Wing Shooting Advice Wanted

[woodslinger]

All right guys I am going to try my hand at wing shooting grouse and woodcock this year over my German shorthair pointer. Last year he pointed 352 woodcock for me and our average hunt lasted only about 30 minutes before we limited out using the shotgun. We then spent the rest of the day just letting him find and point birds and me flush them up.

I have shot one grouse on the wing in Alaska and numerous running rabbits and red squirrels so I know I can hit moving targets (on occasion!). I will also be practicing this summer on aerial targets.

What I am looking for is a point that will knock down both grouse and woodcock but not stick in trees. The areas I hunt are plenty thick and chances are even with flu flu's a missed arrow is going to hit tree limbs or tree trunks and I am to old to climb trees to get hem out.

I will be using a 56" Sasquatch SS recurve that is currently being built for me. The bow will draw 60lbs at my 27.5" draw length. I have used the bludgeon rubber blunts in the past with good success on squirrels and rabbits and was considering them.

What do you wing shooters use and recommend. I would also like to know where I get a good supply of reasonably priced flu flu's.

Know I just have to train my dog to retrieve arrows.

[Dave Bulla]

Rubber blunts or steel blunts will likely be your best bet. Judos will work but area trade off between arrows not getting lost and arrows not making it through brush to the target.

[timbermoose]

steel blunts or pistol casings have worked good for me in the past. i've also used with great success is the "snaro" heads. worked great for wing shooting ducks, geese, grouse, and pheasants on the prairies. in thick brush though, not so much.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

These are my favorites for birds, squirrels and general stump shooting.

The cool part about these is that they seldom slip under the grass and you retrieve a lot more arrows.

Zwickey Judo points.

[hawkeye n pa]

Don't over look the Ace hex heads.  Good knock down power on pheasants and skerwls.