I chronographed my bow today and was shocked!!!

I try not to take anything that way even though the king has got under my skin a little before. lol I think he has a way of doing that to most people. Harvest pics will be on here first. Even before the old Facebook. Last season I harvested two and was totally unprepaired. This season I will have a year of scouting and prepairing under my belt. I am super excited about this and I cannot wait. Its driving me up the wall waiting.
I hope everyone has an excelent season. I can't wait to see the post on here durring a season.

 

As Davy said, you have a different cam set on that bow, which makes it faster than the newer version. What you may look more seriously at is setting the bow up to shoot fixed blade BH's, and tune it to shooting fixed BH's, then you won't have to worry about penetration at all. In reality, shooting a 400gr arrow 250 fps is gonna up your momentum while keeping you in the same KE range, and at 250 fps, you should easily be able to get it finely tuned and be able to shoot a GOOD fixed BH that you won't have to wonder about.... I retired a Slick Trick that had been through 7 deer last year, and all I've ever had to do was re-sharpen the blades and put it back on my arrow.....

That mechanical you're showing a picture of is a ONE and DONE BH, and if you miss by chance, it's likely not gonna be any good. The same BH I put through 7 deer had also killed 3 coyotes, and been in the ground several times, in foam HUNDREDS of times, and all I had to do was clean it up, re-edge it and it was again ready to go.... Had it not taken a trip into some rocks in a creek and gotten all dinged up, I'd probably still had it on the end of one of my hunting arrows today....

Also, if you BH tune your bow, to the point you can feel as comfortable shooting BH's as your are field points, then you'll be ready for deer season long before deer season. I regularly shoot a couple BH's even this time of year, just to make sure my stuff is "well-tuned." I know that if I'm putting my BH's on the same spot as my FP's then I'm tuned in for my purposes. I've found that even mechanicals though advertised to fly "just like your fieldpoints" most of the time DON'T!!! The process of trying to tune them you may end with a non-functioning head because of their design, they are NOT very durable. With a good FIXED BH (Slick Trick, Montecs, Thunderhead, etc) they ARE durable, and you can punch them into the foam a few times without any major functional damage, re-sharpen them, and be ready to go.

I'd offer up 2 ideas that my make this season and many afterwards better....

1. Consider a heavier arrow for better momentum/penetration.
2. Broadhead tune the bow with a fixed BH, and make yourself even more confident in your set-up.


Now, most importantly, HAVE fun!!!

 

I had thought about a 2 blade coc head actually. Just to know it would be a done deal. Maybe even the Carbon Express F-15. I may still give this a try. There are a lot of them out there and I will just have to look into it more and decide which one to try. Any advice on a two blade as far as tuning and head alignment on an arrow?