How heavy broadhead do youuse??

[Bob Morrison]

290-300 gr. Original 125 gr Woodsman with 165gr BH adaptor.

[Bill Carlsen]

200-250.

[Roughrider]

200 - 325 depending on the exact set up.  I shoot 3 fingers under and have noticed I needed to raise the nock point quite high, maybe 3/4 - 7/8" when shooting heavy broadheads - has anyone else noticed this?

[SAVIOUR68]

160 head on 70-74#sitka spruce wood shaft
590gr total

[twistedlim]

225 Steel Force, 100 gr brass insert 30"AD Lites=total weight of 650gr and about 25% FOC.

[Whip]

My normal set up has been 175 grain Woodsman Elite on a 100 grain brass insert.  Recently went to a stiffer shaft that allowed me to bump up to a 250 grain VPA 2 blade. 350 up front - total arrow weight of 715 - blew right through a bison from an entrance at the last rib and out in front of the opposite front leg. This was out of a57# bow.

Total penetration LENGHTWISE through a buffalo!  To say the least, I am sold on heavy heads!

[Randy Koleno]

175gr. woodsman elites

[Brianlocal3]

I shoot 175, 125, 135. Depends on the arrow. I picked up used arrows and had to adjust from there to make them fly.

[Danny Rowan]

250-300gr 3 blades.

[frassettor]

Out of The setups listed below , I will use 300 gr, and occasionally 260 gr.

[monsterbuck]

175

[Rock 'N Bow]

AD Hammerhead Trad cut to 31", 190gr Abowyer Javelina's with 75gr steel adapter, 100gr brass inserts. Total arrow weight of approximately 750grs. Works with all my bows.

[hedgerowhuntr]

100gr brass insert, 100gr magnus 2 blade broadhead, and 100gr steel adapter  

[ti-guy]

145 gr. 55@26 cedar arrows.

[Rick Richard]

200 grains on carbon shafts and 125 grains on wooden shafts.

[Zradix]

45# bow.
175 grain  3 blade head carbon arrow 450 grain total.

Took one fairly heavy doe with it this year.
17 yd shot. Hit it too high. broke/cut one rib completely on the way in. Cut through 1/2 rib and scratched another on the way out.

I didn't get a complete pass through.
The arrow went in to the feathers and came out during the run.

The only problem I've seen with big foc #'s while using large/normal trad sized fletching, ( 3-4 x 4.5-5"+) is that in a cross wind the arrow can fly pretty sideways. The point will hit closer to the mark than a light foc arrow, but the arrow won't be going straight into the target.

With a lower foc arrow you might have to dope the wind a bit more but at least the arrow flies straighter.

there is a compromise in all this stuff....

[TOEJAMMER]

61 Widow recurve 160 Grizzly and 170 grain Abowyer on wood shafts cut to 28.5 inches.  Always seems to work.

[Ulysseys]

180 gr heads and 100 gr inserts, 48# recurve.

[Kris]

It has EVERYTHING to do with tuning your arrows to your bow! Read about bare shaft tuning.  I shoot a minimum of 275 grains (BH, adaptor + insert)and can shoot up to 400 total grains up front on my Beman and MFX 400's through a 51#@28", 64" ACS 3 piece longbow.  Actually this year I backed off of my weight up front, about 22% FoC.  Learn through your own experimentation, that's where it's at!  Arrow flight and accuracy is everything.

Good luck!

Kris

[Kent57]

Thanks everyone.