New bird head adapter build for trad gang members

[Hummer3T]

This product is an adapter for bird hunting, you can screw this to your arrow to act like a penetration depth limiter but allow for any type of point(broadhead, field point,or blunt).

I am showing this to everyone to get some build ideas and comments.

Once I figure out some engineering issues I will post a video or series of pictures of how to build your own.

All I ask is that you use this idea for your own builds and don't try to sell the idea or take it into production.  This is for trag gang members so as they can make this gear and enjoy some bird hunting.

The problems I'm having are:
1. I'm using a 100 grain brass insert for strength but am finding my final product wieght is over 200 grains without the field point, broadhead or blunt.
2. having an issue with wires turning.
3.working on alignment issue.

Photos of the demo adapter at current stage of build, with broadheads and blunt attached

  http://s1085.photobucket.com/albums/j435/Tloran/bird%20head/

[bowzonly]

Been there done that.  I wrote a story a few years back in Traditional Bowhunter magazine called The Ultimate Upland Birdhead (or arrowhead I cant remember or remember what issue) anyway I built heads very similiar to yours and I think they included the pics of my rejects in the story.  And I did reject those designs because they were too heavy.  Anyway I came up with a great solution and you can read about it in that issue. I hunt pheas a lot and have taken over 60 with a bow (and a couple dozen chukar and a few bobwhite)and I am in the process of writing another story about my adventures with upland birds and I will again discuss the issue of what type of heads to use.

I made some pretty close to that for a pheasant hunt I went on last spring. It turned out they did not work very good for pheasants because they bounced off and the pheasant just flew off. I think mine will work real good for small birds like quail or dove but, after shooting quite a few arrow at doves, have not figured out how to hit one just yet!        

Here is a pic of the ones I made:
 


Bisch

[MikeW]

I think you would have to drill and tap the wires to solve the turning problem. I've never done it but always thought making some kind of adapter that stopped a Scorpio head from sliding up the shaft would make a good bird head.