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Same one you use for vertical (if you shoot vertical)? Fixed? mechanical?

I've shot mechanicals, but starting to like the idea of fixed. With the higher speeds from the xbow, I imagine planing problems from some broadheads increase, but a nicely shooting fixed (e.g. ramcat claims to shoot very well up to 400 fps) would open up some shot opportunities and I expect drill through a deer from basically any angle, even through a shoulder or two reliably. 

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Grim reapers- went back to them after I tried Rages for a while.  Grims were sold out so bought some rages and have lost two deer with them.  Prob a coincidence, but never lost one with the Grims so I went back to those.  Also didnt like how the rages came loose from the collars sometimes.

Muzzy fixed blades on the crossbow.  Shot a deer at 8 yards last year and it walked 20 yards down the trail and fell over. 

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1 hour ago, WNYBuckHunter said:

Same as I use on my compound. Rage Crossbow X 125gr

I got some rage chisels recently for my vertical. I'll give the practice head a go on the crossbow.

I got a pack of G5 Montecs I am thinking of opening up. My xbow is shooting somewhere in the 360's.

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Rage hypodermics for me. Might pick up a package of the new trypans before heading to Nebraska next week. I've been shooting rage since they came out and have never had a issue with their 2 blade models. Used a 3 blade once and wasn't impressed with that at all.
Last fixed blades I used were slick tricks and they shot well, still keep one or two in my quiver for coyotes and stuff.

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Just bought a crossbow ! TenPoint  , the heads they sold me were ,Wasp Jak-x

3 blade mechanicals . I guess I have to trust them at this point . Bow shoots 340 fps , if that  matters .

 

non typical , same here 29 years of killing deer with fixed cut on contact , we'll see .

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Mathews, Muzzy 90gr. 4 blades on carbon express.

Barnett, Muzzy 125gr. Crossbow 3 blades on Bloodsport bolts.

Kilt a bunch of deer in the past with Rocket Wolverine folders, until I saw the penetration of the Muzzys. Switched over and have been happy.

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On 10/17/2017 at 9:15 PM, Jdubs said:

FWIW, I'm using a Muzzy Trocar 3-blade 100gr on a Carbon Express 20" PileDriver bolt.  I hope to edit this post in about 2 weeks with a field report on how it performed on a deer. :)

 

I'm shooting this same setup and xbow shoots app 315 for.. I'll let you know how it works out after the 4th!

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On 10/21/2017 at 1:32 PM, Stay at home Nomad said:

Just bought a crossbow ! TenPoint  , the heads they sold me were ,Wasp Jak-x

3 blade mechanicals . I guess I have to trust them at this point . Bow shoots 340 fps , if that  matters .

 

non typical , same here 29 years of killing deer with fixed cut on contact , we'll see .

Same for me & my intro w/a 10pt Xbow. At the time, they suggested NAP Spitfire. They worked great, even with ALL my mechanical BH skepticism. FYI - 10pt Xbows are owned & made by Xbow hunters, so take that for what it's worth with their BH suggestions.

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My plan was to use G5 montecs but I can't get them to group well. At 30 yards I was at least doubling group size over my field points plus POI was a few inches to the left (consistently). With the Rage 2 blade practice head I'm struggling to identify a different POI over field points, so I'll be using the rage it looks like. 

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