What size broadheads?
 

I just bought new Easton ST Epic arrows, and I'm wondering what I should do about broadheads? What do you all prefer, heavy 125 gr. for more impact energy? Or, lighter 75(ish) gr. for faster speed? The last few years I have used Snuffer 125 gr.fixed blade broadheads and have been successful and happy with the results. (80 yds was farthest they went.) I was going for the hard hitting impact at closer range. But I've been debating whether to go to a lighter broadhead for flatter trajectory and more accuracy farther out. Just something to toss around, whether lighter broadheads are seen as just as effective as a heavier one.

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I shoot the Rage head because it's devastating. If they made it in a 125gr head....I'd shoot it. They don't.

I'm all for shooting the heaviest HUNTING arrow your setup will allow......and why not?;)

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100 grain Snypers, they make a 125 grain too.

100 grains seems to be a perfect all around weight for all the setups I've had. Nothing wrong with going heavier but keep that in mind when you decide on arrows. Your spine will change with a heavier head and that may put you into a different arrow to match your setup.

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Ive always shot 100 grain. They seem to keep my 400 grain arrows shooting straight and have blown through most anything I have shot.

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If you already have the arrows, you may be limited by their spine as to which head you can get to fly well.

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I tend to split the difference and shoot 100 grains, but i know some guys who shoot fixed blades use the smaller heads because they don't plane as much on longer shots and if you put them in the vitals it doesn't make a difference if your broadhead is 75 or 125, they aren't going far. Some guys like the mechanicals because they don't plane as much when they are all folded up, and on impact they give you plent of cutting diameter still. Some times getting a broadhead to fly right might mean having to change your fletching. The pro at my bowshop hates the short blazer veins because he claims that they throw a field point great but once you put that big broadhead on there they don't fly worth a darn. He got me using 4 and 5 inch feather fletching and they seem to fly pretty good with everything i tried. Just another option to think about

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Im going light and fast this year! I will be shooting easton lightspeed arrows 500 spine and a 57 gr. rocket expandable head!

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I use gold tip arrows with Montec G5 100 fixed blades. Being new, I've only shot at 2 animals and passed through both with no problem. both shots were inside 20 yards. One consideration is the type of terrain you hunt. If it's very brushy like the areas I hunt, flat-shootin' seems best even though the shot distance is shorter.

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I like to shoot 125's to get more of an omph on impact. They have always worked well for me.

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I use 100 grain G5 Montec's they are a good middle man between 125 and 75, they tore right threw a does backbone spliting it in half so it has the best of both worlds.

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I have 100 and 85 grain in my tackle and if I change any thing I will put on 3 arrows with 100 and 3 arrows with 85 gr. thunderheads. I go out and see with groups the best for my set up at long and short distance. The last two years the 85 grain have been grouping the best for me on my 400 axes. As far as penetration I have been blowing through every thing I shoot. I blowed through a bull elk once with a 85 gr. broadhead and a 390 gr. arrow at 40 yards. I shoot a short arrow at about 28 1/4 inches with Blazer vanes and thats is way I think the lighter point are grouping better for me and do a great job on the game I take with all pass through s

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I shoot 125 gr. Razorbak 3. Have for along time.

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It thinks it's all a matter of personal preference, make sure your spine is a match, and go with what you like and flies best for you. Start out with a hand full of FP's, and see what flies best with your arrow, then look at that weight of BH.

TFOX probably will have some good input here, I'mwaiting for his response.

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If you are sat on weight of a broadhead and really want to have it working at it's best. Shoot it over a chronograph turn each limb down a 1/4 of a turn and see if you gained speed if so another 1/4 off a turn until it level out are in some cases starts getting slower. Find the top speed of the arrow your shooting and that's what we call the sweat spot for that arrow with that weight of tip. I sat all my 3D bows up that way to get the best performance out of a arrow and the bow.

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A lot of things come into play building a great hunting arrow, spine, weight, FOC, etc. I will not shoot an arrow with broadheads that has less than 12% FOC and I actually prefer 15% or better. IMHO I think most people are shooting too light of an FOC for several reasons. Too light of a broadhead is only one. There are a lot of ways to increase FOC, but the ultimate choice is up to the individual. The FMJ's I used in Dec. on my NE. hunt had an FOC of slightly over 20%

You talk about something that flew straight and hit hard. Wow!!:D

I have lighter arrows I will continue to use that only have like 12.2% FOC but those FMJ's will get a lot of use;)

Dan