Small game with blunts

[Friends call me Pac]

I bought some slip on blunts to attempt to shoot small game with.  These blunts weigh 100 gr.  My field points that I have been shooting with are 125 gr.  Are the blunts good to go by just slipping them over the shaft without a field point or do I need to come up with 25 gr to match the weight that I usually shoot?    Will the 25 gr difference make any noticeable difference?

[beaver#1]

what kind of arrows?

[VA Bowbender]

Don't bother using the rubber blunts on squirrels.  You'll knock them for a loop but not kill them.  I think I had one flip me the bird one time.
 

[Biggie Hoffman]

A little off point to your question but I jus gotta say this.
Rubber blunts are less than marginal for small game. Unless you make a head shot everytime, you're gonna be disappointed with the results.
Even judo points lose alot of small game, some of it dragging your arrow off in the process.

To answer your question, I don't think any of us shoot good enough to be able to tell the difference in 25 grains of weight from arrow to arrow.

[woodchucker]

I have used them by themselves,AND with a washer(sorry,I don't remember what size)pushed in the blunt ahead of the wood shaft.

I never could see much differance,but then again,I'm not the greatest shot either.

[Friends call me Pac]

The only squierrel I ever shot at was with a compound and I got him with a blunt.  That was around 1989.  I believe the blunt was just slipped on the arrow shaft.  

When I lived in Fairbanks I use to hunt hare with a washer behind a field point.  Do you think I would be better off going that route? If not what would you guys suggest?

The remark about the squierrel flipping you off had me laughing.  That was a good one.  

I'm shooting 2016s at 29.5".  50 lb bow @ 28".

[bbairborne]

nix the rubber blunts.  no luck with them.  I went to ACE blunts at 125gr. Love them.  Last small game I took was a mountain grouse or two. Smoked them. Also, I have had no trouble retrieving them from my many misses either.      

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[WidowEater]

cmon guys why no rubber blunts, dont any of you blunt animals for fun

couldnt resist..

[JStark]

I like the Magnus blunts, with the bleeder blades.  You can get those in 125 grain, too.

[GingivitisKahn]

Ace hex heads seem to do a pretty good job lowering the boom on small game.

[JoeM]

VA Bow,  Thats funny     i know exactly where your coming from with that one.  Them little suckers are pound for pound the toughest, stubbornest, craziest, critter walking this here planet.  I've rolled several of them w/only a few kills when using a rubber blunt.

[SouthMDShooter]

I now use a wensel woodsman w. a severly pyramided tip and the back edges filed. Terry Green style

[bowzonly]

I know they are on the expensive side but I really like the SGH from G5. They are shaped like a talon and are awesome on small game.  They also dont bury under the grass so I lose very few of them.

[Jesse Minish]

I love to shoot small game and I have never had a problem with blunts or judo's. I dont know why anyone would have a problem killing small game with either. Most of the time I get a pass through with them on rabbits, squirrels and grouse. They never make it far and usually are dead almost instantly.

[bbairborne]

Originally posted by bowzonly:
I know they are on the expensive side but I really like the SGH from G5. They are shaped like a talon and are awesome on small game.  They also dont bury under the grass so I lose very few of them.

My Buddy sho those G5 models last year and did great. I am carrying a couple this year but ACE is still my favorite.

[Apex Predator]

You can make these by cutting, or filing the tip flat on a field point.  I cut a cross pattern with my dremel tool and added a washer.  They are real cheap and work really well on rabbits.  The washer makes up the weight you cut off the tip.  Ace Hex blunts are the bomb, if you are going to buy some.

 

 

 

[Killdeer]

The Ace Hex heads fit in the quiver, fly like a field point, come in many weights, pass through brush and bunnies, result in fewer broken shafts on impact, and pack a wallop. They are my weapon of choice on small game and stumps. Next in line is a Magnus blunt.

OK, couldn't resist!

 

 

Killdeer  

[Biggie Hoffman]

Jessie, we're talking apples and oranges here..lots of us use "blunts" for small game but not "rubber" blunts.

Killy....I saw on another thread were you said rabbits are too small and toos fast for bows and arrows???????

[Killdeer]

About once a year, I deliberately lie for my own amusement. It also lets me know who is reading me.    

Killdeer  

[Killdeer]

Oh, rubber blunts are my weapon of choice on milk jugs. I have broken many a shaft with glancing hits on trees and stumps with them, but they are perfect for milk jugs. I think a hex would blow right through a jug.

Killdeer