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    Fixed blade vs mechanical

    in Bow Hunting

    Posted · Edited by skyhunter

    More info is needed to arrive at what inhibits your setup from getting penetration with mechanical heads.

    1) how well is your bow tuned?

    2) what is the overall weight of your arrow including broadhead?

    3) at what distance do you fail to get passthroughs?

    4) what was the animal doing when the arrow impacted?

    5) what cutting diameter mechanical are you using?

    6) what style of mechanical head are you using? jackknife/ overthe top deployment or cam action?

    7) what is the energy output of your compound bow?

    1) If your arrow is not traveling straight you will lose a lot of penetration potential regardless of the type of broadhead used.

    2) a light weight arrow 350 grains or less will penetrate less that one in the 400+ grain category.

    3) longer distance shots will penetrate less.

    4) an animal that is dropping and whirling away when the arrow strikes will have an effect on arrow penetration when compared to an animal that was moving very little. Most aminals that have an arrow heading their way start to move somewhat before the arrow actually strikes.

    5) mechanical broadheads come in many styles and cutting diameters. A 2 blade head with a 1 +1/2 inch cut will penetrate better than a 2 blade with a 2 inch diameter cut, or a 3 blade mechanical with a 1 + 1/2 inch cut.

    6) a jackknife style mechanical head will use up a little energy upon deployment, while a cam action will not.

    7) a bow that puts out 55 foot pounds and up is adequate to achieve passthroughs with mechanical broadheads at 20 yard ballpark distances.

    I shoot a 60 lb compound with a 28" draw. I have beeen using a similar setup for 15 years and have had many passthroughs on good size bucks while using these mechanical heads:

    the original Spitfire 2 blade jacknife head

    Rocket 3 blade 1 3/8 diameter heads

    2 blade Rocky Mountain snyper heads with 1 + 1/2 inch diameter.

    You need to match your braodhead choice with your bow's energy output. While a large diameter head is not a good choice if your bow puts put modest energy, there are an abundant number of mechanicals heads out there today that will fair just fine with most compound bow setups.

    while using mechanicals most of my passthroughs resulted in the arrow also sticking in the ground, and there was one that ended up in a small tree after passing through a 2+1/2 year old buck at 20 yards that I could not pull out. That was with the 3 blade Rocket head. Of course shot placement was on the money in that case and others when passthroughs were achieved.

    If passtroughs are not being achieved at normal distance shots then there is probably more to balme that the head of the arrow. lots of guys have a habit of blaming the mechanical head when they don't recover the animal, when in fact the blame belongs elsewhere. I have never had one fail me. All the deer hit well with one were recoverd and most were passthroughs and more.

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    my edits

    in Trail Camera Pictures

    Posted

    Nice job fixing those paula. Is your camera facing West? do you get good morning pictures or are they all washed out like your before pics. Do you think you could set that cam up on the same trail but face it slightly to the North?

    good advice, and yes as Paula mentioned the sun factor changes with the seasons. good luck with the editing as it can turn a "so so" pic into a winner.

    Finally a few Nice Bucks!!

    in Trail Camera Pictures

    Posted

    yep, 1st buck is a brute. good luck, but I just don't get the "if I don't shoot em, someone else will."

    what you are saying is that a buck doesn't have a good chance of making it to the next hunting season. If that were true then most of the bucks you have in your pictures would already be dead.

    Need bow suggestions...

    in Bow Hunting

    Posted

    Yes it is!! really quiet
    I shot it a handful of times and it is very smooth and is quick and silent.

    bad enough guys speak of a noise that goes over 75 db's as being "quiet", now we have a guy who shoots a high decibel level compound and the result is a " silent "arrow. priceless stuff.

    Like I said earlier, a new Martin bow is a good value compared to other manufacturers high end prices.

    what's for dinner?

    in Trail Camera Pictures

    Posted · Edited by skyhunter

    Bluegill or sunfish...Not enough length compared to girth for a bass..

    Great picture..Really shows off the heron's plumes..

    thanks. in that heron pic the fish is curled quite a bit and the tail would extend when the fish is straightened out. Taking that into consideration for me, rules out the panfish. That leaves crappie and bass and I have yet to catch a crappie in this creek but have caught largemouth bass who often look short and stubby.

    thanks for the call on the first picture. Now here is the picture that got me hooked on trailcaming years ago. This was my first "homebrew" cam and there was no doubt that the fish in this herons mouth was a catfish/bullhead.

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    what's for dinner?

    in Trail Camera Pictures

    Posted

    It's a bullhead..You can see the pectoral fins and whiskers. After studying the picture a little more, I can also see the claudal fins,anal fin and tailfin.

    The bird is holding the fish crossways in it's beak, with the tail toward the camera.

    yep, like you said they will try and kill some big stuff. Looked like a catfish to me as well. I wonder if they need to chop up fish like this before they eat it or can they still manage to swallow something with this girth. I had a nice pic last year of a heron with a big fish that I'm not quite sure of as well, but I'm leaning towards a bass on this one:

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    Need bow suggestions...

    in Bow Hunting

    Posted

    while I shoot a $950 Bowtech, a good bow can be had for half the price.

    Martin is one brand that offers quality for the buck. You might want to check them out as they have top of the line models for hundreds less than the other top 4 manufacturers.

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