Paul...add a 357 case (or steel blunt though its extremely heavy!!!), grind the extractor rim off the casing and slide over the large htm/barta rubber blunt and thump a grouse, he wont go, first one I shot never flinched....we call them "the wrecking ball". I know without it you're exactly right, they will go, birds anyways! Judo's are for stumping and I'd put straight rubber blunts in that catagory also, however on Hares a straight rubber blunt to the head is all thats needed. I dont hunt them anymore (hares) dont know how to cookem...maybe I'll have to give them a go again this winter as I've come upon another recipe I'd like to give a try, hare dumplings. In years past we did well on bunnies and its just down right good fun even at -40 :D !
Until being shown the wrecking ball from a couple good buddies of mine, I was at a loss for grouse arrows. The best I had was either straight field points or field points with scorpios though I dont think they were needed. It wasnt perfect, but like rubber blunts, hex's would bounce off and risk flying away...there really was no good answer. We had run everything from field points to broadheads, steel blunts, judos, hex and magnus blunts game nabbers, and a host of other interesting contraptions. Miss a grouse in a tree and watch that wrecking ball destroy a spruce....its down right devstating! Most of the grouse we shoot just fold up like they were shot with the old double!
It's been a LONG time since I seriously hunted grays/fox squirrels....back than I could shoot alright but they were what I grew up hunting and to this day get excited to the point I cant connect, its hillarious! Though the opportunity is pretty rare...the wood atleast for now is as good or better than it ever was! Well I think so anyways, and now the woods is literally full of black grays! I'm tempted to take the ole 10/22 along to bring a few home one of these years if I ever get home again. I still have part of my first black squirell tail on a backquiver from 20 or so years ago. I'll have to try that Knapper. I was opting for full out broadheads and waiting for them to come down. I have heads I've saved over the years that for whatever reason i wont use on big game, but work fine for small game.
I will say if you're into birds, and you happen on one in a tree...DO NOT shoot a bh up at it! sounds dumb thinking about it but we did it. bird came down and so did that arrow, kinda gives ya the heebie jeebies! If you can believe it my first 5 or so years here I spent most of it chasing grouse and hares...not sheep caribou moose or bears! small game has always been my passion though I rarely go as often as i used too.
Topic: Preventing Pass-thrus for small game (Read 611 times)
