Mechanical Broadheads

[EastWaViking]

I'd like to understand how a broadhead with moving parts is stronger than others which are made with single pieces of multiple pieces of non moving steel. That doesn't sound like it adds up to any advantage.

They aren't.  The mechanical I killed a deer with in Wyoming broke.  It went in a three blade, and came out a two blade broadhead. 

[Buckrub]

My last post on this subject.

Hunters have been taking risky shots since I was a kid and will still take risky shots which could lead to a broadhead left in a wounded animal, barbed or non barbed.

I have read many pros and cons on mechanicals but can do the same for any broadheads on the market.

Who am I to judge equipment or hunting style based on my belief of ethical hunting practices?

maybe we should have distance laws based on equipment?    or maybe we are just taking this too seriously

[boneaddict]

How about a proficiency test before being able to apply for archery or the multiseason tag, or hell modern for that matter. LOL


We can discuss mechanicals all day, when the sun sets they are still illegal

[Buckrub]

  I've seen many who shouldn't be hunting let alone driving 

[boneaddict]

True that!

By the way, bottom of page 30 in Oregon regs.  Mechanicals and or barbed broadheads are illegal.

[boneaddict]

page 65 Idaho regs, they are Illegal to hunt with in Idaho

[huntnphool]

How about a proficiency test before being able to apply for archery or the multiseason tag, or hell modern for that matter.

But those tards I hear every year taking 5,6 and sometimes 7 or more shots at a buck wouldn't be able to hunt anymore Bone, stop being so selfish

[adam.WI]

How about a proficiency test before being able to apply for archery or the multiseason tag, or hell modern for that matter. LOL


We can discuss mechanicals all day, when the sun sets they are still illegal

I like this idea, so long as no one brings up the paper plate mentality. That concept is retarded to me.  I've heard to many times "I hit a dinner plate 4 out of 5 times so I'm good" great you wounded an animal 1 out of 5 shots in perfect conditions, congrats.

[tlbradford]

I wouldn't mind seeing an exception to the mechanical rule for bird hunting only.

[colockumelk]

I haven't done enough research, but if the new regs state "no barbs", I think and I have heard that NAP has an expandable that expands from like 1 1/8 to 1 1/2 when open and doesn't barb.  However from the research that I have done, you can't beat a good fixed blade, cut on contact head. It would be nice to have the 1 1/2 cutting diameter, but the heads I use do the trick and I hit just like my field tips all the way to 80yds. and beyond.  No need for anything else IMO.

coldsteel.  G5 makes the Stryker magnum which has a  1.5inch diameter cut on contact broadhead.  I currently use the normal stryker but next year I am going to make the switch.  They weigh 125grains. 

[Ray]

The law doesn't specifically outlaw the mechanical broadheads as much as the law outlaws barbed broadheads. Here's the law http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=232-12-054

Earlier Killbilly commented on what was barbed.

It is unlawful to hunt big game animals with a broadhead blade unless the broadhead is unbarbed and completely closed at the back end of the blade or blades by a smooth, unbroken surface starting at maximum blade width forming a smooth line toward the feather end of the shaft and such line does not angle toward the point.

The NAP BloodRunner appears to be illegal according to my interpretation of the regulations.

Not sure what makes barbed/mechanicals against the law on birds. Maybe that is stated somewhere else more specifically. Since someone else suggested it then they should provide us with the information.

[SpokaneSlayer]

As far as using mechanical broadheads on birds, they are legal.  The rule that says they are illegal specifically says "big game".

It is unlawful to hunt big game animals with
a broadhead blade unless the broadhead
is unbarbed and completely closed at
the back end of the blade or blades by
a smooth, unbroken surface starting at
maximum blade width forming a smooth
line toward the feather end of the shaft and
such line does not angle toward the point.

[adam.WI]

Agreed Ray, bloodrunners are illegal

[Hillbilly270]

there was a kid in cabelas the other day and he was going to get a sight put on his new bow.  he just got a bow two weeks ago and he was asking if he would be able to shoot at 70yrds for deer and you all know the season starts in a couple weeks.  two weeks of shooting a bow and he is ready for 70yrds.   I should of stepped on his bow when he set it down. 
I got my first bow 6 months or so ago and i am confident with a 40yrd shot on level ground, but if i have any kind of incline/decline i probably wouldn't shoot at 40 until i get more practice.

[tlbradford]

Thanks Ray and Spokaneslayer on the bird clarification.  That is one of those laws that I just assumed all mechanicals were outlawed, without really reading it closely.  I double checked the spring turkey pamphlet and nothing was in there either.