archery grouse

[bushwhacker1975]

anyone hunt grouse with archery equipment? i have a trip planned this fall and want to use my bow. Whst type of tip is best ? where do i aim? anyone ever do it!

 

[graniteghost]

I’ve shot a ton of grouse with a bow. Get a judo point, and aim for the base of the neck. Little bit bigger target than the head. If you shoot a carbon arrow I’d be a little wary of breaking arrows/splintering. I did it a lot with an Easton fmj a couple years ago and got probably 20 grouse out of a single arrow. Granted it was bent to shit and hard to shoot further than 20 yds.

 

[5MilesBack]

I used to shoot a lot of grouse while elk hunting, but not much anymore. Maybe if I'm on my way back to camp. I just use old BH's. Whatever I shot blew right through them so didn't really matter. My grouse arrows are some of my old TR Crush arrows.......toughest arrows I've ever used. Haven't broken one shooting grouse yet.

 

[Randle]

I've used rubber blunts for years, they work great.
Also this is where I like lumenocks , way easier to find an arrow .

 

[Fetty Wapiti]

+1 for judo point. I keep 2 aluminum shafted flu flus in my quiver just for them. Carbon and wood arrows have a way of expoding. This is with a 68 pound trad bow.

 

[Wrench]

I killed 33 with one arrow....and then a damn blue flew off with it and I never saw it again. Sad day.

 

[43.6N]

Grouse are always in trees it seems when I’m hunting with my bow.
Judo point and fluflu fletchings are nice and my preferred setup if I’m thinking ahead.

But sometimes I just use an elk arrow with a field point. RIP to my RIP TKO’s. I really should plan ahead more.

As for placement, I’m not very sophisticated. Center mass all day. But again, they are usually in trees for me.

 

[roosterdown]

I have shot a few handfuls. I usually swap heads, removing the broadhead and shooting a wire-loop bird point. My first one almost 40 years ago) I shot with a fixed-blade broadhead and neatly lopped off his noggin.

 

[Randle]

I like the blunt because they push thru brush to get to limb chickens, and dont deflect as bad as a broadhead.
I have seen guys put a washer behind a field point but havent tried that myself.

 

[Wrench]

VPA small game head all the way. It's like a lifetime judo.

 

[GunsAreFun]

This with subsonic lol