Blunts and Silly Wabbits

[JackCrafty]

Does anyone here hunt rabbits (or other critters) with blunt arrows?

I've never hunted with blunts but I think I'll try it this year.  There is no closed season for rabbits in Texas.  However, I don't want to wound the critters....and then chase after 'em on foot through the cactus (and such).  Will a body shot with a short 40# bow and a 400 grain wooden blunt arrow be enough for a clean kill at 10-15 yards?

My short 40# bows will shoot a 500 grain arrow through the crony at between 105-110 fps.

Thanks.

[Stonedog]

I use a .30 cal brass with a bleeder blade inserted, made from metal banding....will flat knock a cotton tail or skrill outta they shoes!

[TRACY]

Sounds sufficient to me. I've used blunts successfully on bunnies out to 15 yards. I prefer the Ace hex blunt on squirrels. Need more cutting power than shock. My two cents.

[JackCrafty]

Thanks guys. 

I've been reading about .38 shell casings, "nutters", rubber boppers, and other stuff on this forum....so this topic about blunts is probably old hat for most of you.  And it seems most people use 50-60# bows for all of their hunting regardless of game....so the poor critter doesn't stand a chance regardless of the type of point used.

I guess not many people have tried using the NA style wooden blunts in the field?  I seem to see quite a few being made and collected.  Are they just wall ornaments?

 

[joewaco78]

I use 38 super casing.. Works great!

[mullet]

 I use 38 or 357's, and killed them with 20# bows. Don't use the Judo's unless you want to tear up a lot of meat.

[Pat B]

Nutters are devastating on small critters...and they are cheap and easy!!!    Pat

[Pappy]

I like the ace hex also.160grain.I am sure the others will be fine  but the ace are a little easier for me to find,and I do miss a lot.
   Pappy

[JackCrafty]

Thanks guys!

[Slivershooter]

Like others I use the ace hex head or nutters on most small game the size of gophers.  I haven’t had very good luck with any type of blunt on critters larger then them.  For larger critters such as rabbits/hares, geese, ducks, pheasants, and grouse I use broadheads.  Once on a moose hunt I shot several snowshoe hares, with a #63 longbow (glass), in the head with rubber blunts and it didn't faze them; they just hopped away.  Also, in addition to better success there is less damage to the meat. 

[hawkbow]

I agree with slivershooter, broadheads are the way to go for most any game , nothing can dampen your spirits like finally hitting a goose on the wing only to have it recover and fly away...with a broadhead that will never happen..penetration is the key to a harvest no matter the size of the game....Mike A/ho

[JackCrafty]

Thanks guys...I like the broadhead idea the more I think about it.  Very true about "effective harvesting" being the name of the game. 

[El Destructo]

my 50 pound Ash Paddle Bow will put a 357 case Blunt right through a Jack Rabbit at 20 yards...so I would not think it would be necessary to shoot high dollar Broadheads at a Bunny.I also use my homemade all wood blunts on Reed Arrows...these work really well on Bunnies too...but they don't last as long as a 357 case does!!

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[hawkbow]

Nice blunts Yankee, I make my bunny broadheads out of bandsaw blades I have a bandsaw mill so alwaws have material...I can cut them out with a four inch grinder.. and they  end up costing about twenty cents each.. Mike A/ho

[Titan_Bow]

I like the plain ol steel blunts in 160gr for rabbits.   Ace hex blunts are nice, but more expensive.  I find the blunts are harder to lose than a field point or broadhead, and out of my bows, the blunts usually go through a rabbit, so I am not concerned with penetration.