"Ray, I took this Eastern on 5/2/12 using the 125 gn barbed spur. This broadhead anchored the bird instantly. I've used a lot of heads on turkey and this one is the best. Terrific flight and devistating wound channels. The arrow entered left of the anus and exited the chest. The bird absorbed about 95% of the energy from my 550 grain arrow shot from a 65 lb bow....pretty impressive! I'm looking forward to giving some 175 grain non vented this season on elk. I currently use the 125 gn and 150 gn non vented and they are a superb head as well."

Thanks for a great product.

Special thanks to Dave Harris for calling in this bird. Thanks, John Foster

Congratulations to Rodney Rudd on taking this fine 2012 double bearded tom. He was using a VPA Spur and a crossbow.

Congrats to Fieldstaffer Adam Jarvis on making a great shot on this 2012 boar. He used a VPA 3 blade unvented 125.

Congrats to Prostaffer Curt Cabrera on these nice SC hogs taken with the glue on 160gr 3 Blades on steel adapters. Also pictured is an Armidillo he took with a glue on 125gr SGT on a steel adapter.

Congratulations to VPA Prostaffer Curt Cabrera on taking these 2011 Turkeys. All the birds were taken with the same arrow/broadhead. The hunts were really made special as the broadhead used for all of the birds was once owned by a friend who was tragically killed in 2010. It was a 1 1/4" cutting diameter 250gr VPA 3 blade.

VPA Prostaffer Curt Cabrera also took several small game animals, like this headshot made on this squirrel. He was using a VPA SGT Small Game Thumper

Congratulations to Brian Trivette on taking this nice hog during the rayzor-vpa.com hog hunt at Shiloh Ranch in Oklahoma. Whe was shooting a VPA 3 blade 100 out of his crossbow.

Gary Taylor took this nice hog on the rayzor-vpa.com hog hunt at the Shiloh Ranch in Oklahoma. He was shooting VPA Custom Shop 100s with arrowhead vents.

Congratulations to Mike Bolin. He took this nice hog and the rayzor-vpa.com Shiloh Ranch hog hunt. He was shooting 250gr VPA 3 Blades.

Congratulations to David Cox on taking this nice 2012 AZ Javelina. He was using a VPA 3 Blade.

Andy Ivy does it again, this time taking a beautiful Wildebeest bull with a 150 grain VPA broadhead.

Congrats to Joey Guerra. He took this nice Texas hog with the 150gr Penetrator 2 Blades.

Congratulations to Greg Crouse on this terrific 6 point! He was using VPA 250gr 3 Blades.

Jeff Miller, co-owner of VPA, traveled to Oklahoma to take this nice hog with a 250 grain VPA 3 blade.

Andy Ivy does it again with this great walk and stalk Kudu he took with a 150 grain VPA 3 Blade. Also, congrats to Andy's girlfriend Bec with a nice boar taken with VPAs.

Congratulations to Fieldstaffer David Morris on his 8 point whitetail and and black color phase coyote taken with the 100 grain VPA 3 blade.

Congrats to Jake Leibke on this nice Pheasant taken with a 100gr Small Game Thumper!

Congrats to Greg Spurgeon! He had a great year with our 100 grain VPA 3-Blade broadheads taking a turkey in Indiana, and then a whitetail and mountain goat in Colorado.

Congrats to Kevin Chastain on this fine 2011 whitetail. He was shooting our 3 Blade 250s in a compound!!

Congratulations to VPA Fieldstaffer Tim Shaeffer on taking this fine 2011 Texas whitetail. He was shooting VPA 3 blades.

Congratulations to VPA Fieldstaffer Brent Gaddis. He recently returned from a Texas hunt where he took a great whitetail, two feral hogs and a huge feral goat. He was using VPA 3 blades.

Jody Cyr has done it again with this great trophy black bear. What a season in 2011! Congratulations! I need a season like that!!

Congrats to Shane Capps who took this nice 8-point with a 100gr, VPA broadhead.

Congrats to Kevin Dill on this nice buck. Kevin used a 250 grain VPA broadhead.

Congrats to Jameson Olson on taking this nice doe with a 150 grain VPA broadhead.

Congrats to VPA Prostaffer Jesse Coots on taking this nice drop tine buck. It was taken with the VPA 3 blade 85s.

Congratulations to Prostaffer Ilene Hailey on taking 8 animals with 8 shots during her African Safari. She was using VPA 3 Blade vented 100's.

Congratulations to Fieldstaffer Michael Pfancook on his 8pt taken with VPA 3 blade broadheads.

Congratulations to VPA Prostaffer Tony Mudd on taking this terrific Boone and Crockett Class bull on his 2011 Utah Bison Hunt! He was shooting VPA 3 Blade 125's.

VPA congratulates Ryan Revis on taking this awesome bull! He writes....

"Here is a photo of my 2011 Montana bull. The vented 3-blade 100 gr head made quick work of him. Thanks for making a great product!" Ryan Revis

Congratulations to Prostaffer Tink Jackson on taking this nice 2011 New Mexico Black Bear. He was using VPA 3 blade 125s.

Ray Prillaman of VPA and Rayzor-VPA.com took this management buck on the opening day of Virginia's 2011 season. "About 30 minutes into opening day one of the bucks on our cull list walked past my blind at arms length and stood broadside at less than 10 yards. That was his last mistake. An unvented 100 zipped through him like butter and is back in my quiver for the next one."

Congratulations to Prostaffer Bryce DeForest on this massive 2011 Idaho bull. It was taken with the VPA 3 blade vented 100.

Congratulations to Prostaffer Matt Palmquist with his nice 2011 Pronghorn. It was taken with a VPA 3 Blade vented 100.

"Ray, thanks for making these fantastic heads. I have used many makes and models over the years and I believe I have finally landed on my choice of broadhead. Easy to sharpen for the sharpening impaired and you won't find a stronger made head out there. Thanks from Kentucky." KentuckyTJ

Please join VPA in congratulating Steve Lewellen on taking this World Class Arizona Coues Deer!!! His 2011 Trophy will rank near the top in the record books. It was taken with a VPA 3 blade vented 100 grain. It will be officially scored after the required drying period. Stay tuned...........

Congratulations to VPA Fieldstaffer Scott Roberts on taking his 2011 bull. A new VPA Unvented 100 3 blade put him down quick.

Congratulations to Prostaffer Jody Cyr with another fine 2011 animal taken with the VPA 3 blade. This time a nice Roosevelt Bull.

Congratulations to Forrest Cross on his fantastic California Mule Deer. Not only is it one for the record books but it also is the first Muley Buck taken with the new for fall of 2011, VPA Unvented 100 3 blade.

Congratulations to our Prostaffer in South Africa, Herman Brand, on this fine wildebeast. It is one of many animals he took this year with his VPA vented 100s. He also tok several guinea fowl with the SGTs.

Congratulations to VPA Fieldstaffer Ross Sevy on taking this great Idaho high country mule deer. He was using a VPA vented 3 blade 100.

Rick Malinas took this terrific Colorado bull on a Do It Yourself hunt with an Over The Counter tag!  He didn’t know at the time it was the first bull taken with VPA’s new nonvevented 100.  He writes:

"I took this bull the second morning of the 2011 Colorado archery elk season.  It was a 57 yard quartering away shot.  The VPA nonvented 100 entered the front of the rear ham and was sticking out the off side between the shoulder and neck. That is nearly 4 feet of penetration!! The head was in perfect condition, just needing a light sharpening and ready to hunt again. These heads tune and fly great and are as tough as they come!"

Rick Malinas, 67# Hoyt Alphamax 32, Easton 340 FMJ, Spott Hogg Sight, VPA non-vented 100

Congratulations to Fieldstaffer Duane Tucker on his nice 2011 Bull taken with a VPA vented 100. Best of all he had his 10 year old son doing the cow calling! Awesome!!

Congratulations to Prostaffer Scott McGann on this great 2011 Pronghorn taken with the NEWLY RELEASED VPA VPA 3-Blade UNVENTED 100.

Congrats to VPA Prostaffer Justin Davis on his 2011 Pronghorn. The VPA 3-Blade broadhead put him down within 10 yds.

Prostaffer Jody Cyr connected on this nice 2011 Pronghorn just and hour into his hunt. He took him with a VPA 3-Blade 100. Congratualations Jody!

Congratulations to Rob Loiterton from Australia on taking these Asian Buffalo with VPA 3-Blade 250.

Andy Ivy does it again taking these 2 great Asian Water Buffalo with a 300 grain VPA 3-Blade broadhead.

Congrats to VPA Prostaffer Gary Logsdon. He wrapped up his Spring 2011 season with another awesome bird taken on the last day with a VPA 3-Blade broadhead. Check out those spurs!

Congratulations to Prostaffer Matt Palmquist on this nice 2011 Nebraska Longbeard taken with a 100 grain VPA 3-Blade broadhead!

Congratulations to Prostaffer Jody Cyr with his two Spring 2011 Longbeards taken using VPA 3-Blade broadheads in 100 grain. It looks like he had a great weekend!

Congratulations to Andy Ivy on his 2 free ranging Fallow Deer taken in Australia. Both were taken with 300 gr Terminators. On one, the VPA 3-Blade broadhead smashed the shoulder before center punching the heart.

Congratulations to Prostaffer Gary Logsdon on his opening morning bird taken with a VPA 3-Blade broadhead. Gary writes….

"Our Kentucky spring turkey opener brought temps in the 40s with 30 mph wind gusts this morning, nonetheless the birds were out and about . After watching multiple gobblers from my blind I managed to nail this 2 year old strutter through the base of the neck collapsing him on the spot. This is the first critter I've taken with the very special Tall Tines recurve Brian Wessel of Iowa recently made for me, the one with the antler carving inlay made from my Dad's last archery buck." Gary Logsdon

Brent Gaddis to this nice buck and 2 boars on his 2010 Texas hunt using VPA 3-Blade broadheads. Congratulations Brent!

Our Prostaffer, Scott McGann put a Thumpin' on some Jack Rabbits recently. He writes:

"Hey Guys, I was a contestant in the Treasure Valley Bowhunters annual Rabbit shoot this past Sat. I passed out some VPA brochures as well has gave away 6- Small Game Thumpers for a few guys to try out during the tournament. The club gives out 2 trophies. 1 for members of their club and 1 for non-members. I am happy to say that both winners were using VPA SGT heads.

I won the Non-Member category. I ended up shooting 7 jack-rabbits for the day. Here is one of them." Scott "Scooter" McGann

"I killed these two this past weekend. What a awesome weekend of Hog huntin!! I was using the 150gr, what a awesome broadhead! Look forward to using them again soon on turkeys and maybe some more hogs soon!! Black Widow 47#@28 3/4DL and Beman MFX Classic." Sam Rhudy II (West End Outdoors)

" VICTORY! Joseph scored on a small fat snow cone deer this afternoon. I was sitting close by and got to watch his patience while waiting for the perfect shot opportunity . . . one look at that entrance wound shows how he did. The deer folded after a 25 yard run, a perfect shot. He's now officially broken in the new side quiver Art Vincent made for him plus this is his first animal taken with a VPA 3-Blade broadhead." Gary Logsdon

Our own Pro Staffer, Scott Scooter McGann took this mulie buck with one of our VPA 3-Blade broadhead in 100 grains. He writes..

"Well it's not the big one, but I can officially say I am happy with the damage from such a small little broadhead!"

He's still a trophy in our book and we're glad to have you on board!

Steve Schindler took this nice Pronghorn at 15 yards using a 175 grain VPA 3-Blade broadhead. Nice 'lope Steve, and thanks for the pictures!

Craig Grounds from Oklahoma took this terrific buck and writes....

"Just wanted to send you a few pics of the buck I took with one of your 250 grain VPA 3-Blade Broadheads on Friday. This is a buck I'd been watching since this past summer. He's the dominant buck of the area and as you can see by his broken brow tines he's been in a few fights in the past few weeks! Made a double lung shot with my recurve as he was trotting after a doe and he went 13 yards and collapsed. The broadhead was buried 4" into the dirt on the opposite side. I'm extraordinarily pleased with your broadheads...they're the first 3-blade I've tried that I can get truly razor sharp, and this was the quickest kill I've ever made or witnessed.

Thanks for the great broadheads!"

Craig Grounds

Our Pro Staffer, Ilene Hailey, took this great buck on an all ladies hunt in Illinois. Here is the story:

"He came out about 80 yards away with three other bucks and they moved out to around 150 yards. I thought it would never happen as it was getting dark quickly. He started chasing and posturing to some other smaller bucks. Suddenly he made a beeline right to me, stopped at 35 yards and began feeding. With fading light, I found the crease behind his shoulder and squeezed the trigger on the release. The buck jumped and I saw the dirt fly behind him. He ran 20 yards and slowed to a walk before lying down. He got up once, hunched up and went back down. Upon retrieval, I saw the VPA 3-Blade broadhead had left a massive entrance hole, the size of a fifty cent piece, before making a complete pass through. Because of the angle, the VPA 3-Blade broadhead took out one lung and destroyed the liver. The first question asked by one of the guys who helped retrieve him was “ What the hell kind of broadhead are you using? That hole is huge!"
Ilene Hailey Flagstaff , AZ

Gary Taylor, from Forest, VA took this nice tall tined, main frame 8, 10 pointer in Bedford County. He writes....

"I was in my favorite early fall ground blind known to me as the “woodpile”. The light was fading fast as the does started passing me single file one by one. They were 30 yards past me and started running back. I knew there had to be a buck pushing them. At that moment he appeared 50 yards away on a dead walk straight to me. He had me pinned down and was within 10 yards as he turned to walk past me. I got up onto my knees to prepare to take a shot but I had no lane. He then turned and started back to me. Once again at 10 yards he turned and walked away, this is when I drew back. At 20 yards , I whistled at him, he turned quartering to me and I let the arrow fly. Hearing the thump and cracking of bone, he ran over the hillside. I heard a crash and knew he went down. I backed out for about 2 hrs just in case. Upon my return I found my arrow broke in half, 10 yards from where he last stood. I recovered him on the creek bottom 40 yards from where he stood. The arrow had hit him in the front left shoulder and exited through right shoulder. I am very pleased with the performance of the 125 grain VPA 3-Blade broadhead, effectiveness and ability to pass through bone. Great product, glad you could help me take a great buck! "
Thanks much! Gary Taylor Forest, VA

Mark Burcham, of Rockville, Virginia, took this nice, odd-racked, 9 point in Prince Edward County with a VPA 3-Blade broadhead.

Mark says; "He kicked like a bronco, ran about 20 feet, stopped and looked back as if to say “What was that?”. Then he took a step backward, like he was trying to keep his balance and fell over as if he was frozen. I never had a deer go down that fast, even with a gun!"

Mike Connett with a nice Muley he took with a
VPA 3-Blade 100 on a 2010 Wyoming spot and stalk hunt. Congratulations on a fine buck! Mike runs Wide Rack Outfitters. His website is widerack.com.

Just a few days after Mike took the Muley in Montana he terminated this great New Mexico bull with a VPA 3-Blade broadhead. He's having a great season!

Andy Ivy picked up some VPA 3-Blade 300s, from Bill at Zipper Bows, to take to South Africa while guiding hunts there. He writes: "I’ve been looking for a head like this for a long time, very, very impressive. I’m pretty picky with may gear and a good solid broadhead is not always easy to come by. I killed all my animals with the same head. ‘Just re-sharpened each time. ‘Holds a great edge, very easy to sharpen. It’ll probably kill several more animals up here in Australia until I lose it because I’m sure I can't break it…"

Andy says in regards to the Gemsbok pictured, "Shot this Gemmbok at 16 meters. Complete pass through. Ran 40 meters and died. This is one of the hardest animals in our hunting area to kill with a gun. I was the first to kill one in this area with a bow and 300 grain VPA 3-Blade broadhead…"

In addition to the Gemsbok Andy also mentioned he took Steennbok, Duiker and and made a headshot on an Ostrich.

Congrats Andy!

Here's a gorgeous cinnamon color phase black bear taken by Keith Clarkson of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Keith was shooting a 43# Robertson recurve and got a complete pass through at 15 yds with a 175 grain VPA 3-Blade broadhead. Congrats Keith and thanks for the picture!

"Hey guys, This is "guru" from TG. Just wanted to let you guys know how happy I am with the bh's you' all sent me. They have performed flawlessly! I never did get to use any on deer, I was mostly saving them for hogs. But I did manage to take a nice Coyote during our gun season with the 250 screw-on that you sent me. I'll attach some pix...coyote was taken with Miss Faith, the Trad Gang left handed traveling bow, Vapor 3000 arrow, with the 250gr. solid screw-on. He only went 40yds after the shot... I then got a chance to use them on hogs on a recent trip to Florida for the holidays with the family. Managed to kill 4 while I was there. Three boars and one sow. All four were killed with the 160 glue-on's on 125 steel adapters."

Our own Jeff Miller was bowhunting on the ground when he saw this coyote at about 100 yards. He squeaked him into about 15 yards before taking him with a VPA 3-Blade 250 grain broadhead. Congratulations Jeff!

Equipment: Carbon Express Arrow, VPA 250gr 3-Blade broadhead.

" The squirrels have really been out today filling up in advance of a big cold front. I slipped to within 14 yards of this guy and centered him with a 250 grain VPA Small Game Thumper. An absolutely devastating hit; he was stone dead before I got to him. Consider him THUMPED!" Gary Logsdon

Equipment: VPA SGT 250gr

"Hey Everyone! Here's a pic of me with a ten but even more important is Kira with her first deer. She shot it this weekend. Check out her pick. Not bad for an eleven year old!" John Ritter

Equipment: VPA 250gr 3-Blade broadhead.

"This is pig #13 for 2009. Pigs #2 - #13 were all killed with the same VPA 3-Blade broadhead, and the same arrow. It's a sow weighing around 100lbs give or take a little. Was about a 10 yard shot from 15' up a tree. Entry was just behind, and between the ears in the top of the head. Exit was belly. The pictures pretty much explain it. She dropped like a sack of wet cement. I had three doe just about in position to shoot the lead doe, but the pigs ran them off before it happened. The pigs paid the price." Rick Barbee

Equipment: Blackwidow PMAX 68#, VPA 3-Blade 175gr screw in broadhead.

"Nov.20th, shot him in the a.m. on the ground. Blood trail was O.K. By O.K. I mean O.K. for a blind man to follow. I posted the story on tradgang.com. The title is Zipper Strikes Again!" Bill

"The VPA 3-Blade broadhead worked awesome, made a believer out of me! Thanks for producing such a great shooting and performing head." Mike Gullick

"I have a 1955 Bear Kodiak Special that I bought several months ago because I wanted a birth year bow. At that time I made a commitment to shoot the first adult whitetail I had a chance at and this one cooperated. PS: Used an old Bear painted cedar arrow tipped with one of the new VPA 3-Blade 250 grain glue-ons." Gary Logsdon

"Your VPA broadheads did the trick! I was fortunate to try them out on this 375 pound California Black Bear. The bear green scored 19.5" and should easily make Pope and Young. Thanks I may need to try your 100 grain broadheads if I can find time to chase Indiana whitetails! Thanks" Eric Ellingson, Indiana

Dillon Slain - 52# Kodiak Magnum. Gold Tip arrows. 175 gr. VPA 3-Blade broadhead. 16 years old.

"This was pig #11 with a single 175gr screw in VPA 3-blade broadhead.

Bow - Black Widow PMAX 68# 64"
Arrow - 675gr 7595 GT Trads.
String - 9 strand Ultracam Flemish Twist.

These pictures pretty much speak for themselves as to the angle of the shot, point of entry, and point of exit, but as you can see - the arrow entered back center of the right rib cage, and exited behind the left ear.

Shot distance - 17 paces. Right Lung, Heart, Spine, through the back of the Skull, and exited just behind the Left Ear. This arrow would not have stopped, but upon impact, it rolled the pig up onto his head, and left shoulder which caused the arrow to dig dirt, and stop.

Recovery distance - approximately 26 inches, and 10 seconds from the point of impact to Total, Still, Stone Cold, Dead.

I have actually killed 12 pigs now with the VPA 3-Blade broadhead. All pass throughs except this last one. VPA 3-Blade broadhead #1 killed Pig #1, but got bent up real bad on something in the ground after it passed through the pig. VPA 3-Blade broadhead #2 killed pigs #2 - #11.

Of the 12 pigs, 8 were taken by ambushing them on trails, and calling them in. The other 4 were killed at a feeder at night. I've been terrorizing them so much, that they have gone pretty much totally nocturnal on me now.

Yea - You could say I am a whole lot more than just pleased with these broadheads. I love them."

Rick Barbee Jones Co. Texas

"Jake, killed him tonight. The VPA 3-Blade 250 did the trick. Hit opposite shoulder after double lung. Buck ran 65 yards and expired. Fast fast death. I attribute this to the high quality steel and the ease to get the heads scary sharp. No damage to the head and it's back on my quiver. Thanks for the great product! " John

James Wrenn's buck taken with a VPA 3-Blade broadhead!

Lance "Dawg" Coleman, from Cleveland, GA, with his doe. She was taken with a 160 gr glue on VPA 3-Blade broadhead.

Bill Hart with an early 2009 doe taken with a VPA 3-Blade 250 grain broadhead.  What Bill had to say about the VPA Terminator, "Thank you guys for making such a devastating broadhead.  I had a complete pass through and the arrow stuck in the ground 6" on the other side of her.  I touched it up and it is ready for another deer.  Awesome heads!!"

Entrance and exit wounds on Bill Hart's early 2009 doe.

Bill Dunn, owner of Zipper Bows, with the THREE deer all taken with the same broadhead! Great job, Bill!

Here's what Eric Funk had to say about his 160gr glue-on.

"I want to first off thank you guys for making such a quality product, it is by far the simplest broadhead I have sharpened and holds a very deadly edge. Took this doe Oct 17th at 8yds with a 55lb Ben Pearson Recurve, but I didn't a pass through, well the reason would be she was quartering away and the VPA 3-Blade broadhead blew through and stuck in the off side shoulder joint. Now most heads would have been bent to a non usable form, when dressing was done I found the head, removed it and other then being bloody, the head looked new, now nicks in the blades no bending. That head is now on another cedar shaft ready to head out this coming weekend to do its job again."

Lance "Dawg" Coleman with a Georgia hog shot with a 250 gr. VPA 3-Blade broadhead Extra Wide Prototype

"I terminated another one this evening.You can see the exit on the inside left leg.He crashed in 60 yards,GREAT bloodtrail too! As you can tell from my pumpkin hat,it's gun season here......Gotta love it!" Mike Walker

"Habu-Vyperkahn Longbow,62#@29 Both deer killed in Virginia,that's where I live. Doe was a 21 yard shot,double-lung pass thru,160 glue-on VPA,saw her cut a flip from the stand. Buck (6 pointer)was a 12 yard shot,pass thru 160 glue-on VPA 3-Blade broadhead, in high out low,blood on ya boots blood trail,heard him crash,70 yard recovery."

Thanks, Mike Walker Danville,VA