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OK you primitive guys. I need a product tester OR TWO for these broadheads.
Russ:
--- Quote from: Mesophilic on November 25, 2019, 12:20:27 am ---Todd, have you considered a controlled test? Maybe suspend a rack of ribs and a scapula in some ballistics gelatin? Heck, it wouldnt even have to be true calibrated ballistics gel, some Knox would probably work just fine for this purpose and you can buy the Knox powder pretty cheap on Amazon.
It would give you a chance to repeat some shots and rule out flukes.
I'd volunteer, but I didn't get drawn for anything this year and haven't been able to get within bow range of any yotes yet. If you need participants for a destruction test, I'd be game.
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--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS/PEARLY/PD/DRUMS on November 25, 2019, 07:03:14 am ---I think it would be best to test them on carcass' or gelatin. There are a few things that caught my eye right away and testing them on live animals is a bad idea. Prove them on inanimate objects and then go to the field.
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Thats what im doing. Im shooting at a simulated animal/deer carcass. Using meat, bone and hide.
still planning out the logistics and am working with todd to see what will be the best way to test these the way he wants them to be tested. so basically i am the control. may get some gelatin but i dont think i will need to.
Todd Mathis:
--- Quote from: Mesophilic on November 25, 2019, 12:20:27 am ---Todd, have you considered a controlled test? Maybe suspend a rack of ribs and a scapula in some ballistics gelatin? Heck, it wouldnt even have to be true calibrated ballistics gel, some Knox would probably work just fine for this purpose and you can buy the Knox powder pretty cheap on Amazon.
It would give you a chance to repeat some shots and rule out flukes.
I'd volunteer, but I didn't get drawn for anything this year and haven't been able to get within bow range of any yotes yet. If you need participants for a destruction test, I'd be game.
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Now THIS is the answer I was looking for! Even it they are just shot into deer carcasses into the rib cage would be good! Rifle season is opening soon. Do you think one of those carcasses would work? or perhaps a pig carcass?
Todd Mathis:
--- Quote from: mullet on November 24, 2019, 05:50:21 am ---Todd, I'd be glad to give them a try on some of the tough piggies we have down here along with rabbits, deer coons squirrels and armadillo. Plenty of trees and fence post to bounce them on.
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lol. Well, let's leave out the fence posts! The small animals you mention can be handled with the small varmint heads I sell. I know they are fine. It is the 1 inch broad heads that I'm concerned about. But now pigs...that might work well. Do you hunt pigs often?
Todd Mathis:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS/PEARLY/PD/DRUMS on November 25, 2019, 07:03:14 am ---I think it would be best to test them on carcass' or gelatin. There are a few things that caught my eye right away and testing them on live animals is a bad idea. Prove them on inanimate objects and then go to the field.
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I completely agree. A carcass test would be more humane and more appropriate for my needs. Thanks for the suggestion.
mullet:
Yes, I hunt pigs more then I do deer with a bow. I just got access to 200 acres the guy wants all of the hogs cleared out.
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