Hello all, I am fairly new to bowhunting and wanted some advice on my broadhead selection for this year. I am shooting a Matthews Mission Blaze at about 55-60lbs. I am looking at using the NAP Killzone 100gr broadhead this year. Does this seem like a reasonable choice? I am also looking for preseason shooting tips and tricks. What do you do to fine tune for the season? How much do you shoot with your mechanical broadheads on for practice? How about Luminocks? Do you wear gloves, hat, jacket? Any other tricks or tips?
NAP Killzones should work well for you. They are a good broadhead. Buy a rangefinder! Best thing you can do is shoot from an elevated position. The shot angle from the ground is a lot different when you are in a tree. It changes drastically the closer the deer is to you. Take your climber or sticks and hang-on stand and find a tree you can climb and shoot from. Do every thing as if you were hunting! Sit and wait as if a deer is coming in. Stand, look for other deer in the area, range the deer if you haven't already, slowly reach for your bow, scan for watching eyes, wait for the deer to turn, pick a spot on the deer (in the vital area) and shoot. Move the target to various yardages and shoot again. This will help you tremendously. NAP Killzone broadheads come with a practice head that is identical in size and weight to the actual broadhead. Buy at least 3 more and practice with those. I wear a fitted glove made by Manzella just like the ones I hunt with when I practice. I don't hunt wearing a hat. Shoot as much as you can!
I can't help with the broad head questions, but I can offer some preseason advice. Try and make it as close to your hunting situation as possible. If you hunt from a stand, practice from a stand. And practice close enough to your season that it's fresh. My season doesn't start until November, so I'm still using field points and wearing a t shirt. Now come September October, I'll start broad head tuning and wearing my hunting gear.
Thanks for the advice! I'm nervous about shooting my mechanicals to much when I get them. Is that a concern at all? When do I add the Luminocks?
Shoot as much as possible, and then shoot more. Like SharpEyeSam said, the more you can do to create a real hunting environment the better. I would draw too much attention to myself if I climbed on my roof with my bow in the neighborhood or I'd probably do it. HOA would probably have some concern I haven't used Luminocks but I use Nockturnals. I don't shoot them during the day for practice but I haven't noticed any difference in arrow flight switching back and forth. Not much help with the mechanical BH's. I shoot fixed blades. Good luck!
