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cecil30-30

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I went to pick me up another pack of NAP Spitfires today,and while I was looking at them,a guy beside me told me to put them back and get me some muzzy's..I asked him why..He said that he used the spitfires last year and had a complete pass thru on a deer and had the arrow sticking in the ground on the other side and when he got the arrow the blades was closed and never opened..And he said he put "the Perfect" shot on this deer,but he never recovered it..I then said, really..Perfect shot??? But you never recovered your deer,so how do you know it was a perfect shot? He just kinda mubbled around and said that he saw the arrow hit the deer..I then said that ,by the spitfires design,the blades do close when the hit the ground..He just kinda grumbled a sec or two and then walked away..He just gave me a good laugh that I needed..

I've been reading up on the spitfires and Im reading nothing but good on them..Of the bad reviews i am reading, they are all saying the blades failed to deploy on their "perfect shot" but never recovered the deer..I shot them yesterday and they fly just like my field points out to 40yds, (that is as far as I tested them)..And open every time. The blades are closed when the arrow stops and is sticking out the other side,so I taped a paper plate to the back of the target and sure enough the blades are always open when it exits the target,they just slam back foward when the arrow stops..I can't wait to put one through a deer!!
 
They have worked flawless for me for 4 or 5 yrs.They fly great Even on quartering shots. I shot a doe a few years ago that was probably quatering away almost to much to shoot and the spitfire cut her side wide open for a foot before it went in right through her heart and lungs! Needless to say she only flipped and rolled about 20yds.
 
I use them and have never had a problem with them. I have killed over ten deer with them in the past three rears and have not lost any that I have drawn blood on yet.
 
ALL broadheads have their plusses and minusses. I am sure both Muzzy and Spitfires are no exception.

The truth is that even if the head did not open, and he put the shot through BOTH lings, the deer would most likely still have been recovered. (though I have seen ((and videoed)) a couple double lung shots where deer travelled far and lived MUCH longer than I would EVER expect.

I know of a deer killed with a filed tip by accident.

Some people will NEVER get it! THis guy sounds like one of them!

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I would say that a very high percentage of mechanical broadheads that get blamed for loosing a deer were not at all at fault. I have never took one hunting but I have felt for quite a while they get a bad rap. I feel most losses are bad shots. I think the person doing the shooting didn't make a good shot and they either think they made a good shot but don't know they made a bad shot or they just won't admit they made a bad shot. Then when they can't find the deer they still believe they made a good shot or can't accept the fact that made a bad shot, or they know they made a bad shot and don't want people to know, so they blame the broadhead. I am sure they are some failures that happen but I would say most of the time the broadhead is not at fault.
 
Killed many a deer with spitfires. I did switch to muzzy's myself. I always checked the blades before each hunt and one time one of the blades started to stick and was tough to move. It could have been dirt or something that caused it to stick but my confidence level went down. Plus just felt like a change and they are a little less expensive.
 
I didnt know the blades closed like that when the arrow stopped. Been shooting NAP Spitfires for more than 6 years, never had a problem one with them. Good Luck with them Cecil.
 
Aim true and you'll have good luck with them. I've personally shot deer with 5 different broadheads, and I've yet had any problems I can definately blame on the broadhead. With today's information transfer speed, if a truly bad product got out there I don't htink it would last on the market long.
 
I used Spitfires for years and loved them. They cut a gaping hole and leave a tremendous blood trail. I switched to Grim Reapers strictly because of the point design for angling shots. I'd go back to Spitfires with no reservations.
 

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