Aside from "putting the arrow into the kill zone", would you chose a two or three blade broadhead? I've taken deer with both, actually my only trad deer was two blade, all my c-bow deer were three blade. I know a moose's hide is thicker and the hair denser, but would a two blade slip between those bigger ribs easier, or would it matter? Or go with a 3 blade for the bigger hole?
I think I'm just bored and need to ask a bunch of questions. :bigsmyl:
Wensel woodsmen Elite non vented
My vote is for a heavy 2-blade..
Heavy single bevel two blade, check out the "Alaska bow hunting supply" "samurai", I use the 150 for all my big game. Since your bored I highly recommend you read "the Ashbey reports" on broad heads that are archived here. I have repeated some of his tests with virtually identical results and you will never see me flinging tin broad heads at game over 500 pounds again!
I'm with Rick. Big critters need deeper penetration and that means a heavy 2-blade head in my experience.
Brian, I think you got the most important part right already in your first sentence. If you do that, "put the arrow in the kill zone", I think you'll be OK. I use a 115 gr., very old Bear Razorhead this past fall (the optional bleeder blade adds 10 gr.)and took a very large bull Moose here in Maine. I choose the 2 blade option because I could only handle a 53# bow at the time and was a little concearned about penetration with a three or four blade head.
A sharp 2 blade will do the job nicely, but if you can shoot heavier weight, I guess the more blades the better (unless you hit bone).
I grew up in Connecticut, or at least started to. Shot my first deer there in 1959. Where in Conn. are you from?
Craig
Craig, funny, I shot my only trad whitetail w/an old 145gr Bear Razorhead, minus the bleeder.
I live in Killingly, CT. Northeast Windham County (Quiet Corner).
Thanks for the replies.
BTW Craig, Nice bull moose at the top.
2 Blades have been killing large big game from the beginning of bowhutning ,so there is no reason to worry about a single bevel heavy super duper $10 a peice head. Use a good solid 2 blade that has been proven over time and get it super sharp and go kill a Moose. It is all about putting it in the right spot! No disrespect to anyone but bear razorheads and Zwickeys have been taking game for over a half of a century.
With all due respect
Jack
Jack
I am pondering the same thing as I am doing my best to put together a Canadian Moose hunt for 2011. Leaning heavily toward the two blade right now, but I have some 190 gr. Terminators that have impressed me so far. Not sure.........Mike
I've been a WW shooter for years, but will be using Abowyer Brown Bear two blades for moose this fall.
Mike
I would use a 2-blade and make it sharp,scary sharp,and put it on a heavy arrow!
My friend and Maine bear/moose guide and outfitter Eldon Jandreau, uses nothing on any game but the old green Bear Razorheads in 2 blade. He has killed about everything with that head including big moose, elk, caribou, etc. It worked for Fred Bear and will work for anybody else ;)
I used a Magnus II 2-blade and a 618 grain arrow for a pass through shot on a moose I shot, I wouldn't hesitate using that combination again.
I have used Grizzly broad heads heads with a great deal of success and have had no issues with them on large game. 2 Moose and 5 Elk, that is over a long period of time but they have been making them for awhile now. The STOS heads have also performed well, they fly well and seem to hold up, 2 Elk so far and will use them again.
The heads I have listed above have all proved themselves in the field on the game mentioned. I should also add that all were launched from moderate weight bows at my draw length 55-61#s and all the arrows were 10-11 ½ grains to the pound.
I will also add that I have used a WW one time (on a large animal). On a very decent Elk 605 grain arrow out of a 58# bow. I heard the arrow hit the dirt about as fast as I saw the fletching vanish. I will use them again and they are my go to whitetail BH.
DD
I have seen two moose in two years fall to a magnus stinger. I would go with that.
I know that both Ryan Rothhaar and Bret Cagle killed their bulls with large Snuffers. If memory serves, one of both of them had complete pass throughs.
I shot my bull with a 125-grain Ace Standard on a 499-grain carbon and got a pass through despite splitting a rib vertically.
Bottom line: they both work.
Shot a large Alaskan moose with a four blade Zwickey on a 725 grain wood arrow a few years back. The bleeders on a Zwickey are rather small, and it acts more like a two-blade than a four-blade. The arrow broke through the hide on the far side on a quartering away hit. My hunting partner killed one with a two-blade Zwickey, also on a heavy wood arrow. His arrow zipped through on a broadside shot. In addition to a point designed for good penetration, thinner carbon arrows, of course, are an additional substantial aid to penetration. I also suggest as heavy a bow and arrow as one can handle. Moose have very thick hide, their ribs are large and their body cavity is wide. Will probably use an Abowyer Wapiti or Brown Bear or STOS the next time I hunt moose.
I love the big 3 blade snuffers and when I was shooting 65+ pound I whould put that head up against any animal in north america!!! Now after a shoulder injury and down to the 50# range I would use a good 2 blade for critters bigger than deer. Of course I still gaining comfidance in my new lower poundage.
Wingnut
what is prompting you to try something new? I too am looking at the Abower BB.
As long as its sharp you will be fine!
Moose may be big, but he really isn't that tough. Angry and aggressive maybe, but not tough.
My oponion but it is just that, I have shot 3 Moose 2 with Grizzlys and the last one with a STOS BH.
None of them went far before giving up the ghost, all were well hit, the STOS was a pass through out of a 63# Bow. Moose are thick the pass through impressed me.
My.001 cents times are tough.
DD
Doug, you just made me spit water on the screen. "Giving up the ghost". I'm stealin that one for my standup act.
i would use the aussie made blackstump 2 blader. they work just fine for me on water buffulo, not sure about moose though. :p :biglaugh:
Brian,
I've had mixed results on large boar hogs with the WW and my current setup. Decided that with the size of the moose I'd change. When we visited the Abowyer shop last summer, Larry showed us the testing they had done with there heads and all of the top heads on the market. When I got back, I ordered the Brown Bear heads with a left bevel to match my left wing feathers.
I'll be ordering more soon.
Mike
I used 125gr. Zwicky Eskimoe on my moose piled up in about 75yds,
I used a steel force 2 blade, this moose went 45 yards after the hit (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4313146148_75e08249c9.jpg)
I killed a 600 pound cow with a Razorcap 3 blade. She took 3 steps and went down.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Arrowworks/BillsMoose.jpg)
My buddy Todd took this Maine bull this past Fall with a two blade single bevel No Mercy. It went 15 yards and piled up.
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a322/Arrowworks/ToddsMaineMoose_lo.jpg)
Nice looking moose guys. The trad harvest that my group have taken have both been 2 blade heads. The first in '95 was I believe a Journeyman broadhead and in '05 my buddy Garf Smith got his bull with a big Magnus head. :archer: