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what points do you practice with?

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mullet:
  I use glue on field tips. You can get them from Three Rivers in different weights.

Little John:
I mostly shoot broadheads, either homemade trade points or storebought glue ons. I mostly stump shoot or shoot hay bales, I use points not over one inch wide and they pull out easy. About the only time i shoot target points is when I am shooting three d animal targets and the broadheads do too much damage to the targets. Broadheads just feel better in my quiver and are more fun.     Kenneth

JW_Halverson:
I would like to indulge in practicing with broadheads, but the 3D targets only take so much before they fall apart.  I have a 10' x 10' archery net in the backyard that takes field points fairly well.  The arrow's flight is absorbed and spread across the net so efficiently that it looks like the bow has all the cast of an overcooked noodle.  Recently I noticed a few pass-throughs with the field points.  I went back to the place where the net was ordered and found that it is rated for field points up to a 45# bow.  So, yesterday I received my order from 3Rivers and will be replacing field points with 125 grain steel blunts. 

I wouldn't recommend steel blunts for roving or stump shooting since I feel they tend to stop the arrow more abruptly and cause more arrows to fail than the basic field point. 

My other choice is for a specific roving game at specific targets....yucca plants on the vast South Dakota prairie.  For shooting yucca I go with a Judo point after losing almost a half dozen arrows in the low grass in just one afternoon. 

Pat B:
All year I shoot mostly glue on field points but near hunting season I also shoot my hunting arrows with whatever points are on them...stone, trades or store bought.     Pat

hawkbow:
I practice with broadheads and stone points... they never fly exactly like field points in the Wyoming wind ;D HAWK

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