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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #150 on: August 27, 2009, 10:05:52 AM »
You guys need to take some chill pills..... Archery products have come a long way since I started in the sport....back then we didn't have cams or "training wheels". One could make an argument for any piece of new technology but the fact remains....you are still throwing sticks at animals... the best equipment with the latest and greatest doesn't guarantee a lethal shot.

Throw out the legality issue because they are illegal in Washington.

My question is what are they trying to accomplish with this law??? Barbed? Are they trying to be humane with a barbed rule for a non lethal shot placement? Image? Do they think a non barbed broadhead will fall out of a non lethal shot?? Mechanical Failure??
What is the thinking behind this law?

And NO! I haven't spent the time digging into all the aspects or studies... I use what is legal and that's it.
I'll leave the hours of research up to you guys while I go chase elk around.
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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #151 on: August 27, 2009, 10:31:09 AM »
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My question is what are they trying to accomplish with this law??? Barbed? Are they trying to be humane with a barbed rule for a non lethal shot placement? Image? Do they think a non barbed broadhead will fall out of a non lethal shot?? Mechanical Failure??
What is the thinking behind this law?

It's all been covered in this topic. You don't need to come to page 11 and ask.  :chuckle:

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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #152 on: August 27, 2009, 11:51:37 AM »
I think it may be the barbed issue but from what I have read some of the mechanicals blades fold back forward so that the arrow/BH can work its way out with no resistance from the blades. May also just be the mechanical aspect of it.


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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #153 on: August 27, 2009, 11:54:24 AM »
I think it is the barbed issue, and that they probably haven't looked at the ones that are barbless after opening.
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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #154 on: August 27, 2009, 01:02:58 PM »
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My question is what are they trying to accomplish with this law??? Barbed? Are they trying to be humane with a barbed rule for a non lethal shot placement? Image? Do they think a non barbed broadhead will fall out of a non lethal shot?? Mechanical Failure??
What is the thinking behind this law?

It's all been covered in this topic. You don't need to come to page 11 and ask.  :chuckle:

"It is nothing to do with efficiency... it is described here and on page 62 of the regulations. The purpose is to use a blade that can come out or be pulled out by the animal if it is not found or does not die. Any shape that would keep an arrow embedded in the animal is considered to be inhumane. A broadhead that remains in an animal if not harvested causes infection, growths, sometimes loss of life later on.
It is not about technology or efficiency. See the highlighted portion of the text below, that is what makes mechanicals non compliant."




danng...I thought we were supposed to take risky shots so the planted wolves could feed the pack.
Wouldn't hoof rot be considered inhumane???
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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #155 on: August 27, 2009, 04:00:32 PM »
buckrub I agree. And as I stated it was covered earlier.

Page 1 of this very topic.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,31388.msg372067.html#msg372067

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Re: Mechanical Broadheads
« Reply #156 on: August 28, 2009, 01:28:32 AM »
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