In Search of a Better Way
Articles and Reports by Dr. Ed Ashby
Herein is the most extensive database of terminal arrow performance available. It is the result of 27 years worth of study and 40 plus years of bowhunting experience. All made available to the public free of charge.
These outcome-based studies have been funded 100% by Dr. Ed Ashby himself in an effort to keep the information unbiased and free of any profit motives. Instead, his work has been done purely to benefit bowhunters and the animals they pursue.
"Arrow Lethality"
Part 1 Arrow Lethality
Part 2 Broadheads
Part 3 Hits Into Kills
Part 4 Physics of Arrow Penetration
Part 5 Predicting Arrow Penetration on Real Animals
2004 Updates
Part 1 Lethality Update
Part 2 Lethality Update
2005-6 Updates
Part 1 Tip Design and Edge Bevels
Part 2 Arrow Shafting, Shot Placement and Shooting Angles
Part 3 Benchmark Broadheads
Part 4 Extreme FOC Arrows
Part 5 Summary of Average Penetration
Part 6 The Heavy Bone Threshold
Momentum, Kinetic Energy and Arrow Penetration
2007 Updates
Prologue 2007 Updates: Understanding FOC
Part 1 Revisiting KE & P
Part 2 Misconceptions
Part 3 Internal Footings, Extreme FOC and the 82# Longbow
Part 4 Extreme FOC: Penetration Enhancing a 54# Longbow
Part 5 Extreme FOC's Demonstrated Advantage
Part 6 Broadhead Tests
Part 7 Angle of Attack
Part 8 Penetration Enhancing Factors
Papua New Guinea's Bows and Arrows
2008 Updates
Part 1 Heavy Bone Threshold
Part 2 Comparison of EFOC Arrows with Commonly Used Arrows
Part 3 Arrow Force and the Heavy Bone Threshold
Part 4 Performance of a Penetration Enhanced, Above Threshold Ultra-EFOC Arrow
Part 5 Ultra EFOC vs. Higher Mass Lower FOC
Part 6 How Much Does Increasing FOC Affect Penetration
Articles
Can't Lose Bowhunting
A book by Jeremy Johnson
Can’t Lose is a book that started out and got its name as a result of seeing so many bowhunters shooting and not recovering the animals. It bummed me out to see people so passionate about bowhunting have to face the crushing disappointment associated with losing an animal they worked so hard to hunt. For the sake of the animal and the hunter, I am determined to help.
After years of field research, testing, interviews and case studies, I found answers and so much more. What was discovered along the way is not only how to ensure a hunter recovers the animals they shoot, but as a byproduct of putting these methods into practice, how a hunter can dramatically increase their odds success. All packaged up into a hardcover book and shipped to your door for less than a tank of gas.