One Set Up Does it All

I decided to give the heavy arrow with high FOC and two blade single bevel broadhead a try this year. I do a lot of elk calling and the most common shot opportunity seems to be a quartering to me shot. I wanted to shoot an arrow that would penetrate the front numerous if need be.

After bare shaft tuning with my Mathews Heli’M set square and center shot, I found a 29” 320 tapered shaft to shoot perfectly with a 200 grain field point, it also shot perfect bullet holes through paper after fletching with TAC vanes. After tuning both the 200 grain Maissai and Samurai broadheads also shot to the same point of aim as the field points at 60 yards.

My first shot opportunity was on a Merriam’s Gobbler at 22 yards and the Maasai broadhead was sticking in a ponderosa pine tree about 15 yards past the gobbler after passing through his vitals.
My next opportunity was on a cow elk that came in quartering to me at about the same distance as the turkey. Luckily she turned broadside and the arrow with the 200 grain Samurai broadhead sliced through both scapulas hit the grind beyond her and skipped for 29 yards beyond her. See the photo of the arrow sticking in the ground.

At the shot, she jumped, looked around and slowly walked a few steps trying to figure out what happened. I shot her with a second arrow at 35 yards which passed through her a boy 2” from the first shot and again skidded to a stop far beyond the elk. At this shot she trotted and stopped only 64 yards from me and then fell over dead. So far these 650 grain arrow are working.