Douglas fir

[scot52075]

When shooting doug fir out of a lighter set up say a 46# @ 28'' longbow, do you look for lighter shafts or do you shoot a 600 grain arrow?
For me a 600 grain arrow is fine in hunting situations but past 35 the trajectory is difficult at best.  Do people who want lighter setups usually go poc or spruce routes?

[Charlie Lamb]

Some guys really like that extra weight with 45ish bows but if it were me I'd figure what weight I wanted my finished arrows to be and do the math. Doug Fir comes in different weights and especially as you drop in spine the shaft tends to be lighter in physical weight.

For deer size critters I'd prefer something between 450 and 500 grains total arrow weight. I prefer the flatter trajectory for those times you might have to "thread the needle" to get the arrow through brush, etc.

[Charlie Lamb]

Forgot to mention... when dealing with a place like Surewood they can pretty much give you what you want. Just a quick call.

[Russ Clagett]

Most all my bowhunting is ambush style, and close....20 yards and in. So I like the heavier weights....but Charlie's right, if you call Surewood they can hook you up with lighter weights...

Those Surewoods are awesome....

[meathead]

Call the guys at Surewood. Doug fir does seem to have a fairly wide weight range within individual spine ranges.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

yep Surewood is the best.

[scot52075]

I agree surewood is the best, tried dropping point weight down to 125 just isn't in the tuning cards.  Went back to the 160 setup, have them flying great.

[hitman]

I shoot Surewood Douglas fir out of my Black Widow 47#@28". Total weight with 160 grain broadhead comes to 550 grain total weight and my arrows fly amazing.

[Paul Shirek]

I shoot 55-60 lb recurves and I still like the lightest I can get. I cant get my arrows any lighter than 625 gr. I use 75-85 spine fir. I don't need really light but find nothing but lost trajectory in extra heavy arrows. Penetration is not an issue to me. I like to shoot targets at long distances for fun and the fun wears off when the arrows drop out of sight after 40 yds...

 

This is a picture of a 40 yard group shot while out roving. These are Douglas Fir arrows...