Hey guys, sorry if this is a dumb question, just want to get your opinion.
What do you think is the best arrow point for wood Flu-Flu arrows? I will be doing some practice with flying targets, as well as trying them on Dove/Quail.
Would you use Judos, Hex blunts, snaros, cheap broadheads, or just a field tip? They will be mostly target but will definitely see some bird hunting action as well. Thanks SS.
For small lightly built birds like that I'd use Snaros. I killed a flying chukar once with one. For anything larger like a pheasant I'd use a broadhead.
I like Judos
The simplest and to me one of the best small game point for wood arrow fluflus is a "nutter", a 3/8" hex nut screwed on to the point taper and a drop of super glue for security(optional). The taper point will extend beyond the nut for penetration and the nut for shock.
The Snaro has the advantage of the high probablility of breaking a wing on a flying bird. That's why I think they are the best for small flying birds. For targets use blunts or anything but Snaros for live flying game.
I would use field tips for non-live aerial targets.
I would use snaros foe quail or dove.
I would use broadheads for pheasant (unless there were dogs retrieving, then I would use field tips)
Bisch
Back in the 60s I used Bludgeons for pheasants on flu-flus. I had a few bounce offs where the pheasant kept flying and went to steel blunts on regular fletching, that worked for me. While the smaller snaros work on quail, the few quail that I have taken were with cedar arrows with normal 3x5 fletching and steel blunts. The reason being is that I only ever had one snaro with me at a time and lost the expensive thing on the first shot. Pass shooting doves is the hardest target that I have ever hunted. I got one out of the air with a blunt, it was NOT the one that was shooting at so it doesn't count. My first quail was the same, jumped the covey with my dog on point, shot missed my bird by three feet maybe more, somehow the dog found one with my arrow in it, I didn't even see the hit.
I like field points for practice because they do minimal damage to targets and tend to stand up in the field making arrow retrieval easier.
Blunts work well when shooting targets like milk jugs because they often prevent penetration saving your fletchings. When targets crash to the ground with a protruding arrow, both nocks and shafts can be damaged. The blunts reduce the risk of that damage as well.
For hunting, the snaro works great on small birds like quail and dove if they are close. The problem on doves is that they really slow the arrow down making it much easier for doves to dodge the arrow, and they actually will dodge them. I have had zero success on larger birds with the Snaro.
I really like the Magnus Bullheads for the increased cutting area and the fact they never stick in birds making them relatively safe to use with dogs. The downside is that they are quite expensive, can break, and I've lost pheasants and ducks that took solid hits. Acceptable trade offs for a generally effective, dog safe tip. It has brought down birds when other tips would not have been effective. The long cutting blades do more damage than the flexible wires of the Snaro.