Use Easton Axis 600's, brass inserts (you can get 50, 75 or 100 grain inserts) and then if you're going to hunt, use a high mechanical advantage (MA) point like the Grizzly, STOS or Abowyer. The key thing is to get the arrow flying perfectly. As noted above, you can leave arrow long to start, but with 600's and 100 grain insert with 150 grain head, you've got 250 up front and depending on your draw length, this may actually be too weak of spine depending on the center shot of your bow, string type ,ect.
A good friend of mine started his boys hunting with 20# Bear recurves. I had set them up with Axis Junior shafts (no longer made), left full length @ 28 inches with 225 grains up front using Grizzly 2 blade head. They killed 4 deer in 2 years, all with complete penetration. All shot from a treestand at less than 15 yards.
High performance strings, skinny carbon arrows (like the Easton Axis or Beeman MFX), extreme front of center (FOC) weighting and a super sharp 2 blade head that is long and narrow will let you kill deer all day long with your setup. Accuracy and perfect arrow flight is a key to making it work once you have the recipe.
(side note, I like the Axis over the Beeman MFX. Both are made by Easton, but the Axis allows for easier front loading and seemed to tune better for me than the MFX, which has an overall higher grains per inch weight than the Axis)
Good luck.
Topic: 35# (arrow advice?) (Read 401 times)
