broadheads for elk
08-05-2003 | 06:47 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: IL./Iowa Boarder
RE: broadheads for elk
As I mentioned b/4 I have taken Big Bear, Elk & Caribou with 3 Blade Rocky Mountain Razors BUT am going on another Wild Boar Bowhunt this weekend-Any HOG HUNTER will attest as to how hard they are to kill & penetrate-by far the toughest animal I have taken in 45 years of Bowhunting. Since Jan. this year I have been on 7 bowhunts having killed 4. If it will kill a hog-it will kill anything & " ALMOST" all hog guides do not allow Mechanicals. The Guides (MOST) say to many wounded & lost hogs thou there are plenty with all other broadheads & gun also. They are just TOUGH> Good luck in your choice. I took all with the 3 Blade rocky Mountain Razar 125gr.
08-06-2003 | 10:03 AM
#23
Typical Buck
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From: Ontario Canada
RE: broadheads for elk
If a SpitFire 125 will pass through a moose you will not have problems with an Elk.
Mechanicals will loose some energy opening up, but with almost all bows in todays market place, they have excess energy to spare. What you need to worry about is the KE of your bow/arrow combination. I know from research, that the spitfire only looses 3 foot pounds of KE when opening, so I do not find where the problems are with mechanicals (the spitfire). People should not class all mechanicals together, some are good and some are not.
Mechanicals will loose some energy opening up, but with almost all bows in todays market place, they have excess energy to spare. What you need to worry about is the KE of your bow/arrow combination. I know from research, that the spitfire only looses 3 foot pounds of KE when opening, so I do not find where the problems are with mechanicals (the spitfire). People should not class all mechanicals together, some are good and some are not.
08-07-2003 | 11:02 AM
#24
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Eugene,OR
RE: broadheads for elk
ill also put a vote in for leaving the mech at home. here in oregon they are illegal to use on big game animals.
if your bow is properly tuned there is absolutely no reason that a good fixed blade head wont fly even at high speeds. i myself prefer a good cut on contact head(steel force). with a big animal such as an elk i just dont see the reason for taking a chance on a bhead failing to open.
if your bow is properly tuned there is absolutely no reason that a good fixed blade head wont fly even at high speeds. i myself prefer a good cut on contact head(steel force). with a big animal such as an elk i just dont see the reason for taking a chance on a bhead failing to open.
