the hammer vs judo point

[fountain]

which do you prefer for stump shooting and/or shooting things on the ground in general?  which is better stopping the arrow when it hits the ground?

[celticknot]

I like the ace hex blunt

[NoCams]

Shot judos for years since the hammers were not available. Been shooting hammers now for a few months and love them just as well as the judos. I do not think you can go wrong with either head, they both are great. One thing I do like about the hammers is the 175 weight screw in, matches my broadhead weight and field tip weight. Judos weigh 135 only in a screw in. If you are shooting in deep grass I do think the judos are a little better about not burying themselves. JMHO

nocams  

[straitera]

Had good luck w/judos although I've lost a few. Now I make my own cheap. Find it in the archives. They work great.

[Apex Predator]

I don't think you will find a better arrow for not skipping into the next county than a judo.  The flat or concave head blunts kill quicker on rabbits though.

[centaur]

I have had the hammer break off much more than judos when stump shooting (glue ons on cedar). The added weight may be the reason; don't know.

[Smallwood]

i prefer the screw in hammer over the hex heads.

[jimmerc]

Love the hammers! Here's why, This little guy had big rock behind him and when i shot the arrow bounced back out, head still in great condition and ready to go for more except the nock blew out and I couldn't find it!!
 

[todd smith]

I've always really liked the Judo head for stump shooting but not for small game.

The hammers are DEADLY on small game AND a very good stump shooting head.  I use the screw-ins in GrizzlyStiks so I have had no shaft breakage.

For me the hammer is the best all-around small game/stump shooting head there is.

todd

[WESTBROOK]

I like the Ace Hex-blunt also, glue-on, screw-in up to 200g.

Eric

[Gregg S]

Straitera- I'm interested in those cheap heads. What are they listed under in the archives?

[sagebrush]

I use 357 maximum brass. I guess I'm cheap. I used to use judos but these seem to be pretty close in the not lose department. I can weight them down with lead shot too if I am trying to match a tip. Gary

[Brently]

I'm cheap too, I use 357mag brass also and I use flu flu feathers so the arrow dosn't go to the next county if I miss that wild can that is laying there.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by WESTBROOK:
I like the Ace Hex-blunt also, glue-on, screw-in up to 200g.

Eric

I agree. You can also resharpen Hex Heads with a 1/2" drill bit. But between the two heads the original poster asked about, I'd take the Judos.

[celticknot]

I also use .38 cal casings with lead shot. it hits hard.

[glocker55]

Try a screw in rubber blut in frount of a muzzy grasshopper

[ron w]

I like them both...but, I never lost a Judo,,I have lost 2 Hammers.

[Don Stokes]

I've lost only one judo in about 20 years of using them. It glanced off a plastic oil can and disappeared into the woods on a rising trajectory. I thought I might have lost one last week, but I finally found it 5 feet off the ground on a branch, after looking underneath it for a while! I've also found them to be very effective on rabbits. The spring wires cut like a blade on tender rabs.