How many types of points?

[wapitirod]

I've always been more a big game hunter than anything else, even with firearms.  I'm thinking of taking up wing shooting and maybe some small game hunting and was wondering what you use for tips and also what game you use flu flu's for and what you stick with your standard arrows for?

The birds I would most likely hunt would be Turkey, Geese, Ducks, Pheasant, Grouse, Quail and maybe dove if I'm feeling really lucky.  I figure for the first four I would use broadheads and aside from Turkey I'd use flu flu's.  I'm not sure about the other birds though.

For small game I'm not much on wanting to clean them but we do have rabbits, silver gray squirrels and the ones I'm most likely to shoot for fun would be ground squirrels.  I would also shoot animals of opportunity such as rats, rock chucks, possum, badger, coon, nutria, etc.

What I do have in my box are a few of the G5 small game heads and judo points as well as some rubber blunts.

I've seen now they have the snares, although I don't remember the name the oversized judo's, the scorpios which I was thinking behind my broadheads.  Any thoughts would be appreciated, I stocked up big time on 2317's so I'm building up game specific arrows.

thanks ahead of time,
Rod

[Sharpend60]

I belive most of the birds you mentioned are not legal to take with a bow in Oregon.
Neither are raccoons or badgers or skunks or chipmunks.
Grouse have a specifc season and require a stamp, I seem to remember it being free.

I'd look into what is legal to shoot before ya get all excited. But aside from that, the pionts you have already aught to be just fine or a broadhead for something a lil bigger.

No need to overthink it.

[wapitirod]

I know chipmunks and golden mantles you can't take but the coons, badgers, beavers and skunks were fine unless your selling the hides then you need a furbearers permit.  I've killed several badgers but you can't shoot wolverines which is ok as I've never seen one here.  You are correct about the upland bird stamp and there are certain areas you can't hunt them period but unless they changed things archery equipment is legal.  I'll double check but there shouldn't be any issues.

[wapitirod]

I just double checked and archery equipment is legal for all game birds, all the mammals listed are open year round with the exception of coons which are open from 11/15 to 3/15 and for all except the coon it specifically says a general hunting license is acceptable.  I'll have to double check on the requirements for racoons as it used to be you only needed a hunting license for them but now they are listed by themselves and it doesn't list specific license requirements which means you either have to have a furbearer permit or there are no specific licensing requirements.  I normally only kill problem coons anyways and I know that is legal  year round although you may need to get a free permit from odfw, I've been through that process before to kill one raiding my dog food container.

[Gdpolk]

I'm more of a small game hunter than big game and don't hunt migratory birds.  I use a regular shield cut fletched arrow for anything on the ground and a flu-flu for thrown objects and squirrels in trees.  If I'm stumping in an area with heavy underbrush or a THICK layer of leaves then I'll use a flu-flu as well for the increased visibility.


Field Points = target shooting - regular arrows and flu-flu's

RFA Talons (small game heads/blunts) = squirrel, rabbits, stumping - these I use on regular arrows and flu-flu's

Magnus Stingers, 2-blade = deer, hogs, if I went turkey hunting with a bow these would be my head choice - I only hunt with broadheads after checking their flight for accuracy in a target

Judo points - plinking leftover cans and stuff in the yard, stumping sometimes if they are already on the arrows - I'll use them mostly on regular fletched arrows