Hi all,
Just curious if anyone has had experience with these before? I've heard a bit about them but it all seems too good to be true. If they are indeed as good as I hear I can't understand why more don't shoot them.
I shoot shuttle-t's. Haven't let me down yet. Keeps my confidence high, therefore I've hadno question in switching heads yet. Some brands that I have my interest are hartcraft. My dad shoots the montec g5 . Our bows are nearly the exact same setup. WE both love how our broadheads shoot. So more than one head will work great on a bow.
I hunted with them last year and flat out love them. It was the first time I used a fixed blade broadhead. I've killed 6 elk with expandable broadheads but was headed to Idaho and had to use a fixed. I shot G5 Striker, Grim Reaper Hades, Slick Trick and considered a few others (Shuttle T) besides the Stricklands.
When considering them a buddy from TN told me about them and how well they flew for him (70 yards I couldn't tell which arrows were his field tips and which were broadheads). I then walked into an archery shop that didn't know me from Adam. I asked the owner of all the fixed broadheads on his wall (he had TONS) which would he shoot and no joke he said..."the Slick Trick flies really good...but I'd go with the Stricklands" It was the second time in a week someone suggested them to me.
To be honest the G5 and the Stricklands flew wicked awesome and the Hades was pretty solid as well. The think that did it for me were two things:
1. Sharp blades on the Stricklands - and I could re-sharpen them easy (had to get their sharpener because of the 40 degree bevel)
2. EVERY time I pulled them out of the target I had to ROTATE the arrow as the broadhead had continued to spin into the target. I could not get this concept out of my mind and the thought of it doing that inside and elk was the thing that convinced me to shoot them over any other.
The entrance wound on my bull was simple - basically a flat hole but the blade kept rotating and the hole through the lungs was impressive. Bull went 90 yards and tipped over.
I'm going to shoot them again in Idaho and will likely shoot them over the Grim Reapers I've used in the past here in Utah. They fly true, made in USA, I like the fact that they are simple and solid.
I agree with everyone else - a well placed arrow will kill an animal and if you like the way a broadhead flies, that's the one for you. But the continued rotation of the Strickland is unique and effective.
