I put one on the scale and it was pretty close! So last year I killed 4 deer with them using a 2021 Hoyt Ventum. Pass throughs on each deer and all of them fell with in sight. A modern rig shooting a 1960's broad head and they preformed perfectly. I also think my dad would get a real kick out of the fact that Im putting them to good use.
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The old guys back in the day knew what worked. Ain't nothing wrong w/ Bear Razorheads. My dad killed a bunch of deer w/ em'.
 
For the last 10 years or so I've been using Tim Strickland's Helix single bevel in various sizes. Solid head. No issues. Most deer die within sight. I've crushed some shoulders with em'.
 
I've been using magnus 2 blades (100 and 125 gr) the past couple years, smooth edge without bleeders. The first pic shows my opening day 2019 buck with a miniscule exit on the point of the left shoulder. The shot went in his back just beside the spine, clipped the heart and out the left shoulder. Not a speck of blood but he was dead on the atv road after a 30 yards sprint. The last three pics were from my 2021 buck. Broadside at 30 yards, slipped between ribs, double lung pass through. He walked 10-15 yards, laid down and died. There was a decent blood trail for this one even though it wasn't needed.

I am sold on the penetration and damage but I hold my breath regarding blood trail with two blades. These were with a Mathews DTX. My trad bow arrows are sporting grizzly's and I'm going to try to stick one with them this year and see how a single bevel does.

Sean

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Lcoop said:
I believe you. But I’ve never had a heart shot deer run out of sight.
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I just saw this.

This deer sure did. Granted that the terrain really is what did it. I was setup about 50 yards from the end of the public onto private and honestly had I just walked straight I'd have found him, but I had to seek permission to go onto the private land to get him and that took about 8 hours. Knowing I had no blood, I didn't push the track job and hired the dog just as a precaution. He ran straight down hill and only made it about 100 yards. I have no better explanation that his momentum carried him that far and that coupled with no blood and the cross onto private was enough for me to at least want a 3 blade for the sake of a blood trail.
 
WECoyote said:
I've been using magnus 2 blades (100 and 125 gr) the past couple years, smooth edge without bleeders. The first pic shows my opening day 2019 buck with a miniscule exit on the point of the left shoulder. The shot went in his back just beside the spine, clipped the heart and out the left shoulder. Not a speck of blood but he was dead on the atv road after a 30 yards sprint. The last three pics were from my 2021 buck. Broadside at 30 yards, slipped between ribs, double lung pass through. He walked 10-15 yards, laid down and died. There was a decent blood trail for this one even though it wasn't needed.

I am sold on the penetration and damage but I hold my breath regarding blood trail with two blades. These were with a Mathews DTX. My trad bow arrows are sporting grizzly's and I'm going to try to stick one with them this year and see how a single bevel does.

Sean

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if you drop their blood pressure quick enough and they drop/die fast, then it is relatively common to have almost zero blood

i shot a doe last year top of the heart with a 3 blade head, she ran 50 yards and fell over in sight, there was no blood until i started turning her around and then some poured out
 
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