Small game heads.
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Small game heads.
What have you found that shoots good and is effective?I'll primarilly be using them for the odd bunny and ruffed grouse.
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Try a field point with a washer behind it.
Works well for traditional bows
and should work well for xbows----and the washer helps stop the arrow from hiding after the shot.
Works well for traditional bows
and should work well for xbows----and the washer helps stop the arrow from hiding after the shot.
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Lot's of rocks here so I favor the blunts......fairly lost my taste for $10 squirrels
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The washer trick works. I have used a arrow set up like that several times. Works good with aluminum arrows I never tried it with a carbon one.
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I like the zwickey grapplers, if nothing else, they help keep an arrow from getting lost in brush and grass.
I shot a squirrel with one of those big rubber tips that slide over a broadhead, that thing passed clean through the squirrel. I remember seeing light through the poor bugger before he fell.
I shot a squirrel with one of those big rubber tips that slide over a broadhead, that thing passed clean through the squirrel. I remember seeing light through the poor bugger before he fell.
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I've had luck with Muzzy Grasshoppers behind broadheads for turkeys, should work well with field points for smaller critters.
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carefull with small game
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Thanks all for the replies.Those Judo points look interesting but in the video Dereck linked to it was stated a head shot was necessary. Thats a tall order on a bunny or grouse,at least for me.
I might give the washer /field point combo a try.The price is certainly right.
Redneck thanks for the warning,if I encounter any big white bunnies like those,I'll just smile and wave ,then quickly move on.
I might give the washer /field point combo a try.The price is certainly right.
Redneck thanks for the warning,if I encounter any big white bunnies like those,I'll just smile and wave ,then quickly move on.
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Wasp Jak Knife,Drone.
Vixenmaster string.
Wasp Jak Knife,Drone.
Vixenmaster string.
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Or you could also use a wingnut placed wings forward with a bolt to hold it on.
also very devastating.
also very devastating.
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Has any one tried the washer trick with a carbon arrow? I know it works good with a aluminum arrow. I just do not want to mess up a carbon arrow if it puts too much force on the front of the arrow. Not at 8 dollars a pop. I am using carbons with capture nocks.
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I gave up on Judo points the wires get messed up after a few shots and they are not cheap to replace.
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Here are a few that I use, the Zwickey (far left) is my favourite. It works like a friction brake on the shaft, sometimes prevents a pass through, and makes finding the arrow easier. Cheap, tough and so small that once you get it on to a field point, you do not have to adjust for the weight difference and POI.
I worry about the larger blunts putting too much stress on the shaft after contact, but they do work.
I worry about the larger blunts putting too much stress on the shaft after contact, but they do work.
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I use Adder points behind a field tip. The adder points run 25gr so I shoot 125 gr field tips to keep everything at 150gr
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That looks devastating!!
Awesome.
Weight?
Awesome.
Weight?
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