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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby JoeRE » Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:02 am

Crazinamatese wrote:When guys talk about problems with arrow penetration, what is the issue? Some guys seem to get way to scientific with their set up and Im over here getting pass through shots everytime with a 400 grain arrow with a cheap broadhead screwed in at the end of it, and with a 55 lb draw weight. I get my bow paper-tuned every other year, I think thats the kicker right there. I don't know. :?


You are right about tuned arrows. When I started out shooting bows as a teenager, I used 2219s with 125 grain 3 fixed blade heads...about 550 grain total arrow weight, 70 lb draw on a soft cam compound. I still wouldn't get many pass thrus even with more momentum than I shoot now! Mostly it was because I didn't tune my bow very well, and also my form wasn't great being full of buck fever and punching every shot. That's huge. Don't feel like you need to get all technical to succeed. Its not necessary - you know the fundamentals and that's plenty to kill any deer you shoot at.


Rutnstrut wrote:For those of you talking about changing/experimenting with heavier heads. Don't forget that the more weight you add on the front of the arrow it weakens the dynamic spine. So if you are already shooting borderline weak spine, you will be underspined if you add weight up front. When I buy arrows I always go with stiffer spine than the charts suggest because it's pretty tough to be to heavily spined to tune/shoot well. Plus that gives you room to play with your foc if you want.



Yea good point that is exactly what I do too. I bump my spine up 1 stiffness shooting a 150 grain head.


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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby Rutnstrut » Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:47 am

I replied and forgot to add the weight of my arrows. I love heavy arrows, but with a stubby 26.5-27" draw building an arrow as heavy as I like is tough. My heaviest were 3 years ago at 597 grains. The past 2 years I have actually went "light" at 430.
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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby briar » Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:48 am

388 grains out of a #51 lb bow. Shot 3 deer with 3 different heads this year and got 2 holes in all ...totally through 2. I used to shoot 360 grains with similar results. Eastern deer just arent big enough to need big game gear.

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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby hunter_mike » Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:35 am

Just acquired a nice lab scale for free! I am at 482 grains.
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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby BassBoysLLP » Sun Apr 09, 2017 10:54 am

hunter_mike wrote:Just acquired a nice lab scale for free! I am at 482 grains.


Just cooked up a new batch. 648 gr +/- 2-3 grains. They are flying good.
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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby ThePreBanMan » Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:21 pm

440 with a 100 gr head and 95 gr insert. Clocks in at 19% FOC... That's what I'm going with this year. Trying new setup.
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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby Billdogge! » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:46 am

456 grains
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Re: What does your hunting arrow weigh?

Unread postby moog5050 » Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:43 am

Looks like 638g for this upcoming season. They are flying great. Last year it was around 680g. Compound arrows are 520g but not sure they will be used next season at all.


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