Hoyt Katera 80# limbs (but they have softened up a bit, now 77#'s)
Gold Tip Kinetics 387 grains
Flex Fletch low profile 4 inch vanes
Epek 3 blade 100 grain broadheads
I have a short draw length, 27 inches. With the Kinetics, the inserts that came with them are garbage, so I used the Easton HIT inserts, thinking next year I am going to install the Brass ones to gain more arrow weight.
The Shot, I thought I got really good penetration being 80 yards from the animal and the thickness of an elk hide, I think I just got lucky with the shot placement because he didn't drop an ounce of blood, I simply just heard him crash up the hill for literally 5 seconds, and then he gave out 3 last breathes of air and he was done. Walked right to him after I stood there in amazement of what really just happened. Didn't want to take that far of a shot, but his herd cows had me pegged and after long days of hunting with zero shot opportunity's you take what you can get at times.
I still love the Epek heads, I am shooting the original version ones though, from what I understand they updated the head and made the nose a little shorter. I bought like a dozen of them, and am just too cheap to not use those ones and buy the new ones
The best thing about the head is the set screw for practicing.
FYI no head fly's like a field tip. I sighted my bow in up to 120 yards with field tips, then I put on my broadheads, and low and behold I was shooting about a foot low. Took off all the field tips and only shot broadheads from then on.
Lesson learned, since the Epek heads have the set screw I am only going to shoot them from now on instead of field tips (and they worked great in my foam 3d deer target).
I also understand the new Ulmer head has the same style of set screw for practicing which I am excited to try out, but a little different from the Epek's, blades on the Ulmer head will still be exposed so they will dull up, where on the Epek's all the blades are hidden. I guess pros and cons to everything.
Hope success to all this year and next