Arrows and broad heads
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Shane13
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I shoot Black Eagle Spartan arrows with 125gr QAD Exodus heads. Mine are 527 grains total, with the 125gr heads. FOC is 17.25%. The hit like Thor's hammer, if his hammer were razor sharp. 
Hilltop
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Without knowing your archery setup, the best advice we can offer is to make sure you shoot arrows that are correctly spined for your draw weight and arrow length. All broadheads work if you can get them into the lungs imo.
archeranthony
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Use the arrow recommendation chat that most manufacturers offer. I have a heavy arrow setup which consists of Easton FMJ 5mm 12gpi for big game and then a gold tip kinetic chaos for smalller fame 8.3gpi both 340 spines and in shoot a 100gr broad head. I would recommend looking at a hybrid broadheads they fly well and cut great
Stay Sharp
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Im late to the game here and dont know if you are still looking but I will offer advice. I this this question all the time from customers. ITs tough to answer with so little info but here goes. I direct all the compound shooters wanting to go "heavy" to start at 9 grains of total arrow package per pound of draw weight. (me, personall, Im shooting 12.4 grains per pound of draw weight so my 64 pound bowtech is launching a 794 grain arrow. I tel trad guys wanting to go "heavy" to start at 10 grains per pound of draw weight. (this IS NOT grains per inch of arrow but GRAINS PER POUND OF DRAW WEIGHT.)
I do not advocate for any bowhunter (regardless if you are hunting small game like whitetails and black bears and antelope) to hunt with less than 7 grains per pound of draw weight. There are ZERO drawback to a heavy setup .Some (who still are falling for the speed fad) worry about such silly things. Im killing tons (literal tons of animals) with a compound shooting 210 FPS and a long bow shooting 195 FPS. So lang as the arrow arrives before the season closes, you are good. Momentum is what you car about, not KE. Dont let anybody try to trick you into thinking otherwise.
As for broadheads, this is my business. This is what I do. I make bowhunters more lethal. I do not advocate for mech heads. There are so many great choices in fixed blade heads, you dont have to settle for flimsy blades, aluminum ferrules and the potential for failure so mech heads are out.
But the weight and money into the only part of your gear responsible for doing the killing so go stout and strong. Blade number wont matter. Ive killed game with 2,3,4 and 6 blade heads and cleanly pass through. Get a head you can sharpen and get good at sharpening. Dont worry about flight (GASP!) ALL heads will fly great when you tune your bow so tune your bow/arrow combo. Poor flight robs you of performance and penetration.
I dont advocate for broadheads below 150 grains. You benefit from the increased FOC in flight and penetration. My personal preferance is a 250 grain head screwed into a 175 grain insert. I want the weight up front. I can switch between any 250 grain head on the market and not change a single thing with my sights. Tune right, enjoy great flight.
Going heavy has the added benefit of making your bow much quieter. When I switch between 420 grain and 794, you would think the bow blew up when shooting the light weight 420 arrow. Its that much louder. The bow is whisper quiet with 794 grain, all the noise and vibration and heat is transferred to the arrow instead of vibration and noise.
In the last 3 season Ive been using a one piece 3 blade fixed head and have taken about 30 whitetail, some hogs, an elk, turkey and other game and the performance has been stellar. Look to woodsman elite, VPA, cutthroat 3 blade, any of the long 3 blade fixed, they sip through, the animal doesnt even know what happened, the run a shot distance, stop to look back and then fall over.
Here is a link to some but not all of the performance Ive gotten from a 3 blade one piece fixed head. There are 2 pages of info you might enjoy.
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I do not advocate for any bowhunter (regardless if you are hunting small game like whitetails and black bears and antelope) to hunt with less than 7 grains per pound of draw weight. There are ZERO drawback to a heavy setup .Some (who still are falling for the speed fad) worry about such silly things. Im killing tons (literal tons of animals) with a compound shooting 210 FPS and a long bow shooting 195 FPS. So lang as the arrow arrives before the season closes, you are good. Momentum is what you car about, not KE. Dont let anybody try to trick you into thinking otherwise.
As for broadheads, this is my business. This is what I do. I make bowhunters more lethal. I do not advocate for mech heads. There are so many great choices in fixed blade heads, you dont have to settle for flimsy blades, aluminum ferrules and the potential for failure so mech heads are out.
But the weight and money into the only part of your gear responsible for doing the killing so go stout and strong. Blade number wont matter. Ive killed game with 2,3,4 and 6 blade heads and cleanly pass through. Get a head you can sharpen and get good at sharpening. Dont worry about flight (GASP!) ALL heads will fly great when you tune your bow so tune your bow/arrow combo. Poor flight robs you of performance and penetration.
I dont advocate for broadheads below 150 grains. You benefit from the increased FOC in flight and penetration. My personal preferance is a 250 grain head screwed into a 175 grain insert. I want the weight up front. I can switch between any 250 grain head on the market and not change a single thing with my sights. Tune right, enjoy great flight.
Going heavy has the added benefit of making your bow much quieter. When I switch between 420 grain and 794, you would think the bow blew up when shooting the light weight 420 arrow. Its that much louder. The bow is whisper quiet with 794 grain, all the noise and vibration and heat is transferred to the arrow instead of vibration and noise.
In the last 3 season Ive been using a one piece 3 blade fixed head and have taken about 30 whitetail, some hogs, an elk, turkey and other game and the performance has been stellar. Look to woodsman elite, VPA, cutthroat 3 blade, any of the long 3 blade fixed, they sip through, the animal doesnt even know what happened, the run a shot distance, stop to look back and then fall over.
Here is a link to some but not all of the performance Ive gotten from a 3 blade one piece fixed head. There are 2 pages of info you might enjoy.
Woodsman broadhead results | Ron's outdoor blog.
Ill use this space to journal my woodsman broadhead kills since 2018 . It includes Many Whitetail, Idaho Elk and hog and suburban deer culling I do for the 2 municipalities. Thre
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