Roving with broadheads?

Blue Sky

Blue Sky

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Lately I've been thinking it might be a good idea to go stump shooting with the same broadheads I'll be using in the fall. I won't bother sharpening them of course, but that shouldn't matter.

Now, for the record I'm using a Martin Super D recurve and Eclipse 2-blade glue-on's. Inexpensive but tough.

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It seems that after practicing with fieldpoints all off season, once there's a broadhead on the rest I get a little distracted by that fact for some reason. I just figure that's one less thing I need to be thinking about.

Good idea or not?
 
It sounds like a great idea, I shoot grizzlies and practice with them all the time. :thumbup: Chris
 
Shotgun said:
You practice by shooting grizzly bears!?!:eek:

Some type of bow/arrow I assume. Just couldn't resist.:D
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Why would I shoot them, I let them chase me into the house then my wife takes care of them.:p

Yeah, grizzly is a type of broadhead. Chris
 
Seems like a good idea to me.

BUT, don't nock an arrow until you have found what you want to shoot. Tripping while walking through the brush could lead to a nasty cut, sharp or not, and could be fatal if in the right spot. Remember that broadheads kill by massive blood loss. Apparently, accidents similar to this (but while hunting with sharpened broadheads) have happened more than once in CT, and they are brought up during the bowhunting training course.

Oh, a friend of mine put a montech into a tree from 40 yards and could not recover the head because it was so far imbedded. He was pissed at the $10 down the drain. Carry something to pull the heads from the stumps.

Reminds me that I really need to get the bow out before season.
 
In my younger and dumber days, I learned not to carry a nocked broadhead the hard way. Going through a thicket, the point snagged on a sapling, got pulled off the rest into just the right place between my knee and said sapling. Split me open nicely, went home with a blood-filled boot. :(

I realize there is increased risk of leaving something behind in a stump that wasn't quite as rotton as it looked from 20 yards away, but I'm thinking (hoping) the benefits would be worth it.
 
it is a great idea to practice with your broadheads, prior to being used for hunting..... i tune mine on a broadhead compatible foam target....:) i always carry a few judo's or blunts while roving/stump shooting....:thumbup: i also carry them while hunting...

those eclipse broadheads are really nice, i have a brand new pack that has yet to be used.. maybe i'll try them out this season....:D
 
Personally, I'd think it would wear out your broadheads. But whatever floats yer boat, man. I have some two bladed Thunderheads. Had 'em for years; never used the buggers. A bunch of new Fred Bears too, still in the package.
 
It would be abusive over the long term, sure. But I would have a separate set for practice only and another for hunting. I might even intentionally blunt the practice tips a bit to limit penetration.
 
Yup, been roving with broadheads for a lot of years. I use old hunting arrow/head combinations that fly well together, but I also carry Ace hex head blunts with me. It just depends on the shot, as to which I use.
 
I usually have one or two broadheads mounted EXACTLY like my hunting arrows JUST for practice. Nothing flies 'exactly' like the same setup! I use a 55# recurve with swaged aluminum 2114's with "Journeyman" broadheads...The original of the broadheads you are using! ;)
 
For the guys using newer threaded type broadheads G5 Outdoors makes their Montec in a sharpened version and a non-sharpened 'pre-season' version. Exact same size and weight so you can practice all summer and then just put in the sharp ones for opening day.

I've also used the pre-season version on turkeys, it penetrates plenty deep in the birds but since it is not super sharp it also provides a greater degree of shock at impact. Quick clean kills.
 
If you have your arrows tuned correctly for your bow, your field points and broad heads will hit the same point of aim. I shoot 150gr woodsman (broad head) and I can shoot one into my foam target and then pull out one of my field points and place it right next to it at 20yards. I shoot a 62# @ 28" Cari-bow recurve that is 62" long. For stump shooting I just use judo points with a weighted insert to get my weight to where it should be.
 
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Not as good a pic of the broad head , but I already had this pic on hand. I make my own broad heads, usually in batches of 25 or 100. Stump shoot with them all the time. By making them in large lots I always have a set ready for hunting and plenty to beat up. I use the same head for small game by putting a small leather washer behind the head that slows the arrow down on impact. I have even used these heads on sharks by filling a barb in each side.
 
Mike,
Do you weigh your heads, and how do you spine test your arrows? I am interested in making my own, I have lots of wild rose and river cane here so tons of raw materials. When I was a kid I made my own bows, arrows and heads but they were very crude, my heads were cut out of anything I could cut with tin snips and file sharp. Chris
 
I have a "Adams spine tester" that I have had for 25+ years, But I have a chart of my own making for getting me in the correct ballpark for the spine.
I weigh all the broadheads on a old postal scale as I'm putting the edge bevels on.
My wood arrows are actually VERY precise.
Both wild rose and river cane are what I consider premium shaft material for primitive arrows. The trick is to straighten, size, straighten, measure, straighten, weigh, straighten, straighten, and when your not doing anything straighten them again.
 
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