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Post by 3ptbuck on Jul 14, 2014 16:27:01 GMT -5
Well the little one has been shooting a lot this year and slowly creeping up on the 35lb minimum to hunt. She's proved to me she's plenty capable of doing what it takes to shoot deer and turkey's with a gun and crossbow so if she can make weight I think I'm going to let her try the bow this year like she wants.
So any of you have recommendations? I know I've seen a few young ones with bow kills on here, what did you use?
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Post by dbd870 on Jul 14, 2014 16:54:53 GMT -5
JW will be using 75gr Muzzy's he's pulling 36-37lbs.
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Post by swilk on Jul 14, 2014 16:59:48 GMT -5
I would think any quality fixed blade would work..... likely in that 74-100gr range.
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Post by trapperdave on Jul 14, 2014 18:55:46 GMT -5
fixed blade cut on contact head. 2 blade
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Post by M4Madness on Jul 14, 2014 19:48:21 GMT -5
You might want to check out Slick Trick's "Viper Trick" broadheads.
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Post by duff on Jul 14, 2014 21:46:35 GMT -5
I agree with the fixed blade. Hard to beat a muzzy IMO
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Post by piercings4u on Aug 20, 2014 23:37:12 GMT -5
I shoot 100g G5 Strikers...im only shooting 43 lbs and they are perfect...
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Post by windingwinds on Aug 21, 2014 6:06:02 GMT -5
My bow tops out at 40#. Currently shooting 37#. I will be using 100 gr. Broadheads. Using less than 100 gr can be a pain if you get fieldtips or broadheads mixed up with different weights and you don't have a scale. Seems to work for me, managed to get a squirrel shooting 100gr at 40# last year.
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Post by dbd870 on Aug 21, 2014 6:29:47 GMT -5
JW will be using 75gr Muzzy's he's pulling 36-37lbs. Strike that; jdub is now using my compound dialed down to 45# with A 100GR Muzzy. |
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Post by Russ Koon on Aug 21, 2014 11:03:25 GMT -5
IMO, the arrow weight is even more important as the energy decreases. A heavier arrow carries with it a greater amount of the energy from the releasing of the limbs than a lighter arrow FROM THE SAME DRAW WEIGHT and the same bow.
I know, the temptation is to help the speed by using lighter weight heads, but the opposite approach is really better. First fall after my stroke, I was barely managing to draw 40# with my Mathews. To maximize the penetration, I went from 100 grain three-blade Muzzy's to the Muzzy Phantoms in 125 grain. I used them on full-length shafts to gain some extra arrow weight and to bring the spine stiffness closer to being correct for the draw weight, without buying limber shafts that would be of no use to me after regaining the strength to draw more.
I didn't get a shot opportunity that fall, but I was very satisfied with the penetration on BH tarrgets. Of course I probably had a considerable draw LENGTH advantage over what she will have, even at the 27" I was able to shoot that fall.
Energy rules when going for penetration, WHEN ALL OTHER FACTORS ARE EQUAL. But equalizing energy levels when launching arrows of different weights from the same bow requires the bow draw weight to adjusted UPWARDS when shooting the lighter shafts. Maximizing penetration when shooting shooting at the same weight requires going as heavy as is practical with the arrow weight.
Reducing the number of cutting edges to two, does yield the maximum penetration, but at the expense of reducing the cut area per inch of penetration by about fifty percent. Might be a good idea when dealing with the extremely low energy levels, but IMO, is only worth the sacrifice at that level, IF THEN. At my draw length and slightly higher draw weight, and heavier arrows, I felt confident in using the bleeders, even while doing everything else I could to favor penetration.
Since she'll be hunting with you and will thus have an experienced hunter for the tracking and hit assessment, it would probably be an appropriate choice for her to use a two-blade COC head. The Phantoms w/o bleeders would be my pick, but there are others of similar design that would likely be as effective. I'd stay with the older designs that used the more gentle attack angle of the cutting edges, as that seems to also have a slight penetration advantage over the more abrupt angle of many newer designs.
A good COC two-blade 125 grain with a carefully hand sharpened edge should give best results.
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Post by 10point on Aug 21, 2014 19:55:16 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 21, 2014 20:40:51 GMT -5
Looks like those would work just fine.. |
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Post by 76chevy on Sept 1, 2014 11:54:08 GMT -5
I will second this broadhead
Slick Trick RAZORTRICK
very good for low poundage bows.
I shoot the magnums ST with my 240lb matrix crossbow. It shoots like a field point at 355fps and shoots right through deer and turkey.
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