Well the day is here.
The Gila is calling and the bow is ready. Can’t believe I get to get down to that magic place again and chase some bulls with my hunting bro. I have a long thread on here on my last (less than ideal) trip down to 16A and can’t say that some of those memories won’t be floating around in my head, at least until we get down there and have those worries put to rest. It would take a long time to relate that (mis)adventure again but I do have some old posts on here about it.
I am taking my PSE carbon Mach 1 down and have (finally) decided on my complete setup and hunting package. The Mach 1 is set at 29.5inch draw shooting around 74lb and kicking my arrows out at close to 277fps.
My arrows are 250 spine Victory RIP TKO elites with AAE hybrid 27 vanes. I am using 75grain HIT inserts and Iron Will Ti collars. With a 150 grain broad head and nockturnal strobing knocks my arrow weight is 539-540 grains and my FOC is hovering around 18%. Some pretty decent performance.
My broad head search has been a long one. I wanted to go with 150 grain head so that limited me somewhat. After trying about every 150 grain head I could get my hands on I decided to go with the 150 grain Grim Reaper Hades pro 4 blade (the larger cut, not the micro) the 150 grain trypan and the 150 grain Sevr Robusto. These heads gave me the most confidence out to 80 yards compared to all that I tested (and there were several). The IW Wides were close but they did not fly as well at distance as the Hades and those heads impressed me with the quality and cut. The 150 grain version are very stout! I will say despite all the tuning and practice I could do the Hades pro flys about 2-3 inches to the right of my Trypans and Sevr past 70 yards. Out to there though they all group great. On an elk at 70-80 yards 2-3 inches still gives me extreme confidence, and at that distance if (BIG IF) I do take a shot I will most likely only do so with the Trypan or Sevr. It does feel great to know though that for 90% of my likely shots my fixed heads are flying with my field points and mechs.
Hopefully everything is awesome and we are into elk the whole time!
The Gila is calling and the bow is ready. Can’t believe I get to get down to that magic place again and chase some bulls with my hunting bro. I have a long thread on here on my last (less than ideal) trip down to 16A and can’t say that some of those memories won’t be floating around in my head, at least until we get down there and have those worries put to rest. It would take a long time to relate that (mis)adventure again but I do have some old posts on here about it.
I am taking my PSE carbon Mach 1 down and have (finally) decided on my complete setup and hunting package. The Mach 1 is set at 29.5inch draw shooting around 74lb and kicking my arrows out at close to 277fps.
My arrows are 250 spine Victory RIP TKO elites with AAE hybrid 27 vanes. I am using 75grain HIT inserts and Iron Will Ti collars. With a 150 grain broad head and nockturnal strobing knocks my arrow weight is 539-540 grains and my FOC is hovering around 18%. Some pretty decent performance.
My broad head search has been a long one. I wanted to go with 150 grain head so that limited me somewhat. After trying about every 150 grain head I could get my hands on I decided to go with the 150 grain Grim Reaper Hades pro 4 blade (the larger cut, not the micro) the 150 grain trypan and the 150 grain Sevr Robusto. These heads gave me the most confidence out to 80 yards compared to all that I tested (and there were several). The IW Wides were close but they did not fly as well at distance as the Hades and those heads impressed me with the quality and cut. The 150 grain version are very stout! I will say despite all the tuning and practice I could do the Hades pro flys about 2-3 inches to the right of my Trypans and Sevr past 70 yards. Out to there though they all group great. On an elk at 70-80 yards 2-3 inches still gives me extreme confidence, and at that distance if (BIG IF) I do take a shot I will most likely only do so with the Trypan or Sevr. It does feel great to know though that for 90% of my likely shots my fixed heads are flying with my field points and mechs.
Hopefully everything is awesome and we are into elk the whole time!
