Broadhead help for noob with Xbow

[Roguepilot]

Greets Folks,
Just joined forum few days ago, did quite abit of research and came up with ordering an Excalibur Equinox, first Xbow for me. As I had to order it, Im waiting wondering about what broadheads? Any suggestions would be much appreciated or anything else. I havent ordered a case yet have seen a couple one being a soft padded case other seemed almost like a soft sided padded cardboard case. Will I need wax? I ordered the kit with the scope not the red dot the other one variscope I think it was called. I will prlly need a target also. Sooooo, if anyone can give a noob a hand I prlly will have more questions not to belabor it.
thanks . Mac

[Horizontal Hunter]

Welcome to the forum. There are lost of great folks here that will be happy to share their knowledge. IMO broadheads are like cars and their attributes can be debated for hours.

I have had good luck with the Slick Trick and the NAP Spitfire. Scott (Sumner) had a post a few days ago about the Spitfires opening prematurely on his xbow. I have had no problems out of my Exocet. IMO any good broadhead will do the job if it is put in the right place.

As far as targets go I use the standard range targets at the club I belong to for field points and the Crossbow King for broadheads. The Crossbow King is a broadhead only target. It works good for my purposes. I only use it for fine tuning before the season so it gets lightly used. I have had it 3 seasons now and it is holding up well to my use.

IMO you bought one of the best xbows on the planet. Enjoy

Bob

[Farmer]

Welcome to th forum .

As already stated broadhead choice can be as varied as the members here . Get with any hunting buddy and try what they use if they have had luck with a particular model .

I have used many different types and makes of broadhead . Have had great luck with rockets ( sidewinder and hammerhead ) mechanicals. Wasp Boss 4 blade for replacable blade broadheads and Magnus Snuffer for cut on contact broadhead .

For an all around target use ( field point and broadheads ) the Rinhart 18N1 is hard to beat .

Yes you will need string wax .

Hope this helps a bit .

[bkisel]

Welcome aboard!

Regular 3 balde Muzzy worked fine for me just last Tuesday in taking down a sdmall deer. Hear lots of good things about Slick Tricks, have no experience with expandables.

Know nothing about CB cases for the Excalibur. For my hunting trip to PA last week I simply broke down my bow, made some foam padding for the scope and, with some other foam strips stratigicly placed, used the original Excalibur shipping box. Quiver had to be packed seperately.

Take care...

[sumner4991]

I have had good luck with the Slick Trick and the NAP Spitfire. Scott (Sumner) had a post a few days ago about the Spitfires opening prematurely on his xbow.

That thread was from a while back . . .my initial testing of the Spitfires where from second hand broadheads. I'm not sure how many times they were shot before I got them. I was told that NAP is now saying the broadheads are good for 5 shots before replacing the springs that hold the blades closed. I currently have Spitfires in my quiver and use them on occasion. They are extremely accurate and deadly. I do use an elastic as extra security with no issues.

I hunt from the ground and thus do not get as good of a blood trail as the tree stand folks because of the angle of the shot. Therefore, I want a broadhead that will take a deer down in a hurry. Max cutting and blood loss. That's why I shoot the Stricknines . . .3 blades and 2" cut. All other things being equal, the more cutting surface, the faster your deer will bleed out. Anyway, I've been hunting with mechanicals for three seasons. Since switching to the 3 blade, 2 " cut blades, the average tracking job is 30 yards . . .they fall in sight. I have not had a mechanical open prematurely nor have I had one not to open since using the simple lever with an elastic.

In the fixed blade models, I like the Slick Tricks. Simply because of the cutting surface of 4 blades. They are very well made, but, there are a ton of well made fixed blades. I go for more cutting . . .just measure the cutting surface.

Welcome to the forum.

[Crispy]

Welcome to the forum! Iam fairly new to cbows also. I first tried thunderhead 100's, they grooped ok but not very close to my field tips. Switched to wasp boss 100's and they seem to have the same poi. Keep your serving waxed and good luck.

[Roguepilot]

Thanks for the welcome and responses, guess best thing is just to try some out and hope I get the same flt path that will be consistent with whatever is shipped to me and go from there. I will see if I can find and ask around about targets you suggested. Im sure I will learn more as I go along was really curious about the expanding heads as I never used em in compound bow pretty much always stuck with a good 3pt head that has always worked for me compared to field points. Anyways thanks again