best bow set-up for nilgai

[gbrick98]

I'm going on a nilgai hunt later this year and was wondering how i should have by bow set up. want to know about poundage, broadhead type and grain along with any other tips you can give

[cbd10pt]

70 # high efficiency cam. 500 grain arrow and exodus broadheads is what I would take

[The Insurance Guy]

I'm going on a nilgai hunt later this year and was wondering how i should have by bow set up. want to know about poundage, broadhead type and grain along with any other tips you can give

Where are you going? This is one of my next paid hunts!!!

[Cajun Blake]

70 # high efficiency cam. 500 grain arrow and exodus broadheads is what I would take

pretty much the same recs however I'd shoot the GK Silver Flame bh's

[gbrick98]

Where are you going? This is one of my next paid hunts!!!

I was drawn for a hunt at laguna atascosa

[The Insurance Guy]

I was drawn for a hunt at laguna atascosa

a buddy of mine was also!! Good luck

[diamond10x]

I was drawn for a hunt at laguna atascosa

Please put a post up how it goes I put in for the rifle Laguna madre. Figured 3 days trying to get a blue bull with a bow would be too hard. They taste way too good to come home empty handed!

As far as advice goes on set up, never tried or known anyone to do it with a bow but it can definitely happen! I would suggest a set up just like if you were gonna bow hunt in Africa. 70# with a heavier arrow and a fixed blade in my opinion would be a must.

[MMMLB]

70 # high efficiency cam. 500 grain arrow and exodus broadheads is what I would take

I would use that minus that broadhead. I would go with a good tougher 2 blade head myself.

[In-Yo-Grill]

I hunted them with my bow set at 72#'s and a 125g Magnus Stinger broad-head.

[O. Virginianus]

Got a bull on the King Ranch Norias div. about 20 years ago. It was a young bull and I did get a pass thru.

Bow was a Hoyt Rebel XT modified from wheels to Master Cams. 82#'s at 31" draw and a31.25" 2317 and a TH 125.

Bow hunting nilgai is a blast...

[gemini2759]

Shot placement more important. Quartering away better as vitals are mostly behind shoulder blades.

[enewman]

I've hunted several times. No luck. From what I've been told. The bulls do not bleed well. So they get no recovery. This means you need a good shot placement. Some people say there tuff some don't.

I would build a arrow for tuff. Now I'm going to talk about how to do this.

You need an arrow in the 500 gn range. Not below it close but 500 to 550. You need this arrow with efoc. This means above 20%. This may or may not be easy to do depending on your arrow length and draw weight.

Now for broadhead. This is going to hurt some feelings. Do not use Magnus. There ok heads. But if you hit bone they bend and break. And that warranty don't mean crap when you watch that animal run off. Don't use any heads with thin blades. Again this hurts feelings. The exidos or muzzy or any of them. You need a thick blade. Look at a blade in the .072 or more. Two blade with bleeders work good. Also a good single bevel head. Lots out there.

Make sure what head you use is sharp. You need the hide to pop when it. Bigger hole.

bow tune. You want this set up flying. That means you need to be able to shoot a bullet hole through paper at 20 yards with a bare shaft. 8 out of 10 times. You do not want penetration to be lacking do to arrow flight being bad.

People are going to tell you you do not need this. It can be killed with a 400 gn arrow with any head. Yes it can. But we are not building an arrow if everything is perfect. We are building an arrow for that bad shot.

Remember your not hunting a whitetail. Your hunting a big animal. Build for that. If you want to test your set up. Go find you a place to hunt big boars. 200 plus. If you can get that arrow through the shields and both shoulders. Then you have a good set up.

[gbrick98]

I've hunted several times. No luck. From what I've been told. The bulls do not bleed well. So they get no recovery. This means you need a good shot placement. Some people say there tuff some don't.

I would build a arrow for tuff. Now I'm going to talk about how to do this.

You need an arrow in the 500 gn range. Not below it close but 500 to 550. You need this arrow with efoc. This means above 20%. This may or may not be easy to do depending on your arrow length and draw weight.

Now for broadhead. This is going to hurt some feelings. Do not use Magnus. There ok heads. But if you hit bone they bend and break. And that warranty don't mean crap when you watch that animal run off. Don't use any heads with thin blades. Again this hurts feelings. The exidos or muzzy or any of them. You need a thick blade. Look at a blade in the .072 or more. Two blade with bleeders work good. Also a good single bevel head. Lots out there.

Make sure what head you use is sharp. You need the hide to pop when it. Bigger hole.

bow tune. You want this set up flying. That means you need to be able to shoot a bullet hole through paper at 20 yards with a bare shaft. 8 out of 10 times. You do not want penetration to be lacking do to arrow flight being bad.

People are going to tell you you do not need this. It can be killed with a 400 gn arrow with any head. Yes it can. But we are not building an arrow if everything is perfect. We are building an arrow for that bad shot.

Remember your not hunting a whitetail. Your hunting a big animal. Build for that. If you want to test your set up. Go find you a place to hunt big boars. 200 plus. If you can get that arrow through the shields and both shoulders. Then you have a good set up.

thanks for the help

[mjbtexas]

be good out to 100yds

(jk just know they are tough!!)

[meltingfeather]

I've hunted several times. No luck. From what I've been told. The bulls do not bleed well. So they get no recovery. This means you need a good shot placement. Some people say there tuff some don't.

I would build a arrow for tuff. Now I'm going to talk about how to do this.

You need an arrow in the 500 gn range. Not below it close but 500 to 550. You need this arrow with efoc. This means above 20%. This may or may not be easy to do depending on your arrow length and draw weight.

Now for broadhead. This is going to hurt some feelings. Do not use Magnus. There ok heads. But if you hit bone they bend and break. And that warranty don't mean crap when you watch that animal run off. Don't use any heads with thin blades. Again this hurts feelings. The exidos or muzzy or any of them. You need a thick blade. Look at a blade in the .072 or more. Two blade with bleeders work good. Also a good single bevel head. Lots out there.

Make sure what head you use is sharp. You need the hide to pop when it. Bigger hole.

bow tune. You want this set up flying. That means you need to be able to shoot a bullet hole through paper at 20 yards with a bare shaft. 8 out of 10 times. You do not want penetration to be lacking do to arrow flight being bad.

People are going to tell you you do not need this. It can be killed with a 400 gn arrow with any head. Yes it can. But we are not building an arrow if everything is perfect. We are building an arrow for that bad shot.

Remember your not hunting a whitetail. Your hunting a big animal. Build for that. If you want to test your set up. Go find you a place to hunt big boars. 200 plus. If you can get that arrow through the shields and both shoulders. Then you have a good set up.

great perspective