Muzzy practice blades for coon and fox?

GBhunter · 09-13-2004, 09:21 PM

I bought my muzzys for deer hunting the other day and they came with three practice blades (enough for 1 broadhead). They are not sharp, but they have the regular sharp tip and i was wondering if you thought they would work for a fox or coon on the ground better than a feildpoint or am i wasting my time. Nay thoughts?

Soilarch · 09-16-2004, 12:14 AM

personally....i think ya owe it to the critter to go ahead and kill it right, use razor-sharp broadheads (but the cheapest out there, but get em sharp!) and have the ability to place it exactly where you want.

I'm not much fun am I?[&o]

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HNI_Christine · 09-16-2004, 03:41 PM

Raccoons are tough critters, trust me on this... I have the scars to prove it.

I save the blades from when I shoot a deer or.... gulp... miss a deer and use those on squirrels and 'coons.

They don't need to be 'shaving' sharp.. but they shouldn't be dull.

w00dy14 · 09-27-2004, 08:42 PM

You have to be kidding if you think you are going to kill a coon with a field point or a practice broad head. Coons are tough!!! Let me tell tell you a little story im not proud of. I was fourteen and was running a trap line. Used to dispatch all my animals with a baseball bat. Well I caught a 40 pound monster coon in a 1 1/2 inch coil spring and I tried to kill it with the bat. About ten whacks later the poor thing still wasn't dead, and I had to go back and get my .22 rifle. That was one of the lowest points in my hunting and trapping career. From that day forward I dispatched everything with a my rifle. The pain I inflicted on that coon almost made me quit trapping and hunting. That was twenty years ago, but that lesson never left me. Ever scince then I make sure whatever I do, I kill and animal fast and quick. If I have any doubt about the outcome I don't do it.

Soilarch · 09-27-2004, 09:42 PM

Woody, i hear you. As i kid i was always amazed that a 20lbs animal shot in the throat with a .22LR hollowpoint could take a 20foot free-fall and still give a 40lbs dog a respectable fight.

In fact, if I still had a grandpa to go hunting with I'd probably be every bit as amazed today.