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Offline BigJohn

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Birdpoint
« on: June 27, 2011, 10:37:00 PM »
What kind of birdpoints do you use?
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2011, 10:40:00 PM »
What kinda birds we talkin?

Grouse and others bout that size, I use a Judo.
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2011, 12:05:00 AM »
I drill a hole from one side to the other of a feild point and fit a nail through it.  Cut it off with about 1/4" sticking out each side and bend the ends back just a bit to keep it from falling out.  If you want to target shoot, just remove the nail and replace later.  I'm frugal!

I started doing that after arrowing two grouse while deer hunting and had complete pass throughs with field tips and the birds flew away!   :eek:     Have also shot them with broad heads, but hate to commit a broad head to a bird.   :)   Did I mention that I'm frugal?
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2011, 08:27:00 AM »
BigJohn
I have used just about everything out there from steel blunts to broadheads and right now I use Game Nabber and The Hammer from 3 rivers both do a awesome job. Blake
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2011, 10:09:00 AM »
for shooting on the wing I lick a blunt style or broad head (blunts only when with dogs) the judos kock them sidways in the air but not much penitration because how easy they are to move.  I have shot them with judo befor to have them carry them off.  blunt or broadhead they may fly a little yet but I have been able to recover all.
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2011, 10:44:00 AM »
Home Made at the moment....dulled and blunted tips so safe for dogs.....

 

   


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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2011, 12:23:00 PM »
Wow, Terry, those look wicked.  Just brazed together?  Do you use flu-flu's or regular fletch arrows?

I used to make my own snare-O's that worked good once I modified them so they were only about 4" in diameter.  Much bigger than that and there is way too much drag through the air.
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2011, 02:37:00 PM »
Just a series of tinkering....and some hi grade epoxy.

We are still trying to perfect the perfect pheasant head.
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2011, 04:44:00 PM »
Hmmmm, now I'm thinking..... bet that'd work really good on geese.
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Offline Lee Slikkers

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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2011, 05:22:00 PM »
Those "Pheazzy" heads are sweet!
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2011, 06:17:00 PM »
Terry, I've been thinking of doing some similar heads like that.  Do they fly well?  I'm guessing by the pheasant pic that they do!  What kind of epoxy, and how well do they hold up on misses?
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2011, 06:47:00 PM »
looks like a quiver full of helicopters,  :thumbsup:

Offline Terry Green

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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2011, 08:31:00 PM »
We had some old 4 blade bodkins that dove down adn left at about 15 feet...we trashed those...the steel force with the aluminum additions flew great....you gotta experiment...and see how they fly.

Just don't make too many of one kind...make one and see how it flies...if it flies...have at it!
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2011, 09:11:00 PM »
Thanks!  I'm gonna try a couple out when I get the time.
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Re: Birdpoint
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2011, 08:11:00 PM »
just watched a tradgang video i got from the auction.had terry and a few other guys huntn rabbits,frogs and some other critters.anyway,the one guy was using a field point with the thread end through the hole on a  fender washer then screwed into the arrow.seemed to work real well.
really cool video too by the way.
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