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Anybody use over a 650gr. arrow for whitetails???????
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I used 750-780 grain ash shafts on antleope about the size of a whitetail maybe a little smaller with pass tru affect, and have used 680-750 grain on mule deer slightly larger than whitetail with pass tru as well. I hunt with primitive bow and keep my shots close, 25yds or less.
Posts: 560 | From: Cheyenne, Wyoming | Registered: Oct 2005
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I shoot just under that 625 to 650 on hogs, get good results.
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I'm using 709gr and 713 gr out of bows 50-55# at my draw length and 568 gr out of a couple 45# bows.
I shot an antelope buck last fall.The arrow shattered the heavy part of the humerus,just above the elbow,passed through the heart and out through the opposite shoulder,out of a 53# bow.That wouldn't have happened with some of the lighter arrow setups I used to use.
Posts: 2995 | From: Montana | Registered: Aug 2008
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Not quite 650g,,610 is what I shoot from My 50lb recurve for all big game. I don't sert out to shoot a heavy arrow as such,it's just what they tune best at and I'm happy with the results.
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I shoot 634gr woodies. Just shy of 650, but so close I can taste it.
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I've never hunted with a bow, or for an animal, that required a 650-grain arrow (bowfishing excluded).
Posts: 3746 | From: Northeast Illinois | Registered: Mar 2003
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Whump Sez; yep--going back to that next season. I shot 520gn total arrow weight with carbons this season out of a 54lb R&D long bow. Even though I took 3 deer I was not impressed with the penetration. The first deer shot quartering away got a complete pass thru going in the rib cage and out behind the shoulder on the off side [18yd shot]The 6pt buck was a quartering 2 shot that hit shoulder muscle and I only got one lung and about 12" of penetration [10yd shot] The last doe was 10ft from the base of the tree going thru back muscle taking out one lung and the heart. I found all 3 but when I shot heavy shafting I got complete pass thrus out the bottom on the same kind of shots I took this year with the lighter arrows . My FOC on the carbons was about 20% with 210gn up front but the penetration quickly lost momentum going thru muscle resulting in a top hole only. I am staying with the carbon but added weight tubes to get my arrow eight up to 660gn. I believe that the proof is in the shot on live animals so I have made changes and will re-tune for next season. Hunt safe Posts: 151 | From: Pinson Alabama | Registered: Mar 2008
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