I shoot mine into the sides of dry creekbanks.  We actually do a broadhead competition between a friend and I shooting leaves and such on the creekbanks.  Great practice.  Just sharpen the broadheads before hunting season.

A 2x4 (cut), a couple of short pieces of 4x4, some nails, and two holes drilled through the 4x4 blocks for the rebar before attaching to the 2x4 base.

I shoot broadheads into a foam cube/octagon just enough to check arrow flight, and then sharpen them. I have used 160 grain STOS Broadheads for that and then shoot 160 grain target tips into regular targets.

Never had a broadhead pull off.

Judo heads are great for small game or stumping. You can melt lead shot into the head to boost weight up.

Sand piles do work, although I have completely buried a broadhead tipped arrow shooting into them.

Best target for broadheads is a nice clean sand pile. Just beware if there are neighborhood stray cats. To them it's a big litter box.  You should just commit a few (3-4) broadheads for practice heads. The sand wears off the paint and dulls them but doesn't bend or break them.

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Should I use an arrow wrap when I'm fletching some aluminums? Fletched one up last night quick cause I couldn't take it an wanted to shoot it. I like the way the aluminums shoot.

You need some kind of foam to shoot broadheads into. They will tear a target up pretty quick though. I shoot mine enough to make sure they are flying good, then sharpen them and save them for hunting. I then shoot matching arrow with field points or blunts/judo for practice,
Round bales will eat your arrows. If you shoot them from the end your arrows will disappear and if you shoot from the side you can pull a broadhead tippee arrow back out.

I'm ashamed I didn't think of that.

Well one was eaten by a round bale... not much to do about that. I see guys on YouTube just plucking them out like darts, I don't understand why mine seem to be impossibly stuck almost every shot.

I found about a 1/2 dz Stos heads.  I like those Grizzlies.  I'll be getting some.

Quote from: black velvet on September 03, 2025, 10:53:44 AMWhat is your arrow length? Maybe you can cut them down a little and stiffen them up.

The 800s are as short as I can go.  I have some full length Dark Timber 700s.  That's what Big Jim recommended.  But I had some full length 400 spine Gold Tip Kinetics laying around and tried one and it shot fairly well.  I need to shoot some more after i adjust the nock point, etc.. but it may work.

I should say, I've been shooting for 30 years.  I've tuned arrows for 50-55 lb bows quite a bit.  I understand FOC, GPP, etc.... I've just never tuned arrows for this weight.  I know it depends on lots of variables.  I have several different spine arrows. So, I guess I should say, what point weight would you consider too much for FOC for a 35 lb bow?  I shoot 175 with my heavier bows.  As I set this one up, 175 seems like a bit much, but I don't know.