Originally Posted by
ISHAMKBJ
My son just got into bow hunting and has had a couple shots at bucks the past two years. He hit them but did not get good penetration. We found blood but could not recover them . How many lbs. do you shoot with your bow and what speed is your arrow? I am trying to understand how he can get better penetration with his arrow's. He uses a rage 2 blade, but does not get good penetration. He pulls 50 lbs, so I don't know the answer how to help him. Any advice would be greatfull.........beautiful buck!!!!!!!
Well first off i deff would not be shooting rage 2 blades at only 50 lbs. Rage makes another 2 blade broadhead made for bows shooting less than 40 pounds of kinetic energy. I would switch to them if you choose to stay with mechanicals. If not switch to slick tricks. I love them. The problem with them is the fact that they lack the cutting diameter that the rage have. But if the shot is in the right place your boy should be a killing machine with those heads.
Another thing i highly recommend people when they bring their bows in to get checked up is to make sure the bow is tuned. The better tuned it is the more efficient the bow transfers energy to the arrow, which ultimately leads to better penetration.
And last but not least i would try to find out how much kinetic energy your son's bow is putting out. Doing this will help him and you decide what broadhead to use. If he is shooting close to 50 lbs of kinetic energy he will be fine with just about any head. However, if he is shooting less i would consider a fixed blade or the two blade rage specifically made for bows putting out a less amount of energy.
Do this and he'll be alright. And remember....nothing substitutes for a well placed shot. He puts any head into the pump house and its lights out for old bone head.
Hope this helped, Tim