deadhead

[david Keech]

#4045

Just now I was looking around on ebay when I remembered I had been the high bidder on a vintage pearson deadhead broadhead. So after checking for shipping details I found It had been delivered today.I go out to the mailbox w/flashlight in hand and look inside and there it is.cool.I bring it inside take it out of It’s package.This is a pretty impressive broadhead.I put it on the scale and it weigh’s 133 grains..I’m thinking I would like to take a deer with this classic and then put it on my wall.any comment’s?????

[Stumpkiller]

#26414

It’s a heck of a head and I know of a couple bowhunters who still use them.

I’m not sure I’d go afield with one broadhead different than all the rest in my quiver. I guess if you practice with that arrow and find a target point through experimentation that matches it so you can practice well.

[david Keech]

#26945

Good advise Stumpkiller.I’m working on getting two more of these.The F.O.C. will not be to good with these heads but will aim for the 650 grain total weight to increase penetration.Stuck it on one of my P.O.C shafts.60-65 lb spine and the weight came out to 567 grains..Not even close..Have some raw tapered Douglas Fir I will try when I get them stained and sealed.

[Stumpkiller]

#27565

FOC will be fine with a wood arrow and better with a piddly little carbon.

A LOT of game was killed with Pearson Deadheads before the acronym “FOC” was ever mentioned. Metal ahead of wood = sufficient FOC for North American game. Same with Ace, Zwickey and a lot of other heads like Stos and Magnus. They work as long as the arrow flies well and moves swiftly enough.

I propose S.S.S. is every bit as relevent as F.O.C. – Sharp as possible, Stable flight so the arrow penetrates best and Sufficient energy to get the head out the far side of the quarry hunted. Everything in North America has been killed with a single well-placed arrow with heads no heavier than 145 grains on wood arrows.

[David Petersen]

#28424

Charlie — I don’t doubt at all that this head has brought down mucho big game. And as a piece of archery history and an eye-grabbing handsome tool, it’s way cool. But IMHO, I wouldn’t launch a head that size and shape at anything bigger than a turkey (in fact it looks like a great turkey head), unless it was mounted on a two-pound spear … precisely because it seriously complicates your third S — sufficient energy for full penetration, esp. for the majority of trad bowhunters today, who are shooting lighter and lighter bows compared to the old days when that broadhead was new. IMHO IMHO IMHO 😀

[Stumpkiller]

#28585

I don’t disagree. I like slim single blades like the Stos 130 gr as I figure my 50-55# bows and 520 to 620 grain arrows lack the impulse to drive larger or multi-blade heads reliably out the backside of game. Before that I used Magnus II and Ribtek 125S (slim) heads. I’m a fan of penetration . . . and placement. 😉

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