54 is enough for Africa but if you are hunting from a blind shotting range will be close and you could use more arrow weight, is not a requeriment but it colud help with eland, they are crazy big animals

Anyway, i am not a big fan if ue draw weight as the only referrence as the moder bows can be very effective with less weight. I use a bow of 48 pounds and i have had pass troughs in many african animals and use ot for a big eland bull.

Not first hand experience using a trad bow with giraffe. i used another style of bow, but i would try to use around 75 pounds and 850-900 grains, a nice two blade broadheas vbery well sharpened. Also, is not the same an old and big bull vs a young one

hope this helps

Anything with Gene and Barry will be top notch. Met them in Jackson Ms back before season. Hopefully they are having a great fall/winter hunting and traveling.

The carbon will be more durable but the aluminums should be great weight wise. You'll just have to replace them more often when they bend.

I usually stay away from the 18 and 19 sized aluminums. They just seem to bend to easy for my liking. I have some 600 carbons that shoot great and also some 500 full length with more weight on the tip.

I'm really not sure why, but going back to split finger helped me a lot. I'm anchoring just in front of my ear. Maybe because so much of the arrow isn't in my sight picture?  Not sure. Also another thing that helped me a ton is to let down a good bit when you're still fighting it. Pick your spot , get to full draw and hold, then let down. It will teach your brain you don't have to shoot every arrow. I'm also in MS if you wanna get together and shoot some.

And so it continues...just bought more Al weights to make my inserts longer.  I shot 4 arrows with an insert "node" in front of the rest, and 1 at or past.  The long Al insert/arrow consistently hit closer to center bull...no bull.

Do the wood dowels go all the way through the riser?

Bue, I've spliced hickory backing strips a few times. I've used both a butt splice and a beveled splice and I usually did an overlay to cover the splice. That overlay can be thinned and incorporated in the handle design.

Hi Gang,

I'm trying to select the correct weight of cedar shafts for my new setup. I am shooting a Browning Wasp 42#@28. My draw length is 27-27.5. I'd like to use a 30-inch shaft if possible, with a 190-200 grain head. I looked at multiple spine selection charts. The general consensus based on the charts was 60-65 spine. However, when I called and spoke with a rep from Three Rivers, his recommendation was 50-55. He also advised that their company spine chart was on the heavier side. I am torn on this. Any advice or recommendations to break the stalemate would be appreciated.

Best,

Ed

Quote from: Possum Head on December 29, 2025, 09:21:34 PMAppears to be in good shape. Loved rabbit hunting with those at a teen!

Planning to chase some squirrels with it in the new year. It doesn't look like it's seen much use in the past but is very nice to shoot.