Hows my rabbit set up?

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by Shawn Leonard:
I do not know what bunnies Jason is shooting, but I have seen them take a hex head from an 80# great Plains and it only penetrate halfway and the bunny roll over and keep going(right Larry and Gregg)also Guru nail one with his KS 63#s and 650 grain arrow, direct hit mid-body and the rabbit drag the arrow for a long ways. Shawn

Shawn,

I'm not sure what to say. I blow right through fox and gray squirrel with Hex Heads and well-tuned carbons all the time. Took a gray squirrel straight away with one last year and he looked like a squirel-kabob. Broadside cottontails barely slow them down, but they sure do a ton of damage going through.

[jeff / sc]

If you can safely do it..sharp broadheads are the best I've seen...judo's are probably the worst.  Although I have not yet tried them on a rabbit, I really like the hex heads on a heavy arrow.

[Shawn Leonard]

We very seldom at myhunt get pass thrus. We killed 16 last year and we may of had 2 pass thrus. Gregg who I spoke of in my other post is a big dude and shoots 80# bows, this year he did the rabbit kabob as you said, but again we do not get many passthrus. Shawn

[Roadkill]

Stop hunting cottontails next to army bases where they have access to flak jackets.  I saw Tamure put a rubber blunt thru a rabbit, Traxx boings them with hex headss and i favor judos.  hit them in the chest or head and they are yours.  I have not seen a decent hit rabbit bounce an arrow.  I like the idea of using broadheads, too, but wouldn't want to look for them in the brush when I missed-and i miss a lot more than I hit!

[Traxx]

Ive had complete blowthroughs,with hex heads.In fact,with one of em,if i hadnt heard that loud THWOP,id have thought i completely missed em.Rabbit ran bout 15 ft and died.Whent right through the heart.I was shootin 52 lbs and a Goldtip arrow.

[JEFF B]

yup 38 cal brass good bunny food  

[Stone Knife]

I like the job that hex heads do but they tend to brake the tip off your arrow if you miss and hit something hard. I used judo's at last years bunny hunt and even managed to kill a rabbit with one, they snag up on the brush so much i won't use then this year. I'm going with the run of the mill blunt to get the job done on the bunnies this year, theres a couple running around in the yard, that look like they want to be stew  

[JBiorn]

Shawn---those must be some TOUGH critters over there. I consistently drive a judo on a flu-flu clean thru these blacktail jackrabbits we have--regardless of where I hit them.
 I like those dome-shaped blunts you get at the video archery range, too.

[Apex Predator]

Judos are deadly in the open, but do hang up in thick cover.  I made some good heads by filing off the very front of a field tip.  Start by finding some washers with the right size hole to match the shank on your field tips.  I file enough point off to almost equal in weight what you are adding with the washer.  I think mine were 15 grains.  I then file a cross into the flattened tip.  Make sure your washers aren't too big in diameter.  Just the standard ones work fine.  Works awesome and they are cheap!

[Jeremy]

The last three rabbits I've taken were all with different heads (judo, hex head and .38 shell casing) and I pinned them to the ground in each case.  I think the cases where the rabbit can roll with the punch, so to speak, are where we don't see penetration.  

Any shot angle that puts the rabbit between the arrow and a portion of the ground and I seem to get good penetration.  Same with treerats.  Shots where they are moving and I really knock 'em and get 'em tumbling and I don't see the penetration.

[laddy]

In our town years ago here was a High Precision plant, they made three blade broadheads.  The metal was so soft you could put teeth marks in it.  I had been given a couple dozen some time back, when used with just a step filed into them they make great bunny stoppers.  I think MA3s and Bodkins would work the same.  Anyway it does my heart good to hear folks taking bunnies and bows seriously, because it makes for serious fun.