Colorado Luckydog

I'm shooting Muzzy's 125 grain. I met a guy at the range last night night that said the Muzzy's would sail on me in the wind. He shoots muzzy's also but carries Grim Reapers in case it's windy.

Do any of you guys switch broadheads when it's windy? And if you do what broadhead do you switch to?

Dr Andy

The biggest problem with wind is holding your bow steady. Changing BH won't help here.

Bullet Hole Bailey

yea, i agry with andy!

brucelanthier

I practice in the wind and use 3 different types of broadheads. The wind doesn't affect either type any differently.

Arthur P

No, I don't change broadheads in windy conditions. I certainly practice with them in the wind just like I'll go out when it's damp and drizzly or cold and icy, to learn how my stuff works in various kinds of weather. I hunt in less than ideal weather so I have to practice in less than ideal weather.

Any broadhead will sail in the wind if the wind is strong enough. Muzzy is no worse at it than any other and better than many.

YooperMike

In the wind, any arrow will be affected, broadhead or not. I also practice in the wind to try and accurate representation of how my stuff will react. Also, I definintely reduce my comfortable effective range when hunting in the wind.

Roskoe

I did some testing last winter in a fairly serious cross wind. With field points, the wind pushes on the fletching more than the shaft or point - causing the arrow to enter the target at an angle. The point actually hits pretty close to the intended target, but the nock isn't following the point - might be six inches of more off to the downwind side.

With broadheads, wind tends to move the entire arrow - likely is able to push on both ends more equally. Arrow hit straighter into the target, but the whole arrow is over where the nock end of the field point arrow was. I would hope that, in any significant wind, I would be shooting straight into the wind. Would expect a small amount of increase in drop, but not much left-right dispersion.

Sliverflicker

If your broadheads are tuned to the arrow (stright and FOC), and your arrows are tuned to the bow, it takes a pretty darn good cross wind to push a well tunedfixed bladed broadhead (with cutouts)out of a kill zone at 40 yards or less!

davepjr71

I didn't think this was an issue until this past weekend. i swore up and down that my Muzzy's worked great. However, I'm switching my Muzzy's due to the wind issue and my new Allegiance. With no wind the Muzzy'swere right on. Last weekend I was shooting at 30 yds in some serious cross and swirling wind and the front of my arrow went back and forth about a foot.

I've shot this bow thru paper more than once and French tuned it soI know that the set-up is not the problem. To confirm this. Iput on one of my dad's NAP Crossfires and the arrow flew true with no gyrations.

I've read more than 1 article where the writer talks about the issues with the fixed bladebroadheads shooting over 280 fps. That's why the shorter heads were created to combat this issue.

brucelanthier

I have read that also. I should probably point out that I am shooting my broadheads at 230 FPS.