Archery Broadheads and Points

In the early 80's, the bow manufacturers wereopen up on contact they have a very large
creating much faster compound bows, whichcutting diameter with large or long cutting blades
changed the types of broadheads to be used.that tend to break off or falter on impact. This
The earlier compound bow with speeds of aboutstyle of broadhead is changing almost daily, and
200 feet per second (fps) would handle the largefor this reason I do not totally put them out of
cutting diameter and heavy tips of about 125my mind. But first they must prove to me they
grains or more. In other words the arrow wouldwill not break or falter under severe testing. By
not plane out or fly erratically. Today, with thethis I mean shooting into a piece of ½ inch
faster speeds of the compound bow (250 fpsplywood. I've seen the tests done and have
and up to about 340 fps) the larger broadheadsdrawn my opinion.
will tend to plane out and fly off course with noThere are many different styles and makes of
way of correcting the flight of the arrow. Trustarchery broadheads and points. Just a few of
me; I tried just about everything to correct thisthese are;
problem. I really liked the idea of having a bigA) Small Game Points
cutting surface and large hole that the broadheadB) Big Game Broadheads including the Mechanical
made on impact.Broadhead
Times have changed and so have I. Today IC) Special Turkey Broadhead
shoot a broadhead that is much lighter and theD) Fish Points
cutting surface is smaller in diameter. I have threeE) Field Points
broadheads that I have been using for about 15When choosing a broadhead or different style of
years and these are 100 grains; Rocky Mountain,point, choose one that fits your need of choice. If
Muzzy and Thunderheads. The reason I haveyou are practice shooting, choose a field point at
stuck with these brands are very simple, theythe same amount of grains you use for hunting.
work for me. They are all razor sharp and centerOr maybe you are target shooting for
very well on my arrow.competition and need a very light one to increase
How do I know they center themselves on myyour speed.
arrow? A simple and easy way to check this is toFor small game hunting you might want to
spin the arrow by placing the point on a hardconsider using a judo point or blunt tip arrow head.
surface and holding the shaft between my pointerThese are made to have knock down power and
finger and thumbnail just below the feathers andless likely to get lost in the weeds or brush. For
spinning the arrow by blowing into the vanes orturkey hunting they make special mechanical
feathers. By watching the shaft of the arrowbroadheads that are blunt on the impact and
while spinning it, it will show if there is any wobblerazor sharp for cutting after the impact.
or the broadhead is off center. To correct thisFish arrows have many different styles of points
problem, many times all you have to do is turnand barbs. Some of the tips screws on, some are
the broadhead about a ¼ of a turn tolocked into place and some are mechanical. My
make sure it is seated properly on the end of thepersonal choice is the mechanical style. They
arrow shaft. If this does not correct the problem,seem to hold the fish very well and are easy to
replace the broadhead with another. If this doesrelease.
not correct it, then you may have to replace theYour choices of using the different styles of
screw in (female part) of the arrow. But alwaysarchery broadheads or points are totally up to
make sure the arrow spins true in your fingers.you. I have given you some of my favorite
This will allow the arrow to fly true. When this haschoices that have worked very well for me
been done correctly, I have never had an arrowthroughout my bow hunting years. I'm not saying
fly untrue due to this problem.these are the only choices to make, but these
Mechanical broadheads fly very true, but they dowork for me. Happy Hunting and Straight
have their draw backs in my opinion. When theyShooting!