what is worse for broadheads?

[kirkwhitehead]

having them in a stalker quiver without foam or putting them in and out of the foam several times a day? I don't mind stropping my BH in the evenings if need be, but this new quiver I have I cannot seem to get used to the foam hood.

so say 4 BH arrows and 2 judos how bad do you think they would get? Maybe a half mile walk morning and night to stand.

I could see a road march messing up the heads but 1 mile walking slowly? even if I stalk/still hunted all day how bad could they get?

thanks guys

kirk

[deermaster1]

i tried no foam at all, walking 150 yards to my stand, and had several nicks in the razer edge where they had clicked together.  over all they were still sharp, but i didnt like the dings in them.  i cut the height of the foam down, so just the tip sticks in, keeping nearly all of the blade un touched, and that has worked best for me.

[Soilarch]

Originally posted by deermaster1:
i tried no foam at all, walking 150 yards to my stand, and had several nicks in the razer edge where they had clicked together.  over all they were still sharp, but i didnt like the dings in them.  i cut the height of the foam down, so just the tip sticks in, keeping nearly all of the blade un touched, and that has worked best for me.

X2  Never tried with no foam at all but I put just the tips in the foam.  It'll dull them more than you think.  Besides...your foam lasts A LOT longer.

[aromakr]

Kirk:
Why do you remove your broadheads several times a day? There is no reason to do that unless your shooting at something, then you have to resharpen anyhow.
Bob

[kirkwhitehead]

when i start a stalk I remove an arrow. when making my way thru likely cover I like to have an arrow ready.when scared the boogieman might get me I love to have an arrow ready.

deermaster1, wouldn't the nicks act like the serated poetion on those magnus heads?

I shot one of my journeyman heads into the black hole target 5 times after it was shaving sharp.After 1 shot it would still pop hair, 2nd shot still sharp but more tearing not popping the hair, 3-5 not hair cut but could still feel a good bevel. I took 15 strokes on each side with my leather quiver strap and its back to full sharpness.

Bob, friday afternoon I hunted pigs and mule deer and had 3 stalks on deer and the fool scared outta me in a very piggy looking spot. On each of those stalks I had an arrow out.

kirk

[Bill Carlsen]

My experience with quivers with foam in them for bhs has been good. In fact after a while the bh will actually make enough slices in the foam so that it is its own "holder" with little if any contact with the foam itself. I just got an Arrowmaster quiver, I shoot Razoecaps and basically push them as far into the foam as i can so my judo point does not dull them. I hunt just about every day so the leading arrow is pulled out at least once then reinserted on a daily basis. I have found no dulling of the edges to occur. In fact, when I walk with an arrow in my hand or on the bow I find that incidental contact with brush and branches to have a more detrimental effect on the edge than just keeping it in a foam base,  Generally speaking once I sharpen a bh and it gets inserted into a foam hood or cup it stays as sharp as it was when I inserted it if, per chance, I do not need it or use it during the rest of the season. I can't understand why a protected foam hood or cup would have  you worried about dulling edges....it just doesn't happen than way for me. Leaving them loose in the quiver is a whole different ball game....they are going to get dull.

[Biggie Hoffman]

Like Bob, I don't get an arrow on the string until I'm in range and ready to shoot. As far as the judo points go, I practice when it's time to practice and hunt when it's time to hunt. NO judos in my quiver when I'm huntin big game.
Hence, dulling heads by taking them in and out isn't an issue.

[kirkwhitehead]

taking them out a couple times and the simple fact I do not like the added resistance that the foam gives. in addition I think having the BH in the foam creates space down the length of the shaft all the way to the nock. While sneeking around on Fri and Sat I noticed I could here shafts rubbing together. After getting home and trying everything I could think of, I pulled them out of the foam and just had them stacked up with maybe 1/8" in the foam.The shafts were much quieter while walking and I think it is due to the shafts resting on each other.

kirk

[kirkwhitehead]

For the record if I am inside 50 yards I have a arrow on the string. I have been caught off guard and missed chances from deer I didn't see that just wandered in range. So I try to not let that happen anymore.

kirk