New Woodsman Bhs

[flyfish1]

I got mine today and they are impressive. They are the screw in. Remember, a one inch hole is vey big when it has a pump behind it, that being the heart. Think about a radiator hose and how much it sprays with just a pinhole in it. Granted more pressure, but a mute point in my opinion.

[flyfish1]

The above in regard to the posts about a small hole, not game laws.

[Gene Wensel]

For anyone who doubts the legality of the 7/8" limit, the best way to prove it is to drill a 7/8" hole. I think you will find it won't drop through, which means it is perfectly legal.

[Kevin Dill]

Gene,

Nice to see someone apply perfect hands-on logic to resolve the question. Anyone ever tell you that you're fairly smart?  =^)

Kevin Dill

[J-dog]

Easy Kevin - don't get his head any bigger than it already is!

[katman]

Elksong, of course the new style will kill just as dead, as well as being a tougher head. I was expressing my wish for a wider cutting diameter and heavier head with this style for whitetails. Here in the low country of South Caroline we hunt in and around a lot of swamps so getting complete penetration and lots of spore on the ground helps. For larger game like Elk I would certainly prefer the slightly narrower head to maximize my penetration but our whitetails here rarely get to 200 lbs.  I still think its a great head and design improvement just would like a little larger cutting diameter for my application.

[Wary Buck]

Guys, just returned from Alberta with two bears killed with original Woodsmen.  First one, the head BROKE the offside upper leg bone, just shattered it.  Second one was your clean pass through.  

The other guy in camp was a state-of-the-art guy, really a great partner to hunt with who owns an archery shop and therefore has basically the whole gamut to choose from with equipment.  He killed two bears, both broadside double-lungers but not a clean pass-through in either case.  His broadhead, the Rage-2, in both case lost BOTH of its blades despite not hitting anything hard.  My new friend was, to say the least, dismayed at the broadhead's performance.  His pinpoint accuracy saved the day, and I'll bet he's using a different broadhead in the fall.  He was quizzing me a lot and looking over my Woodsmans.  In both cases, I just resharpened the head in less than 5 minutes and they were good to go again, and again, and again...

[David Alford]

They wouldn't plane if your arrows are spined right. I have the 300 Extreme bhs and they have a very close profile to a nonvented Woodsman and fly like darts.

[LPM]

I would keep the vents and increase the size to 1 1/16". this makes it longer but not by too much.  It would add the extra weight alot of guys want.

I'm an old aircraft mechanic.....I believe that Any mis-alignment of a non vented broadhead or deviation from your form that results in a de tunned set up means bad arrow flight.  

Let the air pass through the head.  The bow sound gets to the animal before the hiss.

[katman]

LPM, its not the noise but the increased drag thru tissue the vented head yields is why I would prefer non vented, not to mention the increased strength of the blade. I have read posts of the 300 extreme flying well, but the extra foc may aid this.