Author Topic: HTM blunts (Read 2337 times)

Kid · « **on:** February 19, 2020, 10:05:47 PM »

Anyone know what happened to the HTM slip on blunts? MUCH more durable than anything I can buy today. Google search didn't give me much. Anyone know anything or know where I can get 50-100 of them?

Terry Green · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2020, 10:11:11 PM »

Can you tell us what you use them for and how effective they were?

The Vanilla Gorilla · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2020, 10:29:55 PM »

It looks like Sportsmans Warehouse has them on their website.

rufus_d · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2020, 10:46:14 PM »

HTM blunts were designed by Henry T Maager. His design was copied by several different outfits. He spent too much time trying to protect his patent, and it seems they copied him anyway. They were indistructible He used to give the [seconds] to us kids as we always seemed to lose them. Henry ran a resort called Wood Lake Resort in Marquette county in Wi. He had a beautiful field course, 14 target I think. We used to ride our bikes out there and shoot the course. We also bought our bear bows through him. Henry used to lay on the bar and shoot out the door at the big round spot target at over 50 yd. and hit the bull very often. Good memories for a 12 year old. The course is now a stinkin subdivision.

Terry Green · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2020, 06:58:13 AM »

Can you tell us what you use them for and how effective they were?

Kid · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2020, 09:32:00 PM »

Man, they're the only thing for stump shooting. Judo's snap off behind the head (on wood arrows; I wouldn't shoot any other type of arrow) and are very poor for shooting grouse. I've killed around 100 blue, ruffed and franklin grouse with HTM blunts. Could drill a stump with a 65 lb bow many times before the blunt was ruined. I won't stump shoot without one. The new ones from bearpaw will last 3-4 shots, and the junk that 3 rivers sells will only make it 15-20 shots.

Kid · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2020, 09:34:23 PM »

Quote from: The Vanilla Gorilla on February 19, 2020, 10:29:55 PM

It looks like Sportsmans Warehouse has them on their website.

Those are the 3-4 shot ones

rufus_d · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2020, 11:02:15 PM »

The only way we could destroy them was when we slipped them over our field points and continued shooting them into things. We would slip them over the squared off ends of our wood arrows, they would last untill we would lose them. Some were red rubber and I think the later ones were black. I still have some, probably 45-50 years old. I use the smaller ones on the carbon and fmjs. They still amaze me how they hold up out of my 55lb covert hunter.

Terry Green · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2020, 01:01:58 PM »

Got pics of those 100 grouse????

Wudstix · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2020, 01:39:49 PM »

Use a round pyramid style not sure the name, 9mm or 38 casing on wood shaft stuffed into blunt, head weight @160 grains with casings.

Tim Finley · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2020, 02:12:40 PM »

I'm in my later 60s and I used them when I was a kid . I always had some along when I hunted elk in Idaho and Bears in Manitoba for shooting grouse and stumping . You dead center a grouse with one and it was instant death .

Trenton G. · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2020, 02:52:52 PM »

I've got some and love them. They are fantastic for stump shooting and small game.

What's the deal here Terry? He just asked a question about some blunts and you're jumping all over him. This isn't a whose blunt is better competition...

1whitetail1 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2020, 09:13:42 PM »

I used HTM blunts for many years in Alaska. I shot many,many snowshoe hares and quite a few spruce grouse with them. When the population was at its peak one could shoot many in a day. I don't think that I ever lost a rabbit with them. They are kind of like a slow 12 gauge slug.

Kid · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2020, 09:09:00 PM »

Quote from: Terry Green on February 21, 2020, 01:01:58 PM

Got pics of those 100 grouse????

Who takes pictures of dead grouse??

1whitetail1 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2020, 11:00:08 PM »

The 100 grouse. A bow hunter in Montana could easily get 100 grouse in just a few years. The grouse in Montana mountains are not wary at all. The are often like barnyard chickens and just sit there a few feet away from a hunter. And if they do fly it is often to the nearest tree and wait while you shoot them. Often when one runs across a family flock a bow hunter can shoot four or more before the rest wander away. Elk hunters in the mountains run into them all the time. The Blue Grouse and the Spruce (Franklin) Grouse are easy to get sitting shots at only a few feet away. The Ruffed Grouse is a little more wary here but still often offer an easy shot.

GCook · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2020, 11:57:19 PM »

Spruce grouse (or fools grouse) are fun that way. And great table fare as well. If you are eating one pot meals of too much rice or pasta a grouse every couple of days sure sweetens the pot.

1whitetail1 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2020, 01:54:26 AM »

GCOOK, I have done that many times in the back country. It brings back memories.

dnovo · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2020, 07:05:42 AM »

I used to use those all the time. They were great for stumping and rabbits. A wood arrow could really take some abuse with one of them on the front. As tough as jackrabbits are I killed a few with the HTM slid over a steel blunt. It would really thump them.

varmint101 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2020, 09:11:23 AM »

I never had tried the HTM blunt. Could certainly see them working on those spruce grouse. Those birds would be a blast! A fellow had a video on here a long time ago walking and shooting several of those. Not sure what he used. I’ve seen many pictures of dead grouse and trad bows over the years, too. Can make a beautiful picture if done right.

On another note I’ve been using those Forge converta blunts lately from 3R. Take them and a 5/16 field point to get to your weight and screw it on. Man they work great out stumping. Won’t bury or get stuck nearly as easy. Think they’d do a great on small game too.

84SHOVEL · « **Reply #19 on:** February 23, 2020, 07:05:17 PM »

Sportsmans warehouse has them, i have seen them in store.


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