Ok, we did a broadhead category choice, now how about a small game/stumping choice.
1. What do you use for your general woods roving, stump-shooting, clod-busting arrows?
2. What do you use for rabbits?
3. What do you use for larger than rabbit-sized small game like groundhogs?
4. What do you use for squirrels? Heads you don't mind losing.
I'll start:
1. Zwickey Judos, on AD Hammerheads
2. VPA Hammers 200 gr
3. Any cheap broadhead I can find. I add weight with lead tape around the shaft.
4. .357 cases and some lead tape over wood shafts.
1. Ace Hex Heads
2. Ace Hex Heads
3. Broadheads
4. Ace Hex Heads and homemade small game heads (bullet casing and a blade)
1.trade points/ homemade blunts
2.trade points/homemade blunts
3. trade points/ montec 3 blades that i use for practice also
4.trade points/homemade trade points/ diy small game heads
1. judo's (or grasshoppers) - the only head worthy for roving and least likey to get lost!!!
2. wensel woodsman
3. wensel woodsman
4. weighted .357 brass cases over internally footed woodies - cheap li'l killers
1.Judo for stumping.
2.Steel blunt for killing.
Hex for stumping, Hex for rabbits, and broadheads for bigger critters, including squirrels on the ground. Hex for squirrels in the trees.
1. Home made Judo type
2.same
3. Broadheads
4. home made judo
1. field points, or rubber blunts
2. to be honest, a shotgun
3. magnus broadheads
4 steel blunts, but it really doesnt matter cause I never hit them.
1. Hammerhead weighted to 300 gr., VPA 300gr Thumper
2. See above
3. Razor sharp broadhead, preferably VPA terminator 300gr 3 blade
4. On the ground, see #1 or #3
I hope to try out the Thumper on game as soon as a season rolls around, cause they sure do make a mess of stuff stumping. I'm also looking forward to trying out my new Talons from Redfeather Archery. They look like just the ticket for an excellent combination between blunt force and cutting edges.
1. Judo points.
2. Blunts
3. Bear Razorhead
4. Don't hunt them.
1. Judo's
2. Judo's
3. old 3 blade thundeheads either by themselves or with a grasshopper behind them
4. Judo's( I definatly mind loosing them, so I only shoot flu flu's up into trees, I dont loose them when the shots are on the ground!)
1. Judo
2. Judo
3. Broadhead
4. Judo
nutters.
1.Judo
2.Judo
3.MagnusII
4.Judo
1. Judo point
2. bodkins 2nds
3. bodkins 2nds
4. bodkins 2nds
Judo point for roving.
Rough file sharpened Bodkins or Tuskers for small game
Don't have squirrel or groundhogs where I live.
Plenty Rabbits,Hares an Australian Possums though.
VPA 250 SGT's
1 thru 4 Cane arrows are tough to break
1: 80 gr insert 125 gr target point w/80 gr 357 brass shell casing
2: Same as above
3: No experience yet
4: 80 gr nail insert and the heaviest old used 2 or 3 blade I can find in the bin. Preferably 190's
1. Judo point
2. Old filed broad head with a gripped washer backing
3. Broadhead
4. Judo point and fluflu
RFA Talons.
Let me add, that for #3 I wouldn't recommend with a light set up. For that I would shoot MA-3's.
1.Zwickey Judo point
2.The Hammer(3 Rivers)
3.Bear Razorhead
4.The Hammer
Red Feather Archery's Talon on all of them.
1. Judo 2. Judo 3. Broadhead 4. Blunt
1. What do you use for your general woods roving, stump-shooting, clod-busting arrows?
- I started using the Hammer from 3 Rivers last year. I put one of the Barta Claws behind it. I have tried real hard (and failed thankfully) to loose them in tall grass, snow and even the creek. This combo works great for me.
2. What do you use for rabbits?
- Again, the Hammer with a Claw behind it.
3. What do you use for larger than rabbit-sized small game like groundhogs?
- I don't usually hunt groundhogs, but when I do I use sharp broadheads. Stay thirsty my friends.
4. What do you use for squirrels? Heads you don't mind losing.
- I don't like loosing ANY of my heads. I still use the hammer/claw combo (guess I could call it the "Claw Hammer") I chuck them up in my cordless drill and spin them against a piece of sandpaper. It puts a pretty good edge on them. The center of the head is slightly proud of the edge, preventing them from sticking in a tree trunk or branch. I never take "sky shots". About all of the squirrels I get are on or near the ground. A lot of times they are on the main trunk of a tree, 3 or 4 feet above the ground.
OkKeith
1. Hex blunts
2. broadheads ... ribteks or ace
3. broadheads ... ribteks or ace
4. ain't no squirrels in Oz
1. Judos
2. Ace Hex blunts or Tiger Claws
3. broadheads
4. Ace Hex or Tiger Claws (Barta blunt)
for all of them i use my 175 field point with a washer screwed in between the field point and the arrow. Works just like a homemade judo but with more penetrating power and with the washer the tip comes out to around 200 grains so it packs a punch!