Is the Simmons Tiger Shark the convex head ... or is that another Shark? In Dr.Ashby's most recent studies, soon to be updated on his page here at TradGang, the convex-head Sharks performed the worst of all two-blade heads when impacting heavy bone, like an elk scapula. Grizzly single-bevels, modified to a 25-degree edge bevel and a Tanto point, proved indestructable and by far the best at splitting heavy bone for lethal penetration. Excuse me for saying so, but this is heartfelt help I'm trying to offer ... your entire arrow setup is cruising for trouble with elk. Again relying on Ashby's superb and unimpeachable work, born out by my own long experience with elk, you need at least 650 total grains of arrow weight to have a decent chance of penetrating heavy bone for a lethal kill. Other crucial elements -- aside from perfect arrow flight and sharp heads, of course -- incudes a strong, long and narrow two-blade head, like Grizzly, STOS and others, as much forward-of-center (FoC) arrow balance as yu can achieve (carbons are good for this) and more. I highly recommend that you read Ashby's most recent, 2005 update on this site. TBM will be publishing a series of articles on his latest work this fall and winter. Sure, you can kill an elk with a weak bow and light arrows and multi-blade heads ... if you and the elk are lucky. The only moral choice is to set up your gear to kill elk with the worst possible hit. I have personally seen arrows bounce out of an elk shoulder blade hit. Broadside, you have about 50/50 chance of hitting a rib, and the low front ones over the lungs and heart and the heaviest and closest together. Turn that animal even slightly at an angle and those ribs "close up" making a rib hit absolute. I strongly suggest that you upsize your arrows. Good luck, dave
Topic: What BH would you choose for elk? (Read 861 times)
