Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!erb1!osnome!hunting From: rigg@osnome.che.wisc.edu Newsgroups: rec.hunting Subject: Re: broadheads Message-ID: <476@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> Date: 3 Apr 91 12:26:52 GMT Sender: news@erb1.engr.wisc.edu Distribution: world Lines: 30 Approved: hunting@osnome.che.wisc.edu From: keith@clodii.columbiasc.NCR.COM >From: Tim Rigg >Also, what sort of heads are used for other game such as rabbit, >quail, turkey, and squirrel? ^^^^^ Come now Tim, surely you jest!! ;-)) A quail is hard enough to hit with a shotgun let alone a bow! If you learn to do this I want to see it!! Maybe I have my birds mixed up. I was not talking about the baseball sized birds that travel in groups and make you fill your shorts when they all explode. I was talking about the volleyball-sized birds that wander around on the forest floor, usually alone or in groups of 2-3. Maybe the bigger birds are Partridges. I didn't think I could hit one flying but the handicap of using a bow seems like enough to justify shooting them while they are walking on the ground. After all: they aren't that big, they are moving, and you have to be pretty smooth to get a close, unobstructed shot. Seriously though, there is a broadhead available for small game and it's called a judo point. It has three or four little fingers designed to prevent penetration. The shock of the impact alone should be enough to dispatch your game. Would you recommend a judo point for turkey? or partridge (or big-volleyball-sized bird from above)? tim