mechanical or fixed broadheads?

[gr8whthunter]

Cabelas also carries battery powered duck hunting decoys and they are illegal in this state.

They also carry muzzle loaders that shoot 209 primers.  Crossbows with mounted scopes.  A shoot pot full of barbed salmon hooks!  And buckshot smaller than #1...Etc...etc...
[/quote]

since when did barbed hooks become illegal?

[Come Get Some]

Expandable broadheads while effective for deer and most small thin skinned animals in my opinion would not be a good choice for large animals like elk , moose and even bears. I know of several people who have tried them on elk in other states and the results were not favorable. Anything that has to open mechanically will and does loose the driving force that will produce a deep penetrationg shot and a fatal kill. It can be done but there are alot of bow hunters that are marginal at best for accuracy and ethics. Adding Mechanical broadheads to their arsenal would not be could for publicity or the sport of hunting. Bowhunters already take alot of flack for wounding animals. I believe there are more animals wounded by rifle hunters than bow hunters. Reasons being , there are many more rifle hunters and you get the see the arrow but not the bullet when a bad shot is made.

[pianoman9701]

lol seriously? i just moved from florida a few months ago but hey thats why im on this forum

They're illegal for big game. I believe you can shoot small game with them. Anyone? This'll change pretty soon. WA's a little behind the curve on these but we'll catch up. The technology has vastly improved.

[Tbob]

Saw a guy shoot a bull moose with a Rage mechanical head. Couldn't believe it, went clear through one shoulder and lodged about halfway through the off shoulder.. This moose fell over dead really fast..I was impressed..

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I think I read on a differnt post that the guys in Montana are using the expandables with great success.   

[pianoman9701]

Saw a guy shoot a bull moose with a Rage mechanical head. Couldn't believe it, went clear through one shoulder and lodged about halfway through the off shoulder.. This moose fell over dead really fast..I was impressed..

There's nothing wrong with them. The technology is there. Some states just need to catch up it. WA is one.

[bullfisher]

Several laws would need to be put in place to make mechs leagal in WA. You can't expect WA to let anyone hunt roosevelts with a 40lb bow/ 300grn arrow and a grim reaper on the end of it.

[SeeThru1987]

Read the regs. FIXED UN BARBED ! 7/8 inch min.

a little off topic, but cant you use expandables for coyote? since they are unregulated species?

[Russ McDonald]

Read the regs. FIXED UN BARBED ! 7/8 inch min.

a little off topic, but cant you use expandables for coyote? since they are unregulated species?

You can use mechanicals on anything other then deer and elk if I read the regs right but don't quote me on that.

[steeleywhopper]

I watch a few hunting shows from time to time and I don't ever see anyone shooting fixed blade heads anymore. Washington really should allow our sport to move forward. As someone else said already, "the technology is already there."

[RadSav]

They would probably use them more often on TV if manufacturers of fixed heads paid as well as RAGE

[Netminder01]

Saw a guy shoot a bull moose with a Rage mechanical head. Couldn't believe it, went clear through one shoulder and lodged about halfway through the off shoulder.. This moose fell over dead really fast..I was impressed..

There's nothing wrong with them. The technology is there. Some states just need to catch up it. WA is one.

 

And it's not the only area WA needs to catch up on

[WSU]

So what's the verdict?  Do they penetrate as well as fixed blade heads or not?

[h20hunter]

 

Whole lotta' critters killed with mechanicals in other states.

[washelkhunter]

Whole lotta' critters killed with mechanicals in other states.

And thats where they need to stay.