Teanaway late archery

[6x6rack]

I had my muzzy's flying everywhere....spun the arrows with heads attached and noticed better group but not same impact point as the field tips.

Same here until I went with stiffer shafts. Broadhead blades are much like the wings on planes. The angle of the blade tip forces air up and over, not through, the blades. Even though it is slight it can really mess up a flexing shaft with the front and back both catching and directing air flow as the shaft continues to vibrate down field. My field tips were darts and then I would put the broadhead on...shoot, and...WTF was that?? New fletches, same problem. New broadheads, same problem. Only when I changed the shafts did I see a HUGE improvement. Then went to a short blade profile and compact broadhead with the SlickTrick... BINGO!

In my best George Zimmer impersonation...I guarantee it!

and I can tell you I get better penitration on my wife!

Now thats funny right there  

Does anybody have some good picks from your Slick Trick Kills

Man I wish I had a picture of my deer kill. Sliced the third to last rib going in, drilled the lung, CP'd the heart and SHATTERED the off side leg..I mean blew it up. It was only a 25 yard shot but Mr. deer was 3 ways dead. Devistating.

[LC Hunter]

Shot a cow with ST's 2 years ago at the coast during late season. Quartering away at 32 yards. She ran 25 yards at died. They fly like my field tips. But since then I fell at work and tore my shoulder up. Can't shoot my bow safely since. Will be back out hunting for first time since with my campion card. Wdfw gave me cross bow permit but haven't bought one. Doesn't seem the same using one of those. I don't want to go back to rifle so stick to my buddy shooting for me for now. Hunted one year bow and got hurt but still hooked and will continue to find a way to shoot bow again. I'm only 43 years old. Good luck to everyone.

[6x6rack]

Tuned my bow according to a magazine article related to the subject of making broadheads hit the same spot as field points

The key to any bow shooting success! Great input. The float I was talking about was specifically for under lbs shafts. Even if your bow is tuned, the shaft flex causes the blades to catch air slightly sideways. Some people explain this like "man, I put my broadheads on and they seemed to fly the arrow." Big loopy flight pattern. This is not a problem on a true shaft coming off a tuned bow. In that scenario your arrows are flying true and you dont need to worry about airflow off THE SIDE of twitching blades or fletches. Darts! Field tips have no flight plane (wings) so your fletches correct and steer the arrow, reducing noticeable effects of shaft flex. That is why you dont really notice the problem until you put the wings up-front!

[fishwhackin]

6x6....Thanks for the information.  Never even put much thought into the different angles that different broadhead manufacturers design their blades.

[6x6rack]

No Problem. Super cool you are shooting such groups out to 100 yards!

Blade angle and size make very little difference if you only have the cutting edge giving wind resistance. This only happens on a shaft that isn't flexing or vibrating, meaning your bow is tuned and your shafts are the correct lbs for your draw weight and arrow speed.

The blade angle and size can create havoc when air is hitting the blade even slightly sideways on a vibrating shaft (your bow isn't tuned or your shafts are under #) then the more area your blade occupies (more, bigger, longer blades), the more wind resistance they create. The more resistance up-front and the more affect it has on steering the arrow...thus "float" or "flight" vs. field tip accuracy.

[bushmaster]

Going scouting this weekend, anyone else?

[Ice Cap]

You bet!
I have been scouting every two or three days.

[bushmaster]

Hey Ice, where you scouting Saturday morning?