mechanical broadheads success and failures

[campmeat]

Has any one had any experience with shooting through the mesh windows on the ground blinds ? can you shoot mechanical broad heads or only fixed blades? and how does it reflect your shot ?

[Mathews]

Late archery elk hunt, shot a bull quartering away from 55 yards with a NAP Bloodrunner. Good shot placement, arrow didn't penetrate more than 6''. Gave him plenty of time, but never recovered him after bumping him out of his bed after following tracks/little blood for a long ways..

Same hunt, two blade rage, arrow bounced as I drew back and deployed the two blade rage.

 

Needless to say, I was wishing a had a whisker biscuit and a fixed blade after that.

[Elkhunter1]

Has any one had any experience with shooting through the mesh windows on the ground blinds ? can you shoot mechanical broad heads or only fixed blades? and how does it reflect your shot ?

I have used the Swhacker through the mesh of blinds without any issues as long as you use the shrink tubing that comes with them.

[campmeat]

Thanks for the advice ill be looking into those before the 22nd

[HEADACHE]

I hate to sound like a broken record but.....I have had nothing but extremely awesome success with mechanical heads.

 

#1 because they fly straight as my field tips,

#2 because they have always opened.

 

100% shot to death ratio. That is when the arrow actually HIT the animal ha ha ha...

 

 

Mathews Ultra 2 bow at 72 lbs:

1st bull was 23 yds, broadside, arrow flew through him, broke ribs in and out, both lungs and touched heart, dead in 25 yrds.

1st buck was 43 yds, broadside, arrow was back in guts, blew straight threw, animal was dead in 100 yards.

 

2nd bull was 55 yds, quartering hard away, arrow went in back came out front, clean pass through, bull was dead in 200 yds.

2nd buck was 63 yds, broadside, arrow went through ribs and through stump behind him, animal was dead in 40 yards.

 

Mathews Z7 bow at 71 lbs:

3rd bull was 64 yds, quartering hard away, arrow went in behind ribs, lodged in opposite shoulder, animal was dead in 25 yds.

3rd buck was 65 yds, quartering to me, arrow went in chest, broke off inside, fletching stayed inside, animal as dead in 50 yds.

 

4th buck was 40-ish yds, broadside, went through chest, animal was dead in 80 yards

 

4th bull.... story coming to you this fall!

 

 

I have always hunted with these heads (although I have tried dozens of them over the years, I always go back to these.

Rocket Steelheads 100 gr. I use 2 bands because I shoot over 300fps and they have never let me down, not even once.

 

 

now my 3rd bull I hit with one of these Rocket meat seekers and was impressed with the SMACK sound MAN that thing popped open so loudly when it hit him I was sure I missed and hit a tree limb or something..... nope it was the smack of that baby opening up.