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Bugtussle:
How do y'all practice for hunting season with your knapped points?  I mounted 14 and bare shaft tested them into a foam cushion this weekend in an open field.... Lost one head, broke one shaft and loosen 3 addition heads that had to be re-glued (PPG).

When I hunt with steel I just practice with the broad heads and sharpen them when going hunting... But if I do that with these... They will be pretty beat up before deer season and will have seen better days...

However, I did identify four arrows that flew like darts and two that would probably be better as tomato stakes  :laugh:... The rest were lukewarm and I hope feathers will elevate their status to varmint getters...

I did a search and did not find anything related except for targets for stone heads so if this is a dead horse subject let me know  :).

PEARL DRUMS:
Bare shafting with broad heads can be very dangerous and costly. I suggest you bare shaft with field tips. I don't have your target answer, but I am curious to know myself as Im trying stone for the first time this season. Im 100% dedicated to it this time.

Bugtussle:
I hear ya PD!  I had one arrow that dang near hit the target sideways!  Good thing I was in a 10 acre field (literally  :)).  These are shoot arrrows and I spined them +/- 5lbs of one another and even identified the stiff side (typically I don't do that...) but it sure did take a toll on the broadheads...  My points are in the 60 grain neighborhood, do they even make glue on field points that small or did you make your own?

I am following the path of Billy and Twisted Limbs and using "legal" (7/8") bird points so I don't have a lot of room for re-sharpening.  Also, I wish you the best of luck in your pursuit for (I assume) a deer with a stonepoint this season!

Bugtussle:
I found this topic (see below) but it addresses tuning rather than practice IMHO.  When I shoot metal heads, I practice with them a month prior to and during the season.  That way I know the set up intimately and have more confidence... typically I identify my "first string" arrow that always seems to fly true.  I even went so far one year to put a tick mark on each arrow, each time I hit the heart on the 3-D... even though the arrows were the same one or two always emerged as the "best"...


http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php

Pat B:
I use a rubberized foam block I bought many years ago. A hay bale will work but you will have to push the arrow through it rather than pulling it out. If your stone heads loosened when you shot them you should secure them better. They shouldn't loosen with just one shot.
 You should sharpen the heads after shooting and before hunting with them. A little pressure flaking will get them back to where they should be. Maybe leave the last peak on either side of the back of the head at the at 7/8".

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