Newbie needs advice!

[Sixgun]

Hi all. My name's Ray and I'm new here. I come from the compound world, but have grown tired of the "ease" of modern archery. It just wasn't fun anymore, kinda like it was just "too easy".

I had the opportunity to shoot one of Jim Reynolds Thunderstick II longbows. That put the fun back into archery for me. I now own a 50# at 28" Thunderstick III.

I really need some advice on where to start for wood shafts. My draw length is 26". The more I read of Dr. Ashbys reports, the more I want to end up with a finished arrow weight of 600 plus grains. My hunting will consist of whitetails and ,hopefully, a black bear next year.  

I'm looking to shoot a 300 grain broadhead / fieldpoint. Shafts will be cut to 28". I'm looking at Surewood shafts. Does anyone shoot roughly the same setup? I have no problems with getting a test set of various spine weights, I just need a starting point.

Thank you for any and all input.

Ray

[toddster]

Sixgun, welcome to a new journey.  I have shot port cedar for years and just last year used surewood shafts and love them.  I would suggest to get a set of test shafts and make them up, you will likely be around the 50-55# shafts for your draw length.  Hope this helps and good shooting.

[stevewills]

if you go with 10 to 12 grains per pound youll end up with a arrow around500 to 560..if you want to do wood you need to contact magnus he is a site sponsor and a hell of a guy....

[longbowben]

Watch going to heavy try to stay in the 450gr range.Your bow is only going to be around 45lbs.

[njloco]

The old timers got it done with 400-450 gr. arrows, read some of the older books on hunting and archery, what longbowben says above is true and that is all you need.

Good luck.

[Sixgun]

Thanks all!

I'll be ordering some test shafts from Surewood here soon!

Looks like it will be a fun ride! I love learning new things!

Ray

[legends1]

Welcome