new to trad

[goodolboy94]

i was wondering im new to trad bow hunting shot compound bows for ahwile but it got old my question is i shoot carbon arrows out of my long bow and recurve what is a good total arrow weight for deer and i also plan on hunting bear with my longbow what is a good rule of thumb for weight to get good penatration on both these animals

[dino]

General rule of thumb is 10 grains per pound of bow.  #55 = 550 grain arrow.  Myself personally, I shoot around a 550 to 600 grain arrow reguardless if I'm shooting a 45 or 60 pound bow. dino

[goodolboy94]

thanks and is there ant way to know exactly what your  shooting pound wise my long bow is a production bow i know there set at 28" draw length my draw length is 31" so would that make the draw weight 54 pounds rite?  if it is 45 pound bow

[Apex Predator]

In that weight bow you can expect somewhere close to 2.5 pounds per inch over 28".  The above suggestion is plenty on weight, but some like them much heavier.

[Leo L.]

Yeap what he said. Generally about 10gr per pound of bow weight. I'm shooting 53 pounds and my arrows are around 650.  But I like them heavy.

On another note, you're said you're drawing 31? Be watchful of those limbs, I know a guy that has blown apart a couple bows drawing 31 on a 28.

[John3]

I found the weight tubes.. I'll bring them Friday.

Good to see you make the total commitment...LOL

John III

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