Best way for me is to film my arrow flight from the side and above to see what it's doing. Easy too

I've used the same Howard Hill glove for over 10 years and love the protection it offers. Before Craig closed down I ordered a spare glove but the quality of the glove had changed and I could not get it to fit right. If you're looking for a similar HH glove i believe the Bateman archery glove company has a similar glove and may have provided the HH gloves. Here's a link to them. Pricey but if you do a search for them you can find them cheaper. Picture of my HH glove.
http://ewbateman.com/Gloves.htm

Dave Miller was making some nice back quivers, not sure if he still is.

This hunt is from November peak of the rut in SE OKlahoma where I was hunting....
https://youtu.be/iUCGsmLwKWw?si=TZxFpJA_92U0Kklx

What is the brace height?

they are making these again !

Quote from: gordydog on December 30, 2025, 07:47:31 PMI like the discontinued 1918 autumn orange from my 51# Big River longbow. Shot many bucks and a bear with these and they usually bend. Down to less than a dozen now.

thank you very much! I really do appreciate your response!

Quote from: Roger Norris on January 01, 2026, 10:54:54 AMI love this thread.Talk to me about the 3:1 ratio. Why? Not just becasue Howard Hill said so....what is the physics? Why are so many broadheads roughly 3:1?

I can't speak to actual physics and have no real scientific data there but I can't help think that maybe it has to do with a sweet spot where some crucial elements are satisfied,  amounting to good penetration and adequate hemorrhaging to humanly put down critters and recover them.  You figure,  a short stubby head probably would not needle in and track the way a long pointy head would.  And even though only 1 inch at the wide portion of the head,  3 inches of linear cutting edge is better than anything less than that..... more blade length riding through vitals. All this in the design that ALSO has to be in certain mass weight parameters to be useable!  Restricted by only the material or metal suitable to make a head.  Maybe anything longer than 3" and you create structural weaknesses?  Flimsy prone to bending on bone? Wider than 1 or so inches and drag or friction negates some of the attributes of the long slender needle point?   I'm inclined to think that it may have been stated not so much in raw science or physics but simply because Mr. Hill figured it the sweet spot as a result of real world testing and results yielded.   This just me thinking on it 

I see you are using Safari Tuff arrow shafts and shooting a Black Widow.  Give Randy Cooling at Safari Tuff a call.  He is very thorough setting up arrows that are optimized to the bow.  He should be able to help.  IMO you should be able to make your 500 spines to work.  You also should be getting an exit hole with you broadhead/arrow combo.  Seems to me you just have not yet found the right combination of arrow spine, arrow length, and point weight.

I bought 2 Howard Hill quivers for my son and I about 10 years ago
Idk if Howard Hill Archery is still in business, but if they are, I highly recommend them!!