Hi!
Since it`s of season for many of us, I`m wondering about what arrows and broad-heads you are going to use this season?
My plan is to use Easton FMJ 340 and Gold Tip Ultralight 300 with 100 grains adapters, cut to just beyond 31"
3 X 5" or 4" feathers.
Broadheads:
Four BH`s is on the list:
From left Centaur big game head single bevel 265 grains, Grizzly el grande 300 grains single bevel, Centaur battle axe 295 grains and the woodsman 250 grains.
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It all depends on which one I`ll manage to get sharpest.
Oh I`ll be using one of three bows:
(or all of them if I get the chance for multiple hunts)
DAS hunter with hex V limbs 58@30.5
Black Douglas triple carbon super swift riser with hex V 65@30.5
Or a FireFly 65@30.5
How about you? What is you going to use? :campfire: :coffee:
Margly
I have finally tried carbon arrows after being a die-hard wood arrow fan for a long time. Well, I am impressed by the carbons, so I am giving them a try this season. I'll stick with my Snuffers and Woodsman broadheads.
I also made up a batch of new woodies, just in case.
Cedar shafts and a 160gr Hill BH,I may try some of my magnolia shafts as well.
beamen ICS bowhunter 500 spine 29.5"
4" four fletch
muzzy 220 gr SS phantoms
Beman MFX 400"s with 100 grain brass insert and Centaur Big Game Heads. 29" long should weigh around 630 grains.( If they fly well). Out of a 51@27" Morrison Shawnee.
Ash Shafts painted Pink w/4X4" - 4x5" pink nana and hybrid nana feathers topped with 160grn Magnus Snuffers. These will be used for My trip to Crane Tx to hunt with 7th age. I'll post pix later.
Beman ICS bowhunters .400 spine, cut to 29", 3 5" feathers,3 gpi weight tubes, Magnus II 2 blade 125 grain mounted on 125 grain steel broadhead adapters. 625 grains, 21.5% foc. Thats how I roll. :cool:
Going back to woodies this year and trying some Doug fir arrows tipped with Centaur big game heads. 645 grains total
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Shooting a 62" Mowhawk longbow 57#
Tracy
autumn hunters 2219s cut 30.5 with a snuffer 150 total weight 620 grains of hurt
QuoteOriginally posted by K.S.TRAPPER:
Going back to woodies this year and trying some Doug fir arrows tipped with Centaur big game heads. 645 grains total
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Shooting a 62" Mowhawk longbow 57#
Tracy
Nice arrows :thumbsup:
Traditional only 340 with zwickey deltas on the killin end
Going to Douglas Fir and 125gr Eclipse. Got my Bear permit for Michigan, so I will try them out in Sept.
Duane
Carbons and Zwickey's 4 bld Eskimo's and Delta's
35/55 Gold tip blem with 100 grain brass insert and a 125 muzzy phantom.
35/55 Gold Tip Blem, 50 grain brass insert and 175 grain snuffer or Woodsman Elite
I'll use either:
1. Beeman 27.5 inch MFX Classic 600's with 75g insert, 2-blade Magnus broad head, and 3, 4" feathers. 424 grains.
2. Easton 1916 Legacy modified to accept uni-nock system. 27.5", with standard insert, 2-blade magnus broadhead, 3, 4" feathers. weights 416 grains
I am also undecided for sure about the bow. Right now the priority is: Bear Supreme TD A Riser @ 47# at my 26" draw. Could be Pittsley Predator Annivesary same draw length. Or could be a Widow PSAIII at 58" if the weight reduced limbs I should receive at week's end are comfortable.
I meant the Predator is same draw weight -- of course I would be using the same draw length. Sorry
I'm going back to cedar this season with tiped with 150 grizzlies
HammerheadLites, 175 Terminator or 180 Snuffers or 175 STOS 0n 30.5" Shaft. Stalker or Zipper recurve or Longwalker longbow, 48-51#@28".
Cedars out of my 64" mohawk pulling 62# at 29". They will be tipped with red feathers 3 blade phoenix. For deer, elk, and moose.
CX Heritage 150"s Tipped with Muzzy Phantom SS 220 gr
Cedars (some Rogue Rivers I still have)with 2 blade Zwickey Deltas will be on my bear arrows when I go to Maine in September to shoot out of my Hill longbow.
GT 35/55 from Badger, and Battle Axe heads.
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2219 @28" 200 gr ACE with 75gr insert for my 67# Big Jim LB
GT3555 @ 28" 125gr Magnus vented with 75gr insert for my 52# Bob Lee Recurve
GT1535 @ 28" 125gr Magnus vented with 75gr insert for 45# Bear Kodiak Magnum
30" spruce with a 200gr Ace Super Express out of a 67# Robertson Mystykal. MMMMM!! 8 weeks to go and I can almost taste it...
AD Trads with 100 gr brass insert and 300 Extreme heads, arrows 30.5" bop.
I'll be shooting our Red Feather Archery Phoenix broadheads on 2018's or cedars from a 53# River's Edge.
GT 35/55 with 50 grain brass weight inserts cut to 28" and as always a Zwickey Eskimo...
Cane arrows an stone points that I knapped. Out of my 48# osage selfbow.
Birch dowels from American Woodcrafters, barrel tapered, 4 fletch, with Ribtek 190s.
GT 55/75 with 50g brass inserts with arazor sharp two blade 200gr muzzy phantom.
Better question: what WON'T i be shooting this fall? Lol
Most likely I'll shoot beman Ics Bowhunter 400's with a 200gr. Magnus 1, Wensel Woodsman, ace standard, Snuffer, and e few others. all respectively made to be 200grs. via different weight adapters. I've shot every brand of arrow. Decided on the Ics for both price and quality.
QuoteOriginally posted by Margly:
Hi!
Since it`s of season for many of us, I`m wondering about what arrows and broad-heads you are going to use this season?
My plan is to use Easton FMJ 340 and Gold Tip Ultralight 300 with 100 grains adapters, cut to just beyond 31"
3 X 5" or 4" feathers.
Broadheads:
Four BH`s is on the list:
From left Centaur big game head single bevel 265 grains, Grizzly el grande 300 grains single bevel, Centaur battle axe 295 grains and the woodsman 250 grains.
Margly
Just checked the search function here on TG and found a thread about calculating EFOC from Dr. Ashby:
I have used a wrong foc calculator from Gold Tip.
When I use the calculation I did read here
I did find out that my GoldTips have a actual EFOC of 28.06% with my Grizzly El Grande (total-weight 692 grains) :thumbsup:
And my Easton fmj`s (total-weight 795 grains) have a EFOC of 25.37% :thumbsup:
Guess I have the penetration issue under control.
Now I only need to get scary sharp and put them arrows in the right place :archer:
Margly
I'll be shooting the same basic arrows I've been using for about seven years now: Beman ICS 340s, 20-grain Flightmate adapters, and 125-grain Ace Standards.
Same thing I've been using for 10 yrs. 2117's with 190gr. Ribtek's or 200gr. Ace
Heritage 250's ribtek 190's w/ a 75gr adaptor crammed in there, out of a 58lbs@ my draw Mohawk
GT 35/55 trads with magnus snuffer 150.
Surewood shafts with 155 Tusker Concorde double bevel and 3 5 1/2" bright yellow shield feathers. 50-55 spine cut to 28" bop. 580-600 grains total weight. Bob
Gt 3555's 165 simmons landsharks
4 fletch 4 in feathers with reflective wrap on Carbon Express 150s and 150 gr Woodsman broadheads
Whatever shafts I happen to have in the quiver and grizzly broadheads and hexheads and bullet casings. Only the best. Hopefully I will get several dozen shafts from Twig Archery, considering the fact that I loose or blow up so many on his 3D course. Gonna get one for you this year john.
Full length GT 35/55 with 3gpi tube, 3 - 5" feathers and a Zwickey Eskimo.
Carbon Express Rebel Hunter 6075 with 4, 5-inch feathers and a Muzzy 220-grain, 4-blade Phantom...
I'll be using Carbon Express Heritage 250's full length as I draw 31 1/2", with the old 145grain Bear razor heads.
3 5" Left helical shield feathers with pink fur tracers.
I do have a question, I always like to tinker, and have tried alot of different broadheads over the years, but always end up with the old bears when the season gets close, I see some of you shoot the woodsman heads, I've had my eye on them for awhile to give a try, do they really fly as good as stated? Also do the solid heads shoot as good as the vented? Since my Carbons like a heavy head I'd probubly opt for the 160 over the 123 or 130 grain woodsmans. Thanks DK.
23/64 cedars from suzanne st. charles.125 grain grizzlys.might also use home made 11/32 cedars with 125 grain woodsmans.also have some bamboo shafts with trade points.i have been practicing with all of them and all of them are shooting great.now i don't know which i'll choose.they are all great.steve
Beman Bowhunter 340's with Eclipse two blades.
Around 580grns.
Joshua
3R Traditional Only 400 shafts with 100 grain brass inserts and 150 grain Magnus Stinger 4 blades.
CE Heritage 250 with 200 grain Muzzy Phantoms (shooting them as a 2 blade head) out of my Toelke Classic Whip
CE Heritage 350 with 175 grain Woodsman Elite out of my Black Widow PSA...Mike
Easton Legacy 2216s and Magnus Stinger 2 blade 125gr.
55/75 Gold Tip and VPA 250gr. Terminators
5575 GT Traditional's, 50 grain inserts, 200 grain Woodsman Elites.
2018 Easton Legacy's w/125 gr. Snuffers or 2 blade Magnus'.
Beman MFX Classic 400 and Easton Axis 500, both tipped with the old Bear razorheads and 100 grain brass inserts.
80#-85# SUREWOOD SHAFTS-doug fir w/ 160gr Abowyer Brown Bear heads....though I have been looking at Stan's Red Feather Archery "Phoenix" 3 blade single bevel. They are a really well designed and built head! :thumbsup:
Same as last year well almost. Last year I used Grizzly El Grandes 190s. This year I will use the 200 grainer with beman ics 340's 31", 4x4" low profile nanners.
Gilbert
4" 4 fletch Easton Axis nano 400's tipped with the Muzzy Phantom 220's.
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I'll be shooting my Easton Gamegetters XX75, cut to 29", Wensel Woodsman 125 grain glued onto a 28 grain adapter and fletched with 3 5" shield cut feathers. Hopefully I'll be shooting them into some deer and turkey! Can't wait...
-Jeremy
Joe,Did you get them from the Smithsonian Institute? Is that one on the right an old Hill?
Looks like a Hunters Head from a few years back
Cedars made by Lynn Harrelson tipped w/ 145 gr. Eclipse. For both deer and elk.
S.
Easton Legacy's with something that's 200 gr. Maybe Phantoms...
Tapered ash and 190 gr Ribteks
Carbon Express Rebel Hunters with 125 gr Magnus Stingers.
Gold Tips and WW's
CX Heritage 150's with Zwickey Eskimo 150 gr but may order a heavier threaded insert to up the BH grain weight to at least a 200 gr. But right now these are flying so straight and true, it aint even funny.
Autumn Orange XX75's 1918 or 2016 have not yet decided , with VPA Terminators 175 grain broadheads.
Good luck to ALL :archer2:
Pearson Deadhead and Schulz Hunter head. Both are excellent broadheads...
Grizzly on Spruce for me!
Magnus Stingers 150gr or Snuffers 145gr on carbon or aluminum arrows.
MFX Classic's 29" 100 brass insert, 125grn. Magnus Stinger 12.5 grs. per lb.
Deadly
GT ultra lites 500 with 300 VPA terminators. Worked great last year I see no reason to change...
Arrow Dynamics tipped w/175gr Woodsman Elites.
Bemans with 50grain insersts and 175 grain heads
stows
Vapor Carbonwood 3000's, 100gr. inserts, 150gr. woodsmans, 525 gr. total, with 3- 5.5 shield cuts.
STOS 125 with a 45 grain insert for longbow deer, 175 razor caps for recurve deer hunting. STOS for hogs.
2216 legacy aluminum shafts and Ace Express and /or Zwickey Delta broadheads. :thumbsup: ;)
Lookin like Legacy 2020's with a 150gr Magnus 2blade.
Well I am going to be putting my first set of woods together this year so it is going to be spruce shafts with either ww or zwickey on um.
Steel force and heritage
Gold Tip Trads - 3555 - 100 grn brass insert and 150 grain Razorcaps.
Bamboo, stone head,antler nock and turkey feathers from turkeys taken by my son and I
Easton 2117's and 125 Muzzy Phantoms deadly combo!! Jason
POC 29" with a Magnus 1 135 gr. Total of 510 gr average out of my 40# bp-h52
Ash arrows with Ace standard 160 gr. up front.
GrizzlyStik Sitkas, 29", 3-5" RW shield feathers hard helical, Wensel Woodsman.
Douglas fir tapered shafts from The Feathered Shaft 190gr tuskers on the business end out of my Striker Slapstik
Tonkin cane with hand knapped heads from Bill Skinner on the front out of my Osage character bow.
QuoteOriginally posted by joe skipp:
Pearson Deadhead and Schulz Hunter head. Both are excellent broadheads...
That's covers the broad and narrow of the broadhead world. Pretty cool, Joe! :archer:
POC, 125 grain woodsman (original) 5 1/2 inch feathers.
Gold Tip 3555 blem with 50 grain inserts cut to 29" with a 165 grain Zwickey No Mercy left bevel on the business end.
Camo Axis with 125 grain 4 Blade magnus stingers. Maybe try some magnus Is too.
Scott
60-65 surewoods with 125gr snuffers up front
I'll be after deer and javelina
easton 2613's (aka patriot missiles)with 145 grain hardened snuffers.650gr.
Broadheads: Magnus glue-on 125 grain vented 2-blade mounted on screw-in aluminum inserts.
Arrows: 29.25" Beman MFX Classic 500 with 100 grain brass inserts and fletched with three, 4" pink, parabolic-cut feathers mounted on pink wraps sold by "Onestringer".
555 Grains
Ceder and Deadheads 580 grains.
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30" 500 FMJs or AXIS 75 grns up front tips with a Magnus BuzzCut.
QuoteOriginally posted by Jon Stewart:
Bamboo, stone head,antler nock and turkey feathers from turkeys taken by my son and I
Cool.
I'll be using tapered Chundoo arrows made by Terry Lockwood (Flimorehd) tipped with VPA 190 grs with a Martin/Damen Howatt Savannah longbow. I'll have finished pics next week!
Thanks Terry!!
I was actually debating betwen the magnus stinger 2 blade and the muzzy phantom 4 blade, any thoughts???
Muzzy. I used the SS last year and they flew nicely and re-sharpened easily.
I'm going back and forth between a couple bows but the Bear takedown is set up for these Vapor Pro's with 200 gr Grizzly El Grande's.Onestringer cap wraps and the broadheads are honed scalpel sharp with a KME broadhead sharpener.Total arrow weight is 715 grains with 425 grs up front.FOC is 29%.
If I use my 1978 Bighorn,the arrows are Gold Tips with 190 Grizzly El Grande's and they weigh 709 grs.
I have been getting my system down with the KME broadhead sharpener and have never carried sharper broadheads in the field.Only 11 days till antelope season.
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Thats a good question.My problem this year is that I have bought a Treadway,ACS CX,and a ILF Morrison.I think the arrow problem is gonna be solved by using Magnus vented heads on my CE shafts weighing in @ 491 grains.All subject to change, i believe.Shooting 45 to 49lbs on either bow i think these should work out fine,I hope...
QuoteOriginally posted by Jon Stewart:
Bamboo, stone head,antler nock and turkey feathers from turkeys taken by my son and I
Cool :)
Do you have pics of the arrows?
Margly
Tuskers 265gr on AD Hammerheads w/ 100gr insert =775gr. Shooting a 70"55#@28" yew Mahantango longbow.
ill be sticking with my set up from africa last year , 29" cx edge hunters 3x5 " sheild shape feathers & 150gn woodsman`s up front .total weight 540gn`s out of my 55lb sa11 graybark .
Gold Tip 5575 w/ 200gr. Woodsman Elites
2016 3River gamegetters with 125 gr. snuffers. 45lb kodiak hunter
I don't know.
Still waiting for the %&#*@%& bow to be done :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
I've got WOOD! Douglas Fir/Sugar Pine for my lighter (54#) bow and Tamarack for my heavier (66#) bow.
45# K-Mag 30" gt3555 trads 50 gr insert 125 magnus 2.
I'm shooting my DAS riser with new 55# HEX 5 limbs from Sid. The hunting arrows that are shooting extremely well are Beman MFX 340's, 29" with a 200 grain Razorcap. My wife is shooting her DAS with W&W XQ-1 limbs, 45# @ 26" and a 27" MFX 500 shaft with 200 grains of four blade Phantoms (that's a 100 grain head and a 100 grain inseert),
I have checked this whole thread, and I am the only one using Hill broadheads! Is there something wrong with me...LOL
Over the off time I have bought a couple different heads - to include the Ashby head. Like that head but after shooting one into dirt and shingles? jury is still out.
Probably go back to 175(?) WWs (no vent) and some 160 grizzlies. out of my 55# Schafer tip.
J
31 inch beman MFX 500, 3x5" sheild fletching with 75 gr insert and 175 gr WW
Easton 2016's with a 200gr. Razorcap up front, or maybe 11/32 cedars with a 160gr. VPA on the business end.
... mike ...
My go to hunting bow is a 70" 61lb Trees custom longbow. I shoot 31 3/4" sitka spruce arrows with 160 ace heads out of it. If I have to use my backup its a 64" 60lb Morrison cheyenne recurve and I shoot 32" 2219 arrows with 160 ace heads out of it.
Goldtip velocity shaft in 300 spine with 200 grain Grizzly, 50 grain insert, 100 grain adapter, total weight 650 grains
55/75 Gold Tip w/ 75 gr inserts and 125 magnus.
Re-size pic please
Simmons landsharks 165 gn, CX Heritage 350 100gn brass insert. 650 gn arrow.
3555 Gold Tip Trad Hunters, 125 grain Magnus Stinger 2-blades, +50 grain weights - shooting with 66" lam longbow.
(Also have some self-nocked Sitka Raptor "Ravens"... some with Magnus 2-blade and some with flint heads for the osage self bow.)
I've changed my broadhead. I'll be using a new "Helix" single bevel: .062 thick, 100 grains, 2 blade with wide-swept rear. Screw in. Lands among my field tips. These will be perched on a Beeman MFX Classic 600 shaft with 3, 4" barred feathers. Total weight of my 27.5" arrow (25.5" draw) is 424 grains -- 9.2 grains/# of draw weight.
11/32" cedars tipped with Zwickey Eskimos. Maybe some Trad Lites and Zwickeys.
wood arrows and 125 grain wensel woodsman. total weight 525 grain. 47# BW at 28 draw. 60-65 spine.
3555 Gold tip two fletch with 205gr. interceptors :archer2:
cedar shafts, 160gr Stos heads.
1916 with 125 stingers
2018 JDA Camo with 145 grain ACE Standard.
Jerry
CX Heritage, 780 grain with the Abowyer Brown Bear broadheads.
GT/55-75 with Wensel Woodsman w/3x5 barred with a kiss.
Easton 2016 GG with onestringer wraps (orange fade to white) 3, 5" sheild orange w/ white cock feather, razor sharp 200grn snuffers
Total arrow weight= 560 grns out of my iron mountain longbow 53# @ 28"
My '66 Kodiak and some Bear X 200 arrows are going hunting this year.
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doug77
Carbon express heritage 250s with 5 gpi weight tubes. Using abowyer 260 grain brown bear heads, WOW are they sharp right outa package! Total weight is 773 grains. Now if I can get an elk to stand still and look the other way....??
Doug i really like yous setup. I'm going with 3555 Gold Tips with STOS B-heads Brass inserts. Total Wght. about 480 grs.
Abowyer, Brown Bear. One of the only heads I can get razor sharp and they fly great out of my setup.
Lovely bow Doug,what is the poundage?
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Carbon Express 350 670grs-WW 150 plus 130 inserts.
Bow 60#-@29"
Homemade ash shafts and snuffers.
45 # on the '66 Kodiak. I just refinished it this summer myself and can hardly wait to get it out hunting.
doug77
55-60 cedars, 160 gr. STOS.