For many years the 125 gr. broadhead was the most popular with Traditional bowhunters. I wondering if this is still the same issue??? I shoot heads in the 200 gr. area how about you?
125
145
175
200+
250+
200
Maybe remake this thread into a poll
125 gr. In 30+ years the heaviest I ever used were 145gr.
250 gr.
150 gr heads + 50 or 100 gr inserts.
125 grain. i also second the poll idea.
steven
Around 200 grains, gives me alot of options.
160grn snuffers since 2007
190 El Grande
160 gn STOS and 175 gn ABowyer Brown Bears
125 grn Magnus Stingers but thinking about going heavier.
160 grain snuffers
always 175 woodsman
175gr because a Zwicky Delta 4 blade and insert equals 175.
God Bless,
Nathan
160 for me
Ive shot 'em all up to 160gr i guess! If i beef up to a heavier wood shafting i beef up the head as well! It usually goes hand in hand with what i have planned for fall hunts, and i usually begin shooting those arrows in the winter prior! Like this year for example im goin on my first ever elk hunt, im shooting 525gr german pine shafts tipped with a 160gr point for spine(685gr total arrow wt), so id vote 160gr should a poll present itself!
125 Woodsmans and 160 STOS.
I'm gonna give the 160 Woodsmans a try this coming fall.
I have killed everything from rabbits up to moose and bison, and have never saw the need for anything above 160.
If I was to try some 300 gr heads, I would need some 120# plus spine cedars or fir. Those may be hard to come by!
Funny how things change. Seems like forever, bowhunters shot 125's or maybe 130's. Only the "heavy bow" guys would shoot the 160 snuffer.
Now with the newfangled carbon shafts, everyone add point weight instead of going to ash or some other dense wood.
IMO, the 125's are the 30-30 cartridge of broadheads. 100 years from now of course that won't be true but up until 4 or 5 years ago, they were the norm. Still are for me. I don't see where I gain anything with a heavier broadhead as long as my bow is tuned properly.
125 gr on POC or DF shafts.
125
With my 37# recurve, I shoot a 145 grain STOS broadhead and with my 42# recurve, I shoot a 160 grain STOS broadhead.
Out of my 51# bow --
300 grain 'Big Three' because it doesn't come in a 400 grain. Wouldn't need a 100gn insert then.
Arrow still weighs only 608.
Have found only one disadvantage to shooting these heavy BH's. Can't shoot Techna-Hunt.
May just have to acquire some custom made 300 gn mushroom tips.
150gn ww`s great flight out of my widow 55#
250's
i use carbons that are stiff enought to use 250 grn heads BUT on woodies i stick to 125 just cuz there easy to find in many different styles.
150gr. and 200gr. for me
125 gr. for me. But, I also use 100 gr. brass inserts to up the FOC weight.
I don't have any real numbers, but from what i see from wood arrow guys, 125 is still #1. Personally, I like 160+.
145 but going to 195 and maybe heavier. Got to see how they fly. I have had to drop down in bow poundage, as I injured my shoulder, so I am going to up my point weight and FOC for what should give me better penetration....hopefully!
I have shot 142gr for years. Am considering going up to 160....
This is probably a dumb question, but I'm curious. I am planning on shooting a 125 Bear Razorhead (old model) with a 50/75 grain insert for deer next year. If using a carbon arrow and assuming blade size and diameter is equal for a 125 and 200 grain bh (may not be possible in some cases), what difference is there between shooting a 200 grain bh and a 125 grain bh with a 75 grain insert? Why not go with a lighter head and use inserts to add weight (especially if looking for smaller blades)?
125 Zwickey Eskimo with a 100 gr adapter.
170 Grain Zwickey 2 Blade. Bow is 58# @ 27.5
175 to 220 muzzy 42# bow at 26" shoots right through those whitetails
125gr Ace and 150gr Simmons.
either 175 broadhead with standard insert or 125 broadhead with 50 gr brass insert.
125 grn Muzzy Phantoms
Jason
125 to 145 for me.
125 Magnus 2 blade for me
175 grain woodsmen. Iam new to this trad stuff but the gentelman I bought the morrison from on here shot 175 grain out of her so thats what I am shooting. Seems to shoot great. In two weeks hopefully I will get my first trad kill, going after javei's and hogs.Cant wait.
125-145 plus some adaptor weight both alu and steel. I can change what I have based on what I am hunting. Obviously, I can also add a brass insert.
I think the 125-145 range is as good as any. Like Biggie said, they have been doin it for a long, long time.....
175 grain XL silverflames or 175 grain VPA terminators...
seems to be a definite shift up in tip weight! for me I shoot the 175 to 200 gr. more because I like the way it feels on the arrow. I can't complain about performance either but more cause I like the feel of a heavier head. (scientific ha :-) )
100 gr brass insert and a 100 gr head here.
125-160