Archery Arrow Tips

Arrow tips come in a variety of sizes, shapes and weights and are designed for specific tasks such as target practice, hunting or fishing. Modern carbon fiber and aluminum arrows have threaded inserts in the arrow shaft that allow quick replacement of the arrow tip, or point, in the field to match your changing needs. In addition, you can use the same arrow shaft for shooting a straw bale in the backyard and for hunting a large elk by simply swapping out tips.

Bullet and Field Target Tips

Bullet and field target points are designed to be used on paper targets mounted on a soft backing such as foam, compressed rags or straw. These points are the most commonly used for practice because their shape allows you to remove them easily from the target. In addition, they come in a variety of weights that you can match to the weight of a broadhead tip to ensure consistent accuracy when you change from target practice to hunting live quarry.

Spring-Loaded Tips

Spring-loaded tips have small wire springs extending from the tip that prevent the arrow from burrowing under grass or burying itself in a target. You can use these tips for field practice when you're attempting to replicate hunting conditions and shooting natural targets such as leaves, stumps or dirt clods at approximate distances. These tips also come in a variety of weights to match those of broadheads.

Blunt Tip

Blunt tips have a flared tip that forms a larger striking surface than that of the arrow shaft. You can use them for small game animals such as rabbits, squirrels and birds. These arrow tips kill by shock, not penetration.

Bowfishing Tip

Bowfishing tips have one or two barbs and are essentially miniature harpoons. Typically you mount them on flexible fiberglass arrow shafts and use them to hunt fish such as carp and gar. The barbs are often retractable, which allows you to remove them easily after a fish is speared.

Broadhead Tip

Broadhead tips are razor sharp, designed to inflict the most damage to large game such as deer, elk, bear and moose. A broadhead tip features two to four triangular cutting blades and are only used on live game. They will often penetrate target backings and are almost impossible to remove from a standard archery target, let alone a stump, so they are reserved for hunting only.