Hunting Arrows/Broadheads

[Mitcon]

Just wondering what people are using and a rough cost factor for a typical (if there is such a thing) hunting arrow. How often is the broadhead ruined or the arrow broken I wonder. What I'm trying to get is a rough idea of is a cost per kill average. I've never been hunting as yet but how often does one recover an arrow which can be reused ?

[Mulga]

I have destroyed/lost more arrows practicing than hunting. so geting cost per average kill isnt easy unless you add the cost of practice arrows as well and then it becomes expensive.

I use GT Terminators, GT nocks, alloy insert, AAE vanes and Ribtek's with alloy inserts and they work out to about $12 each. But then take into account how many times they need to be re-fletched its more like $20 each for the life of the arrow.

If you start using premimum shafts and broadheads you could be looking at $30 - $60 each :shock:

Hope this helped

[Puk]

There are many variables there:
1)The arrow's substance, carbong or aliminium or wood. Carbon will las the best and not bend, but might cost an extra $ each when you buy them. Well worth it I.M.O.

2)The quality and type of broadhead used. Hit anything more than flesh and ide with a replaceable blade head and it will need work. Use a good strong two-blade head like an outback, you can often give it a lick with a steel and you are away again. It only cost $3.50 in the first place, too.

3) The country. You will recover a lot more in sand than in rocks, for example

4) Your accuracy. Shoot where you want, from within your optimum kill zone, and you will get more arrows back (as well as humanely dropping your animal). Don't shoot things standing on top of hills, etc, and you should have abetter idea of where your arrow will end up.

Puk

[aussiehunter]

personally mate,puk has given u some good points..

if ur going compound i would recommend carbons,,u can get the gold tip terminators approx $70 odd dz or the carbon rebels for $75 a dz,bit heavier grain shaft.

personally aussie two blade heads correctly sharpen is all u need here, range from the davies/ribteck approx $3 with insert or the woodys $3.50 including insert and the blackstumps around $4 with inserts.

then ull need a flecthing jigs,vanes etc

ull average out around the 10 to 15 bucks a completed arrow

get urself a decent practise butt and somewhere safe to shoot

on game mate luck of the draw,,u might have a clean pass through and find ur arrow intack or it dissapears, or u smack and animal like a good boar and the arrow stays in,50/50 chance he will fall on it and break it.

but its not like rifle shooting that ull be taking heaps /heaps of shots ,although u never know :D

u can get all this gear from most of our sponsors,give em a call and tell them ur from tbga and im sure they will look after ur needs and any questions

jmho
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[HOOD]

When I go hunting I count on breaking an arrow for very shot at animal as it is a very good chance it may break especially on a pass through if it hits a tree/rock. On the arrows that I have shot and broken 95% of the time the broadhead is fine. Again unless it hits a rock.
Have drilled a rabbit with a Outback hunter and the arrow found the big old dead tough as nails gum tree behind cotton tail and the broadhead was buried 2/3 into the old tree. A whole lot of sweat and cursing later I had me arrow back still in one piece and no damage at all and the broadhead only needed a touch up with the file and stone.

[Warlocke]

I use carbons exclusively with my compound and recurve.

Goat country is the hardest on arrows down my way as the rocky, steep country that they inhabit makes it almost impossible to find an arrow after a pass-through.

In most circumstances, I try to shoot an animal when there is something behind it which makes finding arrows easier.

Most Goat hunts I will lose between 2-4 arrows for two kills at about $12 an arrow.

Been a long time since I have had a shot at Deer but I usually only release one arrow when Deer shooting and, in the areas that I was hunting them, it was fairly easy to recover the arrows.

Only had a couple of arrows broken and that was when I had hit bone with no pass-through and the animal rolled onto it or where the arrow had been deflected side on into either rocks or trees.

I haven't lost an arrow to Rabbits since I started using Judos.

When using aluminiums I would bend just about every arrow used, even the ones on Rabbits.

[Mitcon]

Thanks for all the input folks, will have a look at the different carbon arrows. I just bought a 60# Ultrasport ( a compound bow) and the arrows I have atm are Easton 2117 XX78 Super-Slams. As for accuracy, I'm only used to shooting a target at about 20m but at that range I can group them all together (maybe a little too close lol, nocks and split arrows shafts are killing my wallet). I will be going out to a friends property to practice better distance's though I was only think 30-60m (is there any point to ever shooting more than that ?)

The broadheads I have atm I've never used but they are all some I got free but have either 3 blades or 4 with 1-2 blades replaceable.

[johnno]

Miticon

I will be going out to a friends property to practice better distance's though I was only think 30-60m (is there any point to ever shooting more than that ?)


For practice ABSOLUTELY..the more confident at long distances you get..the easier the shorter hunting distances will be. IMO :D

[rudy]

i too shoot at a club, where we shoot distances of around 50 metres.
But when i'm hunting, probably 95% of my shots are taken under 20 metres. In my opinion thats what bowhunting is about, get in close and do the job right.A quick clean kill, and less time looking for arrows in the scrub