Really getting excited about hunting small game this year with a recurve. Just wondering what is your preferred head to use. Squirrel, rabbit etc
Thanks,
Mike>------->

my favorite still is a bullet field point with a washer behind it, cheap and effective

Judo Point

TrapperDave,
What kinda head is that , homemade ?

I've had good luck with the Judos for a lot of years. Had a spine issue last year and needed something heavier on the tip. Found Hex blunts in heavier weights and they, too, work well. Almost as good as far as not burying under leaves/grass, and easier in an out of quiver.


Steve

that looks like one of northshore's blunts. the bludgeon small game blunts from 3 rivers with the edges cut in to make little teeth that grab the grass.

Ace Hex Heads do the job.

Manny calls em Tarantulas

i really like the hex by ace... those babies kill by blunt trauma and still do some cutting...

a 5/16" nut is killer on a woodie too...

 

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I drill a small hole through a field pointed arrow and then put a just fits finishing nail through it.  Bend it back a bit so it won't slide out and cut so as to leave about 1/4 inch on each side.  If the field point matches the broadhead weight, it shoots to match and does anchor small game.  Started doing this after I shot a blue grouse on a high ridge one morning with a standard field tip.  Arrow went part way through and hit the ground and the grouse took off over the valley.  Musta soared a half mile.

I read too many horror stories about blunts. even hex.

convinced me to just buy the real small game heads. with the replaceable blades but the tip is cut flat and the arrow itself doesn't taper. It's blunt where the blade is inserted. so it should cut and break at the same time.

I'm not going to shoot squirrels in trees, just 5lb swamp bunnies and these house cat sized red squirrels that are always on the ground, as well as the occasional nutria. And these are semi large "small game" so I don't wanna mess around.

You get the arrows back, its not like they go tearing through the woods with it. So what is a one time investment of ten or fifteen more dollars?

Ace Hex head, but my favorite is an older broadhead that i keep somewhat sharp, stops em right away. I've see squirrells take a Hex head in the vitals with a ragged pass through and run away, but with a BH they stop instantly. MHO.


P.

gonna use a mix of rubber blunts, hex blunts, judos, old braodheads, steel blunts, and homemade heads for cottontails this year, but for squirrels its old broadheads only

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QuoteOriginally posted by MJB:
TrapperDave,
What kinda head is that , homemade ?

The Gopher got right.
blunts from 3rivers with notches cut into it, they stop on a dime in grass  

Along the same lines as Terry I like to use the old Bodkins....cheap and they really stop squirrels in their tracks. Killing tree rats is not always easy and the bodkins really do the job especially if I rough sharpen them on my belt sander so they have a burr edge.

The most effective small game point I've used is probably also the cheapest and easiest...the nutter.  Make a taper on the arrow like for a glue on point, thread a hex nut on to the taper and add a drop of super glue. You get enough penetration and excellent shock from the nut.     Pat