I used all 3 of these heads in Africa over the last 2 weeks and took animals with all 3 and these comments are my observations and thoughts.
Smoke Ramcat: my favorite head and it took a 400+ pound lioness at 42 yards with a full pass thru and a tracking job of about 40 yards. Have no idea about a blood trail as we saw her go down and did not need to look. Blades were slightly bent, but I replace my blades so I do not care what they look like after killing an animal. The second animal I took was a 16# to 18# Klipspringer with a 16 yard shot with a full pass thru and a 20 yard tracking job. The arrow struck a cement wall of the water tank, but did not damage the ferrule or blades. Still going to be hard to beat this head in my opinion.
Quad Exodus Full Blade: Thanks to Rocky I was able to test the Quad Exodus on a Bushbuck. It was at 40 yards and he was walking and I did not lead him enough and hit him in the hind quarters, but managed to spine him and he dropped in his tracks. This head flies like a dart and cut a wicked hole and there was plenty of blood even with a rear quarter hit. I would not hesitate to use or recommend this head again. It sounded like he was hit with a 2x6 when the arrow hit.
Gravedigger: This is a combination of a fixed blade leading edge and 2 mechanical blades for over 4" of cutting surface in this 4 blade head. I was very dissapointed with this head and the sharpeness on the main blade, but a few swipes with the Smith's BH sharpener and it was ready to go. It flies well. My first shot at a Bushbuck at 20 yards hit a small limb and defected off and when we found the arrow it was intact, except missing the BH which we could not find. It had broken off inside the shaft right above the threads, but the arrow was still not broken. Dissapointed to say the least as we could not find anything solid that it had hit. I went ahead and put one more of these heads on my arrow, but planned on not using it considering what had happend on the first shot. It just so happened that i was hunting my second Bushbuck with only 2 arrows, one with a Exodus and the Gravedigger. My first shot on my 2nd BB just sailed a little over his back at 51 yards, but the second shot with the Gravedigger hit the make with a full pass thru at 50 yards, a massive gash and plenty of blood. Tracking was only 50 yards and we did not look for blood as he we heard him go down and just walked straight to him.
All in all, I would recommend and use the Ramcat as you all know by now and I would also recomend the Quad Exodus and would not hesistate to use it again. My opinions on the Gravedigger are still mixed as one disappointed, but one worked like it should. I will reserve my thought on this head as far a recomendation to when I can test a few on some feral pigs this year.
Smoke Ramcat: my favorite head and it took a 400+ pound lioness at 42 yards with a full pass thru and a tracking job of about 40 yards. Have no idea about a blood trail as we saw her go down and did not need to look. Blades were slightly bent, but I replace my blades so I do not care what they look like after killing an animal. The second animal I took was a 16# to 18# Klipspringer with a 16 yard shot with a full pass thru and a 20 yard tracking job. The arrow struck a cement wall of the water tank, but did not damage the ferrule or blades. Still going to be hard to beat this head in my opinion.
Quad Exodus Full Blade: Thanks to Rocky I was able to test the Quad Exodus on a Bushbuck. It was at 40 yards and he was walking and I did not lead him enough and hit him in the hind quarters, but managed to spine him and he dropped in his tracks. This head flies like a dart and cut a wicked hole and there was plenty of blood even with a rear quarter hit. I would not hesitate to use or recommend this head again. It sounded like he was hit with a 2x6 when the arrow hit.
Gravedigger: This is a combination of a fixed blade leading edge and 2 mechanical blades for over 4" of cutting surface in this 4 blade head. I was very dissapointed with this head and the sharpeness on the main blade, but a few swipes with the Smith's BH sharpener and it was ready to go. It flies well. My first shot at a Bushbuck at 20 yards hit a small limb and defected off and when we found the arrow it was intact, except missing the BH which we could not find. It had broken off inside the shaft right above the threads, but the arrow was still not broken. Dissapointed to say the least as we could not find anything solid that it had hit. I went ahead and put one more of these heads on my arrow, but planned on not using it considering what had happend on the first shot. It just so happened that i was hunting my second Bushbuck with only 2 arrows, one with a Exodus and the Gravedigger. My first shot on my 2nd BB just sailed a little over his back at 51 yards, but the second shot with the Gravedigger hit the make with a full pass thru at 50 yards, a massive gash and plenty of blood. Tracking was only 50 yards and we did not look for blood as he we heard him go down and just walked straight to him.
All in all, I would recommend and use the Ramcat as you all know by now and I would also recomend the Quad Exodus and would not hesistate to use it again. My opinions on the Gravedigger are still mixed as one disappointed, but one worked like it should. I will reserve my thought on this head as far a recomendation to when I can test a few on some feral pigs this year.
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