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is this sufficient for elk?
mullet:
I'd ditch the four blade broadhead, also.
Pat B:
I would ditch the 4 blade too. A good, scary sharp 2 blade is your best bet.
Archeryrocks:
The broad head was a 4 blade but I took the extra bleeder blades off when I modified it to a single bevel 2 blade that weighs 100 grains with a 125 grain glue on adapter. I appreciate people with experience reassuring me that it should be enough. I have no experience with elk hunting yet. I am hoping to go out with some neighbors to do some scouting this year. My wife and I have a total of three deer tags this year one archery doe tag and 2 muzzle loader buck tags so with meat processing and tanning hides I'll have quite a bit on my hands I'm planning on using these same arrows for the doe this year. If it all goes to plan then my very first big game animal will be taken with traditional equipment.
mullet:
Have fun and wish you luck.
JW_Halverson:
Having the balance point of the arrow Forward Of Center will help too. Do much reading on hunting arrows and the acronym FOC shows up a lot. Measure the arrow from end to end and put a little pencil mark on the measured dead center point. Now balance the arrow on your finger, sliding the arrow forward and backward until it balances. Mark that point now. if that point is, you guessed it, forward of center, then you are better off.
High FOC scores mean the wieght of the arrow "pulls" the arrow along behind. It also means that the lighter end (fletched end) has less mass so that the archer's paradox recovers more quickly and the arrow stabilizes at a shorter distance. It has an added benefit of making a slightly more accurate arrow, too.
Dr Ashby's research on thousands of head of game shot with arrows in Africa has two major points, namely 1) cut on contact, two bladed single bevel matching rotation of the arrow and 2) high FOC scores.
If you got that, all you gotta do is see to it the package is delivered to the right address!
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