What Head for Moose?

[Greg Krause]

What would your ideal head be for moose with a 40-50yd max shot and a 90# compound?

[BT]

Silverflame IMO

The reason why is because Moose cant take a hit unless they are in the rut.
Secondly , that bone mass demands a superior head

[Greg Krause]

I hear ya BT but what about blood? Moose live in some very thick and wet areas. I might look for a 3 blade head to dump as much blood as possible

[shaman]

skipmaster1 said:

I hear ya BT but what about blood? Moose live in some very thick and wet areas. I might look for a 3 blade head to dump as much blood as possible

I've been asking the same question over on AT and everyone says the SFlame 2Blades do as good a job as anything leaving a bloodtrail on big game.

[BT]

Remember the blood that came out of that buck I shot at your place Skipmaster ?
It was pretty darn impressive for any broadhead.

The fact that the finish on this head is so perfect lends itself to bleeding due to the fact that it cuts all vessels as opposed to cutting a percentage as is the case with most factory heads.

Personally I would not be concerned as much with trailing as I would with penetration.
A moose on the run will leave a trail that resembles a run away pick up truck through the underbrush ;D

[carcus]

The new steelforce phat heads are nice, razorcaps, stingers anything cut on contact, my buddy has shot 4 or 5 bulls with muzzy 3 blade 100gr, he shoots 70lbs and blows through the chest no problem.

[BT]

You like those Phat heads?
So give us some first impression insights Carcus

[stilllearning]

Along the same question. I am waiting to hear if I got my moose license up here but I don't think the old Whitetail II at 50lbs pull would be enough for Moose. Am I right in my thinking? I can not pull much more than that either. Rifle may be the answer for me.

[akdd]

I would not use anything but a quaity cut on contact head. The first shot on mine last year was with a 125gr Slicktrick and it did not break the skin on the offside. This was with no bones hit other than the ribs. The second shot was with a 100gr Stinger almost the the same shot as the first. The Stinger was a complete pass through except for the fletching. I was pulling 63 lbs. I am going to use the Stingers this year. Moose are not all that hard to put down if hit in the lungs. Over the last 30 years I have probably been in on over a 100 moose kills. All of them except for one was with a rifle but if they are hit in the lungs I have never had one go over 50 yards. I think that shot placement is the key just like on any other critter. My daughter killed one with a well placed shot using a 7x30 Waters when she was 13.

[BT]

stilllearning said:

Along the same question. I am waiting to hear if I got my moose license up here but I don't think the old Whitetail II at 50lbs pull would be enough for Moose. Am I right in my thinking? I can not pull much more than that either. Rifle may be the answer for me.

I have seen alot of big game taken with a 50# bow but that is also modern bows.
The whitetail II , although still the most sold model in the world , might not be the best although I am sure it would be sufficient with the proper head and shot placement