Steel washer and field point?

[njshadowwalker]

Hey guys...ive shot judos and bluts for a long time and was wondering if anyone has tried to use a steel washer behind a field point for squirrels and rabbits?

Figure thew washer would help prvent loss but also increase the initial shock behind the point.

Any thoughts?

[Chris Wilson]

Yep, I've done it in the past.  Works pretty well.

[traditional beagle]

I've tried it just to add weight , if washer is to big then the arrow might plane.

[Roy Stroh]

its a good way to break an arrow where the washer is placed if you have a glancing blow.  

[Van/TX]

I've used a washer behind a screw in field point if that's what you're talking about   ....Van

[sticshooter]

Try a wingnut behind a screwin fieldpoint with the wings forward. works great on bushytails.<><

[mbbushman]

We used to use that setup for gophers when I was in high school. We couldn't afford Judo points, but the washers worked just as well, and were free for the taking in Dad's shop.  :D

[Archer 1]

I've used the washer and the wingnut last year, they both worked fine. I think the wingnut worked more like a judo, and didn't skip near as much as the washer, but both worked.

[JM]

Just tried it, it works well. Thank you.

[flinch]

I've used a screw and a sheet metal washer for blunts with good results.  Also, used a plastic washer behind a Bear Razorhead on turkeys to prevent complete pass throughs.  Hard for a turkey to run through the brush with an arrow sticking out both sides.  Now I use Blunts on turkeys and try to shoot them in the head.  Either works or you miss and no crippled turkey.

[Carbon Caster]

Flinch,

Sounds like it might work, but is it legal in your state to hunt turkeys with blunts?

[flinch]

It was in Nebraska; Dick Turpin of the Nebraska Game and Parks promoted it to reduce crippling toms.  I hit a tom in the breast with a blunt from a 84# Compound (God Forbid) and he flopped a bunch, then got up walked around getting his bearings and flew off just fine.  I had a witness also watching with binoculars.  It was pretty funny, but I got hung up in a fence and couldn't get to him fast enough.   I was trying for a head shot and I misjudged the distance.  A broadhead would have not done him any good, but he could have easily got far enough to hid?  I feel better knowing he wasn't crippled.   Now that I look back on it; I didn't have to field dress him either.   Also, I was a Breeder Flock Supervisor for Swift and Company for a while back in the early 1980's and having been around so many turkeys; both tame and wild; they don't excite me much.  Now put antlers on them and it would be different.