I was watching the latest thing that Jason put out on his Samko Trad channel on YOUTUBE. Some of you may know who I'm talking about...real popular bowhunter these days and a strong single bevel guy.

He said he wounded two bucks on his last midwest hunt with shoulder hits that had no penetration. He uses a 700+ grain arrow, 400 grains up front, shoots a 52 pound Northern Mist....and a single bevel head.

Jason blamed the lack of penetration on his 1.5" wide broadhead. I think he was spot on when he explained you can either have a devasting cuts from bigger heads OR bone buster performance from narrower heads... but you can't have both...or something to that effect.

I've mentioned it in the past both I have always used 1 1/8" cut two blade broadheads like Eskimo's, Razorheads, and Stingers and never have had any issues with the blood trails. My broadheads are to the extreme in sharpness and that fact promotes extreme blood loss when they are placed in the right spot. That's just how it works for me....your results may vary.

I started with single bevel grizzly heads and was able to get them sharp. I liked the penetration but sometimes the blood trails were sparse. Switched over to four blade phantoms, three blade razorcaps and three blade woodsmans. Blood trails were great. Then went to Palmer Extreme Cut four blade broadheads and blood trails were even better. I tried Simmons once a friend showed me how to sharpen them and they left amazing blood trails. Now I only use simmons for hogs but use woodsmans, phantoms and razorcaps for deer.

I have a 1975 kodiak hunter. its marked 50 @ 28 but pulls 57# . Ive tried three scales and all of them read the same or a few ounces over. the bow is Marked 45x# .

Blake.  Though your bow's about the same weight at about the same draw length, it's probably cut proud of center whereas the Browning is likely cut to center.  Your arrows are an inch shorter and point weight 50 grains lighter. All of those enable the lighter spine you shoot.   

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You always locate the nice critters when you hunt! Great looking arrows too
Rusty

I may just contact Gary hall and get some Mike 'herd bull' Mitten custom shafts

Rob, I've been wanting to give wood another try. But I have ptsd from breaking about 6 shafts all at once when a 3D target tipped over on them 
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Oh No that happened to me with a set of brand new elite arrows,,, shot 6 right after they were delivered and the fricken big waterlogged Mckenzie falls over on them and breaks 3!!!!  Boy i still hate McKenzie targets..,
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Break'em make more that's what I do it's fun 

My setup is 64" Yellowstone Longbow 42@27.5 and my arrows are 29" 45/50 and my point weight is 145 gr and that a little stiff out of my bow but that the way I like it, I uses the same arrow with my 47@27'5 bow I wouldn't go with the 60/65

The count down to the new year happens this evening, and I sincerely wish everyone a happy New Year!

How is that thumb healing up Terry? Have you had a chance to get some arrows through your new bow yet? I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of the performance and handling.

Happy New Year!        Kirk

Quote from: Tnlonghunter on December 31, 2025, 04:16:31 AMMathematically, of course it makes a difference, and the node placement is a really interesting idea. That said, I know I dont shoot well enough to shoot the difference between the two set-ups.

Great information on spine testing, BTW. I've tried to keep the seam aligned, but I gather from the two videos that the seam may not inherently be the stiffest section of a shaft. Can anyone clarify whether that's the case?

As mentioned in the longer video, in some cases the stiffest point, or using the seam to select the right location for your cock feathers isn't the best bet. it's important to check the range difference in all your shafts first, and then mark a common spine reading to Match them up.

For you guys that say that "I'd never be able to tell the difference."  You are wrong.
This is very worth while and can make a big difference in your consistency. That's the thing about archery that always rings true. You only get out, what you put into this sport. That's true about a lot of things in life too.