Any traditional bow hunters out there?

[MDoutdoors]

I'm curious, in Washington State you can't have any kind of "barb" on a broadhead for big game hunting, but I don't know if that applies to turkey. I'm thinking it applies to any hunting. Not sure. Is it legal to use a barbed arrow on game in your state? Or are your "barbs" or notches going to be facing forward?

You know what I'm not even sure if they are legal in maryland, the thought never even crossed my mind lol. The notches or "barbs" I'm thinking about are strictly to slow down the arrow on impact and give a little more energy transfer into the target instead of just zipping right through a bird

 

[LoonWulf]

One of my two deer I used the tri-bladed broadhead. Using the Browning Furyll 72#. It didn't penetrate well, or much, but it hit the deer (doe) in the spine, and dropped it on the spot. ? I assume the spine may have been too much bone and a single blade would have acted the same. ? Anyhow, that was a weird experience, seeing the deer drop being shot with a bow.

I stoned an smallish Axis like that, shot her again before walking over. My first arrow broke a few inches behind the head and was lodged just under the spine. Probably wasnt fatal, but who knows lol.

Ive seen that shot from a rifle drop stuff just to have them get up and sprint off after a minute or two.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

You know what I'm not even sure if they are legal in maryland, the thought never even crossed my mind lol. The notches or "barbs" I'm thinking about are strictly to slow down the arrow on impact and give a little more energy transfer into the target instead of just zipping right through a bird

I'm guessing that if they are forward facing they are not barbs. In Washington the heel of the blade has to have something like a 20-30 (?) degree angle to it. Notches should not be a problem, I wouldn't think.

 

[Steve Milbocker]

Most of my 40+ years of bow hunting have been with traditional bows. I dabbled with compounds a little but never warmed up to them. Haven’t hunted much in the past few years. Last archery deer I took was with an Osage selfbow.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Nice fork-horn, nice bow. Nice shape to the bow. I've only bow-hunted off and on over the years, with maybe one four-five year stretch of just bow hunting. I used a Browning Fury II at that time, 72#. No, never warmed up to compounds, in fact they leave me cold as ice. Now it's one or two days a year I'll take it turkey hunting, but I really like woods-roaming with the bow. (and a good revolver of course) I try to shoot on a regular basis, as archery is good for the heart, mind, body and soul.