Best arrows/tips for rabbit?

[ChuckC]

I like hex heads more and more.  

I like and have others, like the VPA and the similar head sold by 3Rivers, they are devastating on a hit, but I have found that these wider heads broke a LOT more arrows on glancing hits to trees and stuff.  

I have even made my own fake hex heads by taking a standard glue on blunt and drilling out a dished area (I made a simple jig with 3/4" plywood, drilled to fit the head, and using a larger drill bit, like 1/2" to 3/4").  They work OK, though not as well as a real hex head. But they are substantially cheaper.

ChuckC

[TooManyHobbies]

Not a rabbit, but the wing-nut behind the field point was devastating to this spruce grouse. Now, if I can find a rabbit to shoot at.

[tracker12]

VPR 200 grain STG are great.  I recommend using a footed arrow on carbons or your will risk damaging them on the ends if you don't.

[jrchambers]

357 case over wood with flu flu so the arrow stays in and gets hung up on brush.  you can get 100 cases for 20 bucks. couldn't imagine using a manufactured head on bunnies, I loose a lot of arrows in the snow.

[TRAP]

Ive managed to get my hands on a half dozen or so of these vintage Herter's small game heads.  I really like them on rabbits and squirrels on the ground.
 

[monterey]

Being a DIY'er and sorta frugal (cheap    ) these serve me well.  Drill a hole slightly larger than a finishing nail through the field point and insert a piece of a nail or other stiff wire through.  Bend slightly to retain.  It is easy to straighten the wire or nail to remove for target shooting then easily replaced to hunt.  This provides just enough to do lethal damage and to prevent the clean pass through that can happen with a plain field point.

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[monterey]

Being a DIY'er and sorta frugal (cheap       ) these serve me well.  Drill a hole slightly larger than a finishing nail through the field point and insert a piece of a nail or other stiff wire through.  Bend slightly to retain.  It is easy to straighten the wire or nail to remove for target shooting then easily replaced to hunt.  This provides just enough to do lethal damage and to prevent the clean pass through that can happen with a plain field point.

   

[monterey]

Here is another option.  Don't remember what these are called but got them at RMSG.  These worked for my grandson, but being as blunt as they are did not give much penetration with a very light draw bow.

 

[reddogge]

We've found that blunts just punch through the rabbit and they can still run and the arrows pull out sometimes loosing the rabbit. I've been experimenting with some points for rabbits to try out this year. I used a blunt and flared the end with a hacksaw. I also used some old 4 blade broadheads which were made out of a very hard to sharpen material. Hope I didn't ruin any collectable broadheads here.

 
 

[Knawbone]

Originally posted by monterey:
Being a DIY'er and sorta frugal (cheap        ) these serve me well.  Drill a hole slightly larger than a finishing nail through the field point and insert a piece of a nail or other stiff wire through.  Bend slightly to retain.  It is easy to straighten the wire or nail to remove for target shooting then easily replaced to hunt.  This provides just enough to do lethal damage and to prevent the clean pass through that can happen with a plain field point.