Arrow Weight

[pdk25]

Originally posted by cacciatore:
Most of you gays are hunting deer not Elephant,Rhino or Buffalo. At 25 ys a500 grs. arrow is still a killer and adeguate. Otherwise what about woman ad child set ups?

Funny typo

[pacopperhead]

ive read dr ed ashby says hunt w/ an arrow that penetrates all out for the shots that turn bad.

just a thought but challenge urself to get closer to the animal.to me the thrill is having the animal under 20

but i can also understand if u see a nice buck u want it hands down i understand that.

treestand set up is everything and better woodsmanship.this is what i want to master or get good as possible w/

[pacopperhead]

is it possible to rethink ur hunting area over and get positioned for a closer shot

i'd hate t c u give that penetration potential up

a lighter arrow shot further away could maybe cause more problems down the road just food for thought

trad is usually all about heavy arrows and close range shots i thought

good luck hunting and nothing wrong expirimenting,thats the beauty of archery many different recipes to kill

[wapitimike1]

You can only get so close. It's not a question of woods manship, but some how I knew this would hit pay dirt. Ok here's the deal. I'm not a big believer in hunting smack dab in the middle of a bedding area. I'm hunting a very large thorn and russian olive thicket for these deer. The deer love it cause it borders a sancturary, and the thermals play havock on the wind. You get vacumes you get blow backs the whole ten yards. I only hunt it certain winds that are over 10knots other wise it swirls and they peg you.
  I've played the musical chair game and I've shot some nice deer, but if I shot a bit flatter I'd have increased my odds allot. In the process I could have killed plenty of deer with a Anvil. It's just those thorns are so thick. I've cleaned plenty of lanes but you all know the deal. I had a great 10 at about 10-12yds I couldn't squeeze one at. I know my equipment and I know what it takes to get the shot off.
  Now I know I'm not going with conventional traditional wisdome, but. I use the split vision shooting method and every thing out to 25 seems to be the same. The guys at the archery shop all noticed a major decrease in arrow cast though. I've never been a big one on light arrows, the last 2 years I've been increasing weight but it's cost me. I'm going to use a single bevel 1 1/4 cut 150 with insert, or a smaller 3 blade. I've been shooting a 160 Snuffer but I think that's pushing it with out all that juice behind it.
 Thanks for all the feed back, on both sides.

[wapitimike1]

Oh one last thing I failed to mention. The bow for some odd reason a Morrison seems to make less noise with the light arrow? Does anyone have a explanation as to why?

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

wapitimike1,

Like I said earlier: by your numbers our setups are very similar. If I can put it through a bull moose, you shouldn't worry about putting it through a whitetail.    

A somewhat flatter trajectory has numerous advantages. If you already have more than enough energy to shoot through your animal and still cut earthworms, you may as well spend some of it on a speed that makes you happy. Just remember, all the "horsepower" in the world isn't worth a lick if you don't put it in the right spot.

[jonsimoneau]

I do think that if you are hunting with a carbon arrow which we all know penetrates better than a wood arrow of the same weight, then it is acceptable to use a little lighter arrow.  This year I used an arrow that wieghed 430 grains and shot it out of a 55lb. bow.  Killed 4 deer and got passthroughs on all but one buck in which I hit the offside shoulder. I normally like my arrows heavier, but I used these lighter ones because I had them around, and because they fly absolutely perfect out of this bow.