“The goal of every bowhunter should be to achieve the most penetration possible on an animal, with the intent of a full passthrough.”
Dr. Ed Ashby | Founder
Dr. Ed Ashby and an Asiatic Buffalo taken with a prototype Ashby broadhead
The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation was founded in 2017 to continue the work of Dr. Ed Ashby that has benefited bowhunters worldwide for decades. The Foundation’s goal is to provide information to achieve the highest possible success rate and reduce the wound/non-recovery rate of big game to the lowest level possible. Through a program of continuing research, the Foundation seeks to find the most lethal arrow setups, taking into account all possible hits under real hunting conditions, controlled testing and using freshly culled animals. The results of this testing will be made available to the global bowhunting community free of cost, utilizing multi-media outlets for information and test results.
The Foundation has over fifty years of research and data utilizing penetration enhanced arrow systems in real hunting situations strongly validating the findings. The data has accounted for clean kills on multitudes of Whitetail Deer, Mule Deer, Elk, Wild Hogs, Nilgai, over two thousand Cape and Asiatic Buffalo, over one hundred Elephant, multiple Hippo, and countless other large game across North America, Africa, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, making the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation the leading global authority on arrow and broadhead lethality. The Foundation officers’ and directors’ combined bowhunting experience is extensive, exceeding 200 years and spanning six continents. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that relies on the support of individual bowhunters to continue research and education efforts. The Foundation accepts no funding, direct or otherwise, from the archery industry, thus keeping the Foundation’s testing truly independent of industry influence.
NOTICE: The Ashby Bowhunting Foundation does not manufacture, produce, or sell any archery equipment. While manufacturers have named their heads after Dr. Ashby and they may have contacted Dr. Ashby for input in the initial design, neither Dr. Ashby nor the Ashby Bowhunting Foundation receives any compensation from the sale of those heads.
You should always use the heaviest arrow possible that has a trajectory that you still find acceptable.”
Dr. Ed Ashby | Founder
