Broadheads for Elk?

[cgasner1]

Basically knock tuning

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[cgasner1]

I ment to say knock instead of insert

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[TheCougar]

I sound like I am in the gross minority, but I am too lazy to constantly keep my bow tuned for fixed broadheads that fly true to 80+ yards collective gasp from the crowd). I shoot rage 100 grain chisel tips. Simple, flies like a field tip, and I've never had a problem with failure or penetration. I haven't tried any other mechanical or fixed for years, because they work on everything from javelina to elk... i would love to shoot a fixed instead of a mechanical, but keeping a bow tuned year round is a huge PITA, IMO.

 

[kicker338]

Good results with Slicks here.

My favorite head though (when I feel rich) are the German Kinetics.

Ya been feeling rich lately??????

 

[5MilesBack]

i would love to shoot a fixed instead of a mechanical, but keeping a bow tuned year round is a huge PITA, IMO.

Keeping a bow tuned?????? How often have your bows gone out of tune in the past? I set up my bows when new, or when I do a string set change, and make sure they're tuned then. That's it......no constant changes or adjustments to "keep it in tune". If and when it finally does go out of tune, it's probably time for a new string set.

The other benefit to having a well tuned bow is that my FP's also fly much better and true. And since most all of my off-season shooting is beyond 60 yards, I expect it to be perfect then as well.

 

[jmez]

With good strings and cables the only time you need to re tune is if you change something. If you don't like to tinker/tune your bow that is fine but it is simply not true that you need to tinker with them year round.

 

[TheCougar]

With good strings and cables the only time you need to re tune is if you change something. If you don't like to tinker/tune your bow that is fine but it is simply not true that you need to tinker with them year round.

Maybe I've just had bad luck then... either way, I'm not going to hijack this thread. I've had nothing but success and massive bloodtrails and pass thrust with rage chisel tips. Sure FB are better from a pure structural perspective, but today's mechanicals are better than the FBs from 20 years ago and those were totally sufficient back then, so...

 

[Hunter6]

I shoot magnus black hornet with good luck out to 70 yards (my limit not the broadheads) that said I would love to shoot mechanicals but not allowed in Oregon (probably the main reason I want to shoot them is because I can't


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[jmez]

To the OP, have you tried broadhead tuning? Should be able to get the Magnus to fly with some minor changes to the bow.

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[Brendan]

I've had nothing but success and massive bloodtrails and pass thrust with rage chisel tips.

I'm with above - tune once and forget it until you change something. Also, mechanicals aren't legal everywhere.

 

[5MilesBack]

I've had nothing but success and massive bloodtrails and pass thrust with rage chisel tips. Sure FB are better from a pure structural perspective, but today's mechanicals are better than the FBs from 20 years ago and those were totally sufficient back then, so...

I've had great success with Spitfires and this year GR Fatal Steels, but I still expect my bow to be perfectly BH tuned with my fixed blades as well. And then, even mechanicals fly better. Bows today are so easy to tune, there's no reason not to.

 

[skindaddy]

wheres a good place to learn to tune new bows, always left it up to dealer , but i want to know how. for myself if a problem and to double check others touching it.
also not sure what the yolk talk is all about, maybe i know it but dont call it that idk?

 

[Dameon]

The yoke is the cable that splits in two with each end connected to the outside of the top limb and the opposite end on the bottom can for hybrid cams like Hoyt, PSE, and Xpedition bow. The Bowtech overdrive binary cams have two yoke cables for both cams. Binary cams like Elite and most Obssession and Matthews single cams do not have yoke cables.

Yoke tuning is done so that the cams are nearly perfectly vertical at full draw and in line with the string. This means there is a bit of pre-lean at rest. Yoke tuning is how you adjust centershot on bows with yoke cables as well. I set my rest on my Hoyt at 13/16ths and adjust yokes so that bareshafts hit with my fletched arrows at 20 yards. I don't bother with paper tuning. If I can group bareshafts with fletched arrows and the bareshafts are level and straights, then I have no problems with my broad heads. I use Magnus Stingers btw.


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[huntstrong2850]

I just finished today testing some grave digger broadheads that are 1" cut on contact and 1 3/4" expandable. I shot them at 80 yards today with no issues with black eagle Spartan arrows. I wanted something that would fly great but cut on contact and allow a bigger hole at the same time and these seem to do the trick

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