Singing Broadheads

[ram]

Does anyone else have problems with vented broadheads singing in flight? How big of a problem do you think it is?Is it just 3 blades or do all of them do it? Are there any that don't?


Thanks,
Robert

[Pete W]

Lightly round off the inside of the vented opening. That usualy helps.

[30coupe]

If they make a high pitched noise, I'd never hear it anyway. The deer didn't seem to notice either.  

[Curtiss Cardinal]

I have never had the noise a broadhead makes scare game....I have just caled it whispering or whistling death.

[LoneWolf]

My snuffers have a "death hiss", doesn't seem to bother the game.

[George D. Stout]

Oh for pete's sake!  I thought we had a new singing group here representing the TradGang.  It does sound like a good name for a back-up group for Mark Baker 8^).

[buckracks7]

I think it actually makes them hold still.

[mike g]

I think I read one time that if your Broadhead dose Sing, then it's not mounted true....And that makes it sing.
   Don't quote me, I may be wrong, I do vagely remember being wrong once...."maybe"

[CJ5]

The only ones that I've had problems with were the Magnus 4 blades, caused by the bleeder slits. Painting over the slits with nail polish solved the problem, but I went with a different head.

[WildmanSC]

I've heard Bananna fletching make a whole lot more noise than any broadhead I've ever shot.

Bill

[bentpole]

Hey ram it's the last sound a deer should hear!!!

[bentpole]

Seriously though I use vented heads and never heard them sing,I used to shoot 'nannas they made some noise like wildman said but I don't think the deer mind the sound could even freeze them.

[Jreyna920]

are arrows are not flying faster then the speed of sound....the will hear the thud from your bow coming to brace before they hear the broadhead and anyway i like that noise

good shooting

jreyna920

[TSP]

Some heads are actually quite noisy...the Patriot vented two-blade comes to mind.  A piece of tape over the vents helps but I'd avoid whistling arrows (from either vented heads or big feathers) if possible when hunting spooky critters.

[Falk]

I tried the Patriot once and it earned itself the inofficial title to be the "best" whistle point - which was not primary designed to be one ... at least I suppose that to be the case.

I can't contribute datas on how it may effect a hunting shot though. But I would definately not want to use anything like that for such purpose. A hisss - okay - but not an orchestra!

I've shot Snuffers and they do hisss - same do Delta Sniper - but I would consider both to be "harmless". SilverFlames are very quiet - at my arrows speed at least, but do make some sound.
Solid blades I shot, like Grizzly, Wolverine and Ribteks, don't make any sound I can hear.