Broad heads

[Mergrath]

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I can't stress this last part enough, please practice with what you are going to hunt with...before you go hunting! So many people just screw on and go. Most don't own a broadhead target but that is not an excuse. We all owe it to these animals to be proficient with our equipment before taking to the field.

Trust me I shoot like 200 arrows a week.. About 300 with my practice broadheads the week before season. I can hit vitals at 65 yards every shot. So I got my practice down...
Do like fixed blade. But right now I'm leaning with the rage...
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It was an indirect statement. In my small group of hunting friends we have a few that don't do this and it drives me nuts. It's not just bow hunting, I feel the same way about rifle hunting as well.

I shoot what gives me the most confidence and you should too. Good luck with whatever you choose!

 

[breacher]

Besides, my holes look cooler than yours! 8)



My last four archery deer have died within 60 yards...three of those were within 20 yards. One mistake I made early on in archery hunting was aiming too far back as I was scared of hitting the shoulder. Now I aim for the arm pit which seems to work great for me.

Thats what you call a bullseye!

 

[BuckHunter]

Besides, my holes look cooler than yours! 8)



My last four archery deer have died within 60 yards...three of those were within 20 yards. One mistake I made early on in archery hunting was aiming too far back as I was scared of hitting the shoulder. Now I aim for the arm pit which seems to work great for me.

I love it !!!!! Nice shot !!

 

[Lungpopper]

Re: Broadheads

The downside to the VPA heads is that they are made out of steel. Steel rusts very quickly and while hunting in wet weather you will have to constantly be touching them up.

There is a product called "Boeshield T-9®" that you can lightly spray or wipe on to your broadhead's that will eliminate corrosion. It is not oil based (it is very much like an ultra thin viscous wax). We sell it at Fine Firearms in both liquid and spray form.

Does it come in earth scent? ;D I wont use anything that smells like a chemical. I actually have extensive experience with lubricants as you know and most waxes with an embedded corrosion inhibitor have a funk smell that I wouldn't bow hunt with. I've actually been trying to develop my own.

SC1 Earth scent. Great idea.

 

[NBK]

Maybe you should change your handle to Heart-popper! ;D

 

[Mergrath]

Re: Broadheads

I have been pushing for an outdoorsman line for a few years now... cammo labels and all! I am currently having a cammo hat made with Maxima in blaze orange embroidered onto it. ;D


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SC1 Earth scent. Great idea.
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[Mergrath]

Maybe you should change your handle to Heart-popper! ;D

HA! Those shots are not for the weak at heart.

 

[BuckHunter]

Here is a Rage hole in the arm pit.

 

[TaftHunter]

Oh man. Looks like a rifle exit!

 

[oneazbowhunter]

Like buck hunter I've shot easily 10 plus big game animals with a 2 blade rage. I've shot elk thru the shoulder and right thru the heart. I've also made marginal shots and recovered those animals, and am almost certain if I was shooting a fixed blade I would have never recovered those animals. Broad heads are so sharp that a marginal shot the animal beds and in a short period of time the wound seals up because it was cut so cleanly. The rage leaves such a gaping wound,your just giving yourself a higher percentage rate of recovering an animal. Boogie was here hunting with me in Jan and unfortunately made a couple marginal shots using fixed blades and I have no doubt we recover his animal if he had been shooting rage. I'm sure he already has some!

 

[oneazbowhunter]

Here's the reason I shoot Rage

 

[TaftHunter]

Man that last one is insane

 

[Lungpopper]

All good reasons.

 

[Mergrath]

Those are some monster bucks!

It's funny how when you travel to different parts of the country how certain brands are entrenched. I will say that I run into the Mathews bows with Grim Reaper broadheads more than any other combo.

 

[Sdbirds]

Rage. But I can't get a buck in range that's big enough. So all my kills r with judo points I kill Squirrels

 

[Sdbirds]

Here's the reason I shoot Rage

Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm dude I may be looking for a guide lol

 

[TaftHunter]

Rage. But I can't get a buck in range that's big enough. So all my kills r with judo points I kill Squirrels

Judos are the best I've made a few 55 yrd shots on cottontails with em and probably a hundred under 55 yards

 

[NBK]

Judos are the best I've made a few 55 yrd shots on cottontails with em and probably a hundred under 55 yards

You da' Man!

 

[Sdbirds]

Rage. But I can't get a buck in range that's big enough. So all my kills r with judo points I kill Squirrels

Judos are the best I've made a few 55 yrd shots on cottontails with em and probably a hundred under 55 yards

Rad

 

[TaftHunter]

Judos are the best I've made a few 55 yrd shots on cottontails with em and probably a hundred under 55 yards

You da' Man!

Haha thanks.. I just get really bored over summer ;D