Week before last, a thread popped up, asking about these heads.
Shortly after, someone that works at the company (possibly the owner) got on here and posted a few comments. He also said he was needing to test them on hogs, and left his email. I emailed him and told him that I'd be on a hog hunt in a few days and would gladly test them, and give a review.
So, here we are, 100 grain FITH on the end of my arrow. There were multiple pigs, in range, but I picked a small sow, maybe 60 pounds, to shoot first. He'd sent me 3 broadheads and I figured if it worked well on the small pig, I'd work my way up to a bigger pig.
My bow is an Elite Hunter, 28" draw, 55 pounds.
Arrows are Easton FMJ, 400 grains, total weight.
I've shot several animals with this bow, and haven't had any issues with penetration. My normal broadheads of choice are Rage 2 blade, Slick Trick, or Shuttle T-loc. I've killed animals with all three of those, out of this bow.
The shot was broadside, at exactly 20 yards.
I aimed just behind the front leg, a little lower than midway up the body.
The arrow hit exactly where I was aiming.
Then, the unexpected happened.
THE ARROW BOUNCED OFF THE PIG!
I can only assume that it penetrated, to the ring, and then stopped.
The pig trotted off, wondering what just happened ... not even a limp!
There were other people there, that saw the shot.
This is what was left of the broadhead.
We had downed another hog, earlier in the day. It was nearby so we went to retrieve it. As we drug it out, I decided that I wanted to shoot it, with the second FITH, that I had in my quiver. We propped it up, and I shot it, right where I would have shot it if it was alive. It wasn't a fluke, the arrow just stopped. ZERO penetration!
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if it's my bow, so I pulled out an arrow that had a Slick Trick on it. I shot it at the same spot, and it zipped through the pig like she wasn't there. The tan/camo arrow is the arrow with the FITH broadhead, exactly as it lay, after the shot.
The FITH website shows some big holes, in some deer. I had exactly the opposite result. The broadhead did not perform, as the manufacturer describes; at least not on pigs. The two pigs I shot, were both sows, so neither had a shield. The first was about 60 pounds, the second was probably 100 pounds. The FITH broadhead did not penetrate either pig.
I would not recommend the Fire-In-The-Hole broadhead for pig hunting.
Shortly after, someone that works at the company (possibly the owner) got on here and posted a few comments. He also said he was needing to test them on hogs, and left his email. I emailed him and told him that I'd be on a hog hunt in a few days and would gladly test them, and give a review.
So, here we are, 100 grain FITH on the end of my arrow. There were multiple pigs, in range, but I picked a small sow, maybe 60 pounds, to shoot first. He'd sent me 3 broadheads and I figured if it worked well on the small pig, I'd work my way up to a bigger pig.
My bow is an Elite Hunter, 28" draw, 55 pounds.
Arrows are Easton FMJ, 400 grains, total weight.
I've shot several animals with this bow, and haven't had any issues with penetration. My normal broadheads of choice are Rage 2 blade, Slick Trick, or Shuttle T-loc. I've killed animals with all three of those, out of this bow.
The shot was broadside, at exactly 20 yards.
I aimed just behind the front leg, a little lower than midway up the body.
The arrow hit exactly where I was aiming.
Then, the unexpected happened.
THE ARROW BOUNCED OFF THE PIG!
I can only assume that it penetrated, to the ring, and then stopped.
The pig trotted off, wondering what just happened ... not even a limp!
There were other people there, that saw the shot.
This is what was left of the broadhead.
We had downed another hog, earlier in the day. It was nearby so we went to retrieve it. As we drug it out, I decided that I wanted to shoot it, with the second FITH, that I had in my quiver. We propped it up, and I shot it, right where I would have shot it if it was alive. It wasn't a fluke, the arrow just stopped. ZERO penetration!
At this point, I'm starting to wonder if it's my bow, so I pulled out an arrow that had a Slick Trick on it. I shot it at the same spot, and it zipped through the pig like she wasn't there. The tan/camo arrow is the arrow with the FITH broadhead, exactly as it lay, after the shot.
The FITH website shows some big holes, in some deer. I had exactly the opposite result. The broadhead did not perform, as the manufacturer describes; at least not on pigs. The two pigs I shot, were both sows, so neither had a shield. The first was about 60 pounds, the second was probably 100 pounds. The FITH broadhead did not penetrate either pig.
I would not recommend the Fire-In-The-Hole broadhead for pig hunting.
Rooster that is....
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