Practicing with Broadheads
02-14-2007, 01:31 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IL./Iowa Boarder
Posts: 1,621
RE: Practicing with Broadheads
I use seperate heads for practice.
I shoot 3 blade Rocky Mountain Ironheads & fix all my heads with new blades just b/4 the hunt. If they are in the quiver a long time I check them & may touch up if I feel they are getting dull. I AM very fussy on wheather my heads are sharp or not.
If you hunt with what you practice with I would replace all the blades (just my way).
I shoot 3 blade Rocky Mountain Ironheads & fix all my heads with new blades just b/4 the hunt. If they are in the quiver a long time I check them & may touch up if I feel they are getting dull. I AM very fussy on wheather my heads are sharp or not.
If you hunt with what you practice with I would replace all the blades (just my way).
02-14-2007, 05:09 PM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southern Maryland (St. Mary\'s)
Posts: 884
RE: Practicing with Broadheads
Good point. Never thought of that. I think I'm okay since my quiver keeps all of the BHs apart from each other and they are not stuck in a chunck of foam, but it's worth taking a look at.
ORIGINAL: KodiakArcher
Corrosion, wear (in and out of the quiver) and abuse (banging around, depending on your quiver) all act on them. Test an unshot blade from last year against a new one and I think you'll see a difference.
ORIGINAL: NavyDeerHunter
Why would you change a blade that has never been shot?
Why would you change a blade that has never been shot?
02-14-2007, 06:17 PM
#23
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New York
Posts: 253
RE: Practicing with Broadheads
I shoot slick trick heads. I usually buy 9, set three aside for practice and never use those I practice with in the woods. They are tough heads, and I can usually practice with three forever, but me being as anal as I am, I even change my practice heads every year. Once a head has been shoot, I tend not to use it again for hunting. I'll take advantage of as much sharpness as I can get.
