Big Ol 160 gr. SNUFFERS what they good for?

[Ryan Rothhaar]

Here's a decent Iowa whitetail....and stories like his are why Dad invented the Snuffer in the first place...

Morning of Nov 4 2004 - this guy had a hot doe he was chasing around a small inside corner in an open field, growling, snort-wheezing and tearing up scrapes.  He came past me 3-4 times following her, always on the move, and was within 50 yards for 45 min.  Finally the doe ended up directly under my stand and he came broadside at 8 yards.  As I released the doe took off (from him, not me, I think) and he turned towards me to chase her.  The arrow entered him at the last rib angling back and exited between his hind legs.  Hit nothing but punkin'.  He hunkered up and headed down the ridge into the timber.  We gave him a couple of hours and found him bedded about 80 yards from where he was shot, the arrow hole you see in the middle is the quartering away finishing shot.  I don't have much confidence I would have saw this buck again with a small broadhead.  I had to clean him up a bunch before the pics.  Trust me, a Snuffer hit like that is ugly...but effective, they are good insurance when things go wrong.  58 lb Black Widow and 600 grain arrows.

 

And towards what I think you are getting to with the question....black bears.  None of my pics are digital, but I shot my first bear with a 52 lb BW recurve, 525 grain arrows, and two more with a 55lb BW recurve and 580 gr arrows (both P&Y size boars)...all complete passthroughs and 2 of the bears went 30-40 yards, the other (liver shot) approx 125.  No blood trail problems!

Ryan

[JC]

"Decent Iowa Whitetail" he says....  :rolleyes:  

Ryan, I'll take yer scraps any day!

Lookin at your Pop's 160's for my bear hunt this year.

[Guru]

"What are they good for?"

 Just about anything that walks the face of this planet!!

 I certainly can't add anything here that Ryan and the other guys have.....

[whitebuffalo]

I personally love snuffers,, I really can't add anything that hasn't been said but great head,,J

[Steve O]

JC,

One of my very good friends hunted with Roger for bears up in Saskatchewan years ago.  They all use big Snuffers...I've seen numerous HUGE black bear mounts from that camp.  You should have no worries about taking them to Quebec.

Ryan, we are for sure on for '10 so get your Grizzly now  

[NoCams]

JC, my brother.... I have said this before and will say it here again. I actually enjoy sharpening Snuffers and WW's. It is so easy it is funny ! I get so carried away that I chase people around my house looking for arm and leg hair to test shave. I run out pretty quick, after all a half dozen heads have 18 edges to be tested, right ??? I can get them sharper than anything I have ever tried to sharpen. They are simply wicked ! Right now I shoot a WW, but will probably have to try a big ole 160 Snuffer too.

You know some have signs that say, " Will work for food " ? Well, I will sharpen your heads beyond belief if I can just get one of Miss Kim's cookies or maybe another antelope burger, haha !    

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[Legolas]

Ryan,
Well as the saying goes "a tree doesn't fall far from it's nuts"...    

Paul

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Reading the post & viewing the pic's..Seems like there is nothing a snuffer can't handle.