Hey guys...ive shot judos and bluts for a long time and was wondering if anyone has tried to use a steel washer behind a field point for squirrels and rabbits?
Figure thew washer would help prvent loss but also increase the initial shock behind the point.
Any thoughts?
Yep, I've done it in the past. Works pretty well.
I've tried it just to add weight , if washer is to big then the arrow might plane.
its a good way to break an arrow where the washer is placed if you have a glancing blow. :readit:
I've used a washer behind a screw in field point if that's what you're talking about :wavey: ....Van
Try a wingnut behind a screwin fieldpoint with the wings forward. works great on bushytails.<><
We used to use that setup for gophers when I was in high school. We couldn't afford Judo points, but the washers worked just as well, and were free for the taking in Dad's shop. :D
I've used the washer and the wingnut last year, they both worked fine. I think the wingnut worked more like a judo, and didn't skip near as much as the washer, but both worked.
Just tried it, it works well. Thank you.
I've used a screw and a sheet metal washer for blunts with good results. Also, used a plastic washer behind a Bear Razorhead on turkeys to prevent complete pass throughs. Hard for a turkey to run through the brush with an arrow sticking out both sides. Now I use Blunts on turkeys and try to shoot them in the head. Either works or you miss and no crippled turkey.
Flinch,
Sounds like it might work, but is it legal in your state to hunt turkeys with blunts?
It was in Nebraska; Dick Turpin of the Nebraska Game and Parks promoted it to reduce crippling toms. I hit a tom in the breast with a blunt from a 84# Compound (God Forbid) and he flopped a bunch, then got up walked around getting his bearings and flew off just fine. I had a witness also watching with binoculars. It was pretty funny, but I got hung up in a fence and couldn't get to him fast enough. I was trying for a head shot and I misjudged the distance. A broadhead would have not done him any good, but he could have easily got far enough to hid? I feel better knowing he wasn't crippled. Now that I look back on it; I didn't have to field dress him either. Also, I was a Breeder Flock Supervisor for Swift and Company for a while back in the early 1980's and having been around so many turkeys; both tame and wild; they don't excite me much. Now put antlers on them and it would be different.