[huntersdad04]

found this buried in "the box". I remember my brother using these with little success. The tip retracts and pushes the blades out. I thought it would be something to talk about. maybe who made them and what year and who actually used them with success

 

[Southern Sam]

Punchcutter or bloodtrailer!! Yeah they worked about half the time!lol I'm so glad mechanicals have come a long ways since then!!

 

[Trailhuntin1]

I dont think thats the FIRST mechanical. There was a version of the Schwackers out way before the punchcutters

 

[pybowhtr]

NOt sure but I think they were called Pucketts bloodtrailer or something similiar to this . I remember there was a problem with them opening even if the tip hit a blade of grass , usually causing a deflection. I sure there are more people with information out there , they were popular. Hang on to them for historical purposes.

 

[Mattyv97]

hahaha i use to use something along those lines with very little success. the blades never opened, Garbage

 

[Southern Sam]

I dont think thats the FIRST mechanical. There was a version of the Schwackers out way before the punchcutters

Was it the Sonoran broadhead? I remember Vortex was the 1st mechanical broadhead I ever saw a animal shot with in person. that was in 94!! I had never seen a broadhead make a hole like that before!!

 

[Shinsou]

That thing looks mean.

:izza:

 

[J. Wesbrock]

If I'm not mistaken, these things were on the market in 1957.

 

[BucksnBass525]

First one I ever remember was advertized shooting through a cherry or something like that, might have been a punchcutter. Anyway, that mechanical broadhead cost me one of my biggest bow bucks ever.

 

[Trailhuntin1]

Was it the Sonoran broadhead? I remember Vortex was the 1st mechanical broadhead I ever saw a animal shot with in person. that was in 94!! I had never seen a broadhead make a hole like that before!!

Thats the one i was thinking of, but apparently these below were around before those.

If I'm not mistaken, these things were on the market in 1957.

 

[bambikiller]

ha that is the blood trailer broadhead tom miranda used to use it i have a couple of the videos he made with that broadhead, i even tried some blades were weak but they flew nice and opened a nice hole

 

[kawabunga]

Bloodtrailers, I used those, were'nt very strong, had the main body compress with the sides bulding out after shooting a hog, killed them though. I think Punchcutters came out about the same time, they both had pretty small cutting diameters, then came Vortex.

 

[huntersdad04]

good to hear that some of you remember these. :wink: Some good and bad memories I take it.

 

[sawtoothscream]

my uncle has one of those. i was looking around and he had one on top of his gun cabnet. very strange. reminds me of smoke heads

 

[bigbuckdn]

they were ilegal in ny and still are they are true mechanicals others just have folding blades. all those push the tip to open heads are not legal in ny.
those at the top look just like punch cutters or pucket blood trailers

 

[Thundercloud]

Those are the Pucketts Bloodtrailer Broadheads. It was invented by Riley Puckett from Lorton, VA. I used to go to school with his sons Glen and Scott. Riley used to have a little bow shop in his back yard, basically a little bigger than a shed before opening a very nice Pro Shop after his new invention went big time.

He gave me a few to try right after he started making them and I killed a few deer with them, but the originals were a little weak and would usally get damaged on pass throughs when they hit rocks or whatever the ferrule would get bent. But one thing for sure they lived up to there name, they would punch a wicked hole making for a nice blood trail.

He came out with a few other variations of it over the next few years, but then unfornately Riley was diagnosed with Cancer and left this world way too soon.

He was a great guy and even better archer, after his passing Blood Trailer Broadhead company went on for a few years being ran by his second wife and then just seemed to go away.

 

[454casull]

".178gr" Wow and we thought that 55 gr was light LOL.

 

[willie]

If I'm not mistaken, these things were on the market in 1957.

Might be.. but the frst time I saw them was in the late 60s.

Real thin blades.

 

[silentdeath1]

i remember those but i started useing mar-den mini max 2 blade killed my biggest buck with a 75 gr mini max he ended up scoring 164 and some change that was in 94 2 deer ever with a bow first buck with a bow... its been all down hill since then! if ya know what i mean:wink:

 

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