Thank you Andy.......

I do know with the low poundage I shoot the original woodsman does very well. The solid VPA I`m sure is better.Of course I don`t shoot BIG stuff .RC

Thank you for sharin' the info Andy!

It's *always* good to learn new things and what is bringing people success.

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

 

Andy,
Appreciate the effort!
Sarge

Very interesting!  I shoot light weight bows compared to many of the draw weights mentioned above. I'd have to use a wheel barrow to carry a bow with a draw weight of 65-85#'s out of the house! My bows are all 44-49# at my 26" draw.

I've been shooting a single-bevel and very happy with it on white-tail deer.

I am going to buy the 150 grain VPA when I return from a trip at month's end (I don't want packages ending up on my porch while I'm away). Right now I'm using 125 grain broadheads with 100 grain brass insert. I figure I can go to 150 grain VPA (since the diameter remains 1 1/8") and drop to a 75 grain brass insert.

I'm going to have opportunity to shoot some stuff bigger than white-tails in early August. Nothing like a buff or anything, but...?

I haven't tried a 3-blade broadhead for a long time. I wasn't near as good at shapening them as I am with 2-blades. Of course if I can't keep em super-sharp I won't hunt with them.

The new diamond sharpeners do a very good job on 3 blade heads. Finish up by stroping them on a piece of cardboard box.

Great post. Arrow flight and accuracy far exceeds all the other stuff that folks get all caught up in.  Most folks would be better served by spending more time tuning their set ups and learning to shoot better than arguing over broad heads and jumping on band wagons.

Roy, With the draw weight you shoot and you wanting to go over to the 3 blade, what i would suggest is going to a standard insert but shooting the Heavier weight VPA 3 blades. If you have a look at the heads you will see the difference in profile between the 150gr and the 200gr heads.
That longer profile i think you will find will penetrate better for you with the lighter bows.

If you shoot the 200gr Head with Standard insert you will be pretty close to the weight your shooting now.  Thats what i would do.

Good luck

I have had GREAT success with 3 blade heads(Wensel Woodsmans)....from Bunnies to Bison.  I too have found that they out penetrate some wider 2 blades in 3 different target mediums.

They also have consistently left great blood trails....don't ever recall being on a bad blood trail by anything I shot or anyone else I helped track.

I have passed through every hog I have shot with them, and buried the bison arrow to the fletch.

The 3 blades available now are getting better and better in quality also.

Nice to see you posting Andy....    

QuoteOriginally posted by charles m:
Great post. Arrow flight and accuracy far exceeds all the other stuff that folks get all caught up in.  Most folks would be better served by spending more time tuning their set ups and learning to shoot better than arguing over broad heads and jumping on band wagons.

I couldn't agree more.

I'm going to get the 175 grain and go with the 50 grain brass insert. I like that longer broadhead I think.

Hopefully a gob will find a 300 gn 1.5" 3 blade with a 100 gn insert lethal this weekend.

If an opportunity presents itsef, it will be the archer if it doesen't.

Great read Andy and Guru....Thank you!!!!

Quote" Great post. Arrow flight and accuracy far exceeds all the other stuff that folks get all caught up in. Most folks would be better served by spending more time tuning their set ups and learning to shoot better than arguing over broad heads and jumping on band wagons."

I couldn't agree more X 3. I would truly like to hear your life experiences first hand. Heck I'd just like to share a camp fire with you as your living the dream of most of us here! I'm impressed when you say some 3 bladed heads preform as good as you've experienced first hand on some of if not the very toughest big game animals on earth. To be honest I've tried 3 blade heads on lesser game but I have to admit I'm sharpendly challenged on 3 blades. Now on two blades I can sharpen them so that when they even get close to hair they just pop off!And yes my arrows fly like a laser and I have to wash off the dirt after the pass throughs. But this is on lesser game than your seeing. Thanks for your input on this forum good read for sure! Thanks!

TTT.

This is something everyone should read.

Good stuff Andy. I have generally had good results from three blade heads. With deer sized animals most of us who shoot bows in the 50lb range will have no troubles. The only exception could be taking shots out of treestands where there is a possibility of a high entry and no exit hole. I made the mistake of shooting a nice buck that was actually too close to my tree and my stand was twenty feet up due to background cover. The result was a high entry hole, no exit hole, and a difficult recovery.  I could have avoided this by letting the buck move out a little further. My fault. I
    I will say this though. I once shot a bull kudu from a ground blind in Namibia. I shot him with a two blade head. The shot was absolutely perfect (I have it on video). Through both lungs and the arrow was lying on the ground covered in blood. After that there was not a single drop of blood on the ground!  The trackers had to follow the bull solely by hoof prints!  I would have never believed it had I not witnessed it.

Was that a single or double bevel 2 blade head? Great thread!  There is no better "testing" than first hand (or second hand in this case) experience.

Jon....I hear ya....sometimes things don't work out the other way either.

The Bison I shot at 15 yards quartering with a 2 blade hit a rib and only went in about 5 inches OUTSIDE the rib cage.  Even though that head had the 'skip angle tanto tip' it skipped....right off a rib and right passed the next two never entering the chest cavity.

I got real lucky and the bull gave me another shot quartering at 35 yards, and I buried a WW to the fletch taking out both lungs.

Ttt