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Old 07-29-2003 | 02:02 PM
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Lilhunter
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Default RE: small game heads

for grouse I have shot regular field points and the game nabber points with great success. Blunts and judos as in Chads experience is nothing but baaaaad!

That said however, its hard to be a HTM rubber blunt on the snowshoe hares. They really thump them good! I prefer the bigger blunts coming out of my 60 and up bows....I think I would tell someone to go with the smaller blunts with a lighter bow.

I have yet to try the hex heads and dont recommend the snaros.

The flu flus are great for aerials and tree shots however I find myself using regular fletched arrows for 90% of my bird shooting. I have only managed to kill one bird on the wing in 7 yrs of trying and it was a fluke at that. More of a reaction then going out with the intention of doing it. The grouse here are more apt to sit or run then fly. To include the ruffies. I also am hunting in areas where its an endless supply of woods with no roads or houses anywhere in my line of fire. When hunting in an area with an even remote possibility of hitting something when shooting grouse out of trees I prefer the flu flus.

When the birds really start coming back (they have been on the upswing of their cycle for 3 yrs now), I' ll pick up some hex heads and really give them a go for a fall and post how they do. If they work anything like Chad was saying I am sure they' ll be my new grouse head. I do however have a hard time not shooting a bird and trying to keep the arrow in them as with the game nabber or regular field point, to keep them from flying. The heads that bounce off have been a nightmare even for the compounders I have taken out. Minus head shots of course!

I should add, for tree rats I wouldnt use judo' s or rubber blunts. I cant comment on the hex for them, I would shoot either some bodkins or some of the magnus blunts WITH the blade. That or make up some trade points specifically for the rats.
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