RABBIT GEAR????

[Ian johnson]

Getting a new longbow this summer and I'm gonna practice for rabbits next season, so what kind of stuff do I need for rabbits, I was gonna go with judos points, but I dont want to put anything on an arrow that I'm not afraid to lose, what is a cheap, good, reliable small game point and should i go with carbon or aluminum or wood arrows?

[LAR43]

You're gonna lose a few & bust a few. If you want to keep the cost reasonable, make them out of dowels & tip 'em with wingnuts! Nothing too fancy, just a single dip w/ bright fletching. A lot of guys are using bunny busters too.

Larry

[Ian johnson]

how do you tip em with wing nuts???

[buck-tamer00]

the new easton xx75 gamegetter ll r awsome, and cheap!!!
i got the 500's and they're just perfect!!!
at fsdiscountarchery they cost $35 per dozen,
u can get 50 5" feathers for 16 bucks, i would use muzzys with practice blades, they really dont skip as much as u would think,

but a blunt or hex would do just fine.

whats the draw weight on ur new bow??

[Ian johnson]

its gonna be between 47-50 #'s

[buck-tamer00]

thats what my bow is,

500's will be perfect,
@28" w/ a 100g point the arrow will weigh 438g,
that was always more than enough wen i used them on my wabbits

[buck-tamer00]

i also used them on my 55lb spirit ll recurve before the limb snapped on me, they shot perfectly out of that as well

[Stone Knife]

Judo's are pretty hard to loose, i went out looking for bunnies today saw none but did some shooting. I took many shots and the snow was deep i never lost an arrow. I use judo's for stomp shooting i shoot them into bails targets nerf balls so far i have killed a rabbit and a woodchuck with one, i think there worth the money.

[Roadkill]

I used judo's this morning and didn't get many shots.  I have been almost every sunday since the first of the year and have not broken or lost one arrow.  I would not have said that, except this is the last day of the season for me.
I also have some hex heads and some weighted 38 casings.  All work on bunnies.  Last weekend Tood put a hex clean through a cottontail at about 45 yards.  I was watching through binos and was really impressed.  Judo points don't do well with intervening brush, so if you have lots of small weeds, try a hex or 39.  I am going to try some wingnuts next year.

[Ian johnson]

sounds like judos are bad around brush, i will be hunting swamp rabbits in south louisiana, lots of brush and thorny stuff

[Shawn Leonard]

Judos are pretty good, but they do snag brush. Wingnuts are good and ya can sharpen them a little, ya just get 5/16ths. and screw them on a wood shaft or out them on with a 8/32nd(I believe) machined screw. I put a bunny hunt on each year and I am starting to really like an old fashioned blunt or a hard plastic blunt. The rubber ones just do not shock enough for our big northeast bunnies, even out of 80# bows. Shoot whatever arrow ya want, as ya do not lose a lot unless ya have snow. We had 2ft. of snow for our hunt this year(Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt see thread)and I got 19 shots and used the same arrow for 12 of those. Shawn

[joe skipp]

Use a washer behind a screw in field point...A scorpio behind either a glue on or screw in field point, I also like Tiger Claws.

[ishiwannabe]

You guys all have it pretty much covered...
One other thing....practice the close shots.

[barebow]

I like using game nabber points on rabbits. They are basically a blunt (with a small point) that flares back with a cutting edge which helps to keep the arrow in the rabbit. A cheap alternative is to use a tooth washer (outside diameter), behind a field point. It has a similar effect as the a game nabber point.