3Rivers Archery



The Trad Gang Digital Market













Contribute to Trad Gang and Access the Classifieds!

Become a Trad Gang Sponsor!

Traditional Archery for Bowhunters






LEFT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS TRAD GANG CLASSIFIEDS ACCESS RIGHT HAND BOWS CLASSIFIEDS


Author Topic: While we are discussing hunting arrows...  (Read 449 times)

Offline Bill Carlsen

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 3928
Re: While we are discussing hunting arrows...
« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2011, 05:48:00 PM »
I've been hunting with a bow since 1955. Shot lots of critters and here is what I have come to a conclusion on. Multiple blade heads are usually better than single blade. The caveat is that they need to be able to be sharpened to a razor edge, be well made and most of all shoot straight. My wife shoots 45# @ 26". I make her arrows with Beman or Axis 500 shafts and add 200 grains up front. She has used four blade Phantoms and 3 blade Razorcaps. She always gets two holes with that set up. I have been shooting 55-60# for about 6 years now and have used similar arrows only mine are 340's with 225-250 grains up front. I like the Woodsman, 4 blade Phantoms and 3 blade Razorcaps, the Razorcaps being my preferred  head. They have great steel in them, have multiple weight options, shoot very straight and most important of all, with the exception of one bear and one deer (liver shot) everything I have shot, from turkeys to moose, have gone down in sight. I've killed several deer with two blades but to be honest, while they did a quick, humane job, blood trails were non existent and one deer would not have been recovered if it had not been shot in the snow.
The best things in life....aren't things!

Offline PaddyMac

  • Trad Bowhunter
  • **
  • Posts: 799
Re: While we are discussing hunting arrows...
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2011, 07:06:00 PM »
I just looked up Razorcaps. Pretty interesting. Replaceable or sharpenable and multi-ferrule weight system. If nothing else, the folks at NAP are really innovative.
Pat McGann

Southwest Archery Scorpion longbow, 35#
Fleetwood Frontier longbow, 40#
Southwest Archery Scorpion, 45#
Bob Lee Exotic Stickbow, 51#
Bob Lee Signature T/D recurve, 47#
Bob Lee Signature T/D recurve, 55#
Howatt Palomar recurve (69"), 40#

"If you leave archery for one day, it will leave you for 10 days."  --Turkish proverb

Users currently browsing this topic:

0 Members and 5 Guests are viewing this topic.
 

Contact Us | Trad Gang.com © | User Agreement

Copyright 2003 thru 2024 ~ Trad Gang.com ©