I'm baaaaaack!

[JeffG]

I took a couple year tour on the traditional side, and it was great!  I missed my compound and the accuracy and long holds at full draw.  My darling wife turned next year's project into today's shooter, literally overnight!!  Here is what I came up with:

BOW - PSE Nova Mossy Breakup 63 lbs@29" Lightning 3 cam.

Arrows -Carbon Xpress Realtree Terminator Hunters, L/Helical vanes.

Broadheads -Haven't decided

Release -TruFire wrist strap caliper

Sights -PSE Basic 1 pin, I always shot one pin, I just take all of the others off.

Rest - Prong rest came with the bow, put shrink wrap on prongs

Golden Key Tranquilizer Stabilizer.

Shooting 3" groups@ 25 yards already!!

What's a good broadhead, 100 grains? I was shooting Muzzy 90 4blades a few years ago, but some of those mechanicals look soooooooo nice! How do the Grim Reapers stack up??  Thanks for the help in advance!!  JeffG

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[THE#1hunter]

What's a good broadhead, 100 grains? I was shooting Muzzy 90 4blades a few years ago, but some of those mechanicals look soooooooo nice! How do the Grim Reapers stack up??  --------------------

After all the broadheads that have came out on the market...I still for some reason always go back to the muzzy 100g 3 blader, always done what its needed to do, without any doubt, dont have much experience with the grim reapers, probally never will.. good luck with your decesion though  

[myronman3]

here is the thing...traditional archery will teach you alot.  just because you switch back to modern equipment,  dont disgard the lessons you have learned.   the same broadheads you used for traditional archery will work as good with modern equipment.  

  i use wensel woodmen broadheads with my modern bow.  but....i still use my longbow for hunting; i dont know if i will use my modern bow for hunting this year.   i use magnus snuffers and bear razorheads with my longbow.

[TDA]

The Magnus snuffer and the Bear Razor heads work great for my recurve and my compound. The Grim Reapers are nice, but there have been complaints that the Grim Reaper will bounce of the deer if the bordhead hits a bone. I use now-a-days the Magnus Snuffer. Good brodhead and easy to sharpen. Big entrance and exit holes. The deer won't go far with a lung shot.    TDA

[wijim]

ive always found my way back to rocky mountain 100 grain broadheads.  tried mechanicals.....they weren't for me...i was shooting 62 pouns with my compound and the mechanicals used too much energy opening up and sacrificed a bit of penetration.  i tried satellites but got a pkg of defects....i know that stuff happens but the rocky mtns have never disapointed me.  dont know why i ever tried to steer away from them.

[JeffG]

All good suggestions, guess there were no suprises there, thanks, all!  JeffG

[SingleFan]

Great Broadhead = steel force venom 100 gr. smooth or serrated
My favorite - Wensel Woodsman

lethal on deer with traditional or compound (now translated conventional; or did the cross bow take that term - I think it did here in PA)

Myronman - great insight on the affect shooting traditional has on your compound skills.  Also - I concur on the fact that the Wensel Woodsman is a great broadhead.  I've used it very effectively out of my Widowmaker for a number of years.

I worked in a bow shop for a while when a lived in OR while going to grad school.  Fixing compounds I got hooked on traditional.  I still like compounds - I just learned that they are a lot heavier on long elk hunts.

Buck hunting with a bow ended at 7:05 am this past Saturday when a 120 class 8 pointer finally got done rubbing the tree my stand was in and stepped out to about 8 yards - that's reason #2 why I shoot traditional; so many of my kills have been close.  Guess I'm not a great shot so I work at close range set ups.