devildog
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125 Iron will Wide this year. First time shooting fixed blade, and went from 371 grain to 570 grain total set up weight. Hopefully I like this set up.
I also wanted to try both of those. How has the exodus performed for you? Do you get good blood trails pretty regularly?
I'm somewhere around 260fps with a VAP 300 @ 65#. Might bring home a sound meter from the office and see if I can catch the sound....Your bow must be faster than mine. My montecs threeblade whistled last year when i was shooting the light arrows going 50 fps faster than this years heavy ones. The samurai's are pretty quiet for me.
Cutthroats and edge broadheads from Australia. Got some kudu points on the way as well. Should have a good time with these 3. All 125gr with 150gr of ethics insert/outsert.
I love the kill thread. One for the cutthroats already. ~ 70# sow, complete pass through. Hit was a little back bc she wouldn’t stop moving but she went 100-125y and fell over. Was quite impressed. 22.5% foc and 550 taw. arrow rotated about 1/3 the way as it passed through.
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When did you receive your edge broadheads? I ordered some at the end of April, and still haven’t received them...
May 15th, took a month to get. I’d email them if I was you. What train you order? I got the 125gr.
Also be prepared to get your sharpening on. They were basically field point sharp when I got them lol
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Yeah, I did. I re-checked. Placed my order on 5/20, so it’s been just over 2 months. Ordered a set of 150 grains. I’m hoping it’s just COVID, but I don’t have any way of tracking it. Awesome!!
How hard were they to sharpen?... I wondered if I might not have to send em to a professional sharpener... I don’t have any power tools to take that coating off, other than a dremel, which would ruin them for sure
How are yours flying? Im trying the 100 grains and struggling to get consistency. Two shoot good and the third sprays 4 inches away. Im going to try running that head on a different arrow or two tonight and see if i can get some pattern.Iron Will Wide 125’s
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My Iron wills shoot right with my field points. The vented are a tad more consistent at distance, but the wides do great out to 60.How are yours flying? Im trying the 100 grains and struggling to get consistency. Two shoot good and the third sprays 4 inches away. Im going to try running that head on a different arrow or two tonight and see if i can get some pattern.
Well, mine shot great out to 40...but I WILL say that I bare shafted them through paper and nock tuned them prior to putting the broad head on...some may disagree, but I believe if you bare shaft tune your setup and get bullet holes through paper at 21 feet (or very close to bullet holes) then no broad head tuning is needed inside of 40 (which is my self imposed limit on a whitetail)...at least that has been the case with my setup and every one prior since I learned how to tune a bowHow are yours flying? Im trying the 100 grains and struggling to get consistency. Two shoot good and the third sprays 4 inches away. Im going to try running that head on a different arrow or two tonight and see if i can get some pattern.
Also, if you have an arrow spinner, you might want to spin them with the broad head screwed in...there might be a chance that there’s some wobble in the point with that one flyer arrow you have. I don’t know what inserts you are using, but sometimes the broad heads don’t agree with the shaft/insert combo...that’s why ideally, you screw your broad heads in immediately after you epoxy your inserts so you can rotate the insert until it spins true and then let the epoxy setHow are yours flying? Im trying the 100 grains and struggling to get consistency. Two shoot good and the third sprays 4 inches away. Im going to try running that head on a different arrow or two tonight and see if i can get some pattern.
I always spin test a broadhead AND a field point on arrows. If the field point spins true, and the broadhead does not, then I know the issue is with the broadhead.Also, if you have an arrow spinner, you might want to spin them with the broad head screwed in...there might be a chance that there’s some wobble in the point with that one flyer arrow you have. I don’t know what inserts you are using, but sometimes the broad heads don’t agree with the shaft/insert combo...that’s why ideally, you screw your broad heads in immediately after you epoxy your inserts so you can rotate the insert until it spins true and then let the epoxy set
I’m shooting rage again this year. The blood trails are amazing and the deer go down quick. I’m not good at tracking so blood trails are extremely important to me in my BH selection.
I’m also shooting an adult arrow set up so I’m a little worried about shooting a light mechanical but I am hoping that stuff is over rated. Like, how could a rage work great for me on a lighter arrow set up and then all of a sudden bc I added some grains and FOC it’s going to turn to butter and melt when it hits a deer on a heavy arrow? I’m not buying that. I do believe the rest of what Ranch Fairy and THP say about mechanicals not doing well on a shoulder hit and fixed will excel in that scenario.
if anyone has advice on an adult fixed blade BH for a heavy arrow build that has AWESOME blood trails please let me know!