A 125 grain broadhead on a parallel wood shaft with the arrow weighing 9-10 grains per pound of draw weight has gone right through an awful lot of North American deer long before the good doctor ever thought of doing his research.
His research did not cause whitetails to grow shoulder bones to rival cape buffalo.
Guy
A 125 grain broadhead on a parallel wood shaft with the arrow weighing 9-10 grains per pound of draw weight has gone right through an awful lot of North American deer long before the good doctor ever thought of doing his research.
His research did not cause whitetails to grow shoulder bones to rival cape buffalo.
Guy
Yup
I usually shoot a 160 head and 525 to 600 grain arrow,out of 45/50 lb bow.
Don't worry much about penetration,about 6 inches is all you need on what I hunt. :) :) As far as father shots getting better penetration,ya maybe if you hit the right spot and I hit the right spot better if I am closer. ;) :) :) :) :)
Pappy
Nobody can argue with the meat in your freezer! Ashby's point (pun intended) on close shots getting less penetration are based on how the arrow is still recovering from paradox and how the arrow is not exactly established in flying in a straight line. Of course, the more center shot a bow is, the less paradox getting around the grip area there is, etc.
A 125 grain broadhead on a parallel wood shaft with the arrow weighing 9-10 grains per pound of draw weight has gone right through an awful lot of North American deer long before the good doctor ever thought of doing his research.
His research did not cause whitetails to grow shoulder bones to rival cape buffalo.
Guy
Much of his research is on whitetail sized African antelope as well. Try as we might, sometimes we hit the scapula or the shoulder bones on whitetail and injure an animal that escapes. Heavier arrows can compensate for that. Ultimately, it is a game of numbers, tradeoffs and the like.
For myself, I'm getting my best arrow flights and best accuracy shooting 725 grains total weight arrows. They are straight tapered ash shafts behind 125 grain single blade, single bevel broadheads. The broadheads are Tuskers that I got in trade here. The Tuskers are made in Australia, I think. My next set of hunting arrows will be tapered shafts, since they seem to recover paradox faster, are more weight forward, and bows seem to be less finicky about spine with them.
Some day I should get on the hill cane bandwagon, I keep hearing lotsa good anecdotal evidence on them.