Broadheads

[boneaddict]

Not one for statistics, and eventhough my arrows seem to be tuned and shooting well, my bowyer thinks my set-up is to light for my Trad bow @85 pounds.  He is afraid that it is like dry firing it.  I need to do some investigating.  I'd hate to mess with a good thing, but don't want to damage my bow either.

[mibowman]

Here's a link that should help get you started trying some different setups.  Point weight  makes a difference and should be picked first than the arrow shaft.  I'm in the process of trying a  575 gr. wood arrow with a 119 gr. Lightning 4 Broadhead. I'm shooting a Bear take down A handle 67#   also the 109 gr. Lightning Ripper I hope shoots well for May's turkey season.

            http://www.huntingnet.com/staticpages/staticpage_detail.aspx?id=15

[boneaddict]

Thanks!

[coot man]

I am shocked that nobody has mentioned Muzzy broadheads.  I have shot them for 15 years.  They perform well for me.  Very tough heads. 

[CallMaker]

Any well constructed 125-175 grain two blade cut-on-contact head..sharpened well, has always worked for me.

[bowhuntin]

I like the mangus stingers or any other cut on contact broadheads

[boneaddict]

I think there is a story brewing on that one.

[spin05]

I  bought  those new  Cabelas  fx-3    ...... THEY  ARE  JUNK.............Stay away.I shot 2 arrows into my hay bales and the tip came off with the blades into the hay bale on each shot.Went to sportsmans warehouse and got muzzy 100 ..Man those things are rock solid there no way the tip will come out or the blades.........

[boneaddict]

I shoot satellite for my compound, but am thinking about trying the Montec G5s that Cameron likes so well.  The magnus stingers shoot well out of my traditional bow, I should try them on my compound but haven't gotten around to it.  They seem to take alot of tuning and don't fly much like target points.  I think that is one advantage of the Muzzy.

[WDFW-SUX]

Bone, Id look at slick tricks don't know how they will work for a low KE set up but they fly better than anything else on the market (exactly like field points swear to god)  4 blades and are super tuff. about 24 bucks a pack too.

[bowpredator]

I have been a thunder head guy for years, but I just switched to the montec5, I like the one solid piece construction, and they fly perfect out of my mathews. I just read a broadhead report in Eastmans bowhunting that listed them at the top. they are a bit spendy $32 for 3 but  will give them a try this year and see how they do.

Rodger.

[GoldTip]

I switched to the Sonic 125gr cut on contact replaceable blade broadhead 2 years ago and have dumped several animals with them.  Fly incredibly well and although I have yet to hit any heavy bone, other than the thin part of shoulder blade and ribs, they seem to hold up very well as well.  They are the only broadhead I have ever tried that flew precisely to the POI of my field tips as soon as they were screwed on the arrow.  I shot thunderheads for years, and shot satellites and muzzy's in the past and although they all flew well and I could get them to tune well, the Sonics were spot on the minute I screwed them onto an arrow.

[boneaddict]

Hows your friend going to hunt his moose....bow or rifle?

[GoldTip]

Bone, I'm currently trying to get him to pack his bow, but not too sure I'll talk him into it.  But I'd sure like to see him do it.  I thought about telling him I'd pack his rifle for him if things got hinky and a good bull hung up then he could shoot with his rifle, but I'm not sure what the F&G boys would think about that if they saw us walking through the woods, unless he was packing his own rifle.  Opening week there is no season open to justify me packing a rifle.  I'm not sure how he is going to go with this, he is a good bow shot, and certainly capable of it.  But with a OIL tag, I think he wants make sure he can get r done when he see's a big bull, and he will be just as excited either way.

[jackelope]

not sure if i should say it out loud, as cool as it sounds, as much as an accomplishment and as big a challenge it would be, but i think i'd feel the same way as your buddy.
call me a sissy.