The perfect arrow/broadhead combination?

[Todd_ID]

Unfortunately for me, the cost of a new bow is tough to swallow.  I've been thinking about one for a while, but actually parting with the cash is not going to be easy.  Mine was new in '04, and it still shoots better than I can with roughly the same advertised IBO speed that many of the new models have (318 fps).  Yeah, the X-force Omen speed would be a big upgrade, but we'll see....  That extra 10-15 ft-lbs of KE would help out in the bone-breaking category that this thread is about, for sure.

[Hornseeker]

Great Thread!!

I've been going back and forth between 2 blade single bevels and 3 blade heads for a long time. I am an Ashby fan for Sure! I have settled...for now anyhow... on using a 3 blade snuffer or Razor cap on deer/antelope/bear with 19+ FOC and using a grizzly or Abowyer head on my elk arrows... I REALLY like the holes that the snuffers and even the smaller razorcaps makes... But Ashby's reports on penetration through bone are just too convincing for me to ignore for my elk arrows...

My buddy killed a bull with a 160 griz last year, probably in the 17% FOC area and he went about 70 yards and there was a boat load of blood on the ground.

Ive heard a lot of stories about blood trails and single blade heads... but on the other hand... I've hear a LOT of stories about great bloodtrails too....? I am a little nervous about it...but only time will tell!

Todd...I sure hope you get some of these arrow/heads in some critters this year... I hope I do too!!!

Ernie

[EastWaViking]

Beman ICS Hunter 340 with 100 grain Muzzy MX3 has always worked well for me.  Clean pass through every time, broadside or quartering away.  I even had a clean pass through double shoulderblade shot on a WT buck several years ago.  I can't really say how they would do on elk yet..... I'll let you know when I actually get a shot at one.

[Todd_ID]

Beman ICS Hunter 340 with 100 grain Muzzy MX3 has always worked well for me.  Clean pass through every time, broadside or quartering away.  I even had a clean pass through double shoulderblade shot on a WT buck several years ago.  I can't really say how they would do on elk yet..... I'll let you know when I actually get a shot at one.

Let's hope that when the shot comes it doesn't hit the shoulder.  All this theoretical stuff is for when you do accidentally get into the shoulder; some of us have been unfortunate enough to hit there with a setup like yours with miserable results.  That's why we've gone 5 pages bantering this about for so long.  You'll kill elk with that setup, no doubt in my mind, but I really don't think it'll make it through a shoulder if you happen to glance off a branch or hit your sleeve with the string.

[EastWaViking]

good to know, thanks

[boneaddict]

I was looking at the heavier beman arrows for my set up. 

[EastWaViking]

I love beman arrows.  I've reused the same arrows many times, I have a couple that have been through at least 5 or 6 different big game animals with only the fletchings needing replaced.