I have a bow again

[txcookie]

I have horrible shoulders and gave up my kodiak mag at 55 pound as I thought I was done. Just for fun one day I picked up a 45 pound sage. No pain! I bought it the next day and have shot the heck out of it. After 7 yrs I'm rusty but getting better every shot. Found my form again today and am figuring this thing out. I have never taken a deer with a trad bow but had as much fun failing as succeeding  with my compounds. 45 is sooooo much more comfy than 55 was and I can shoot it all day without falling apart. I need advice. What arrow , how do I quit this 30.06 sounding bow. What broadhead at 45 pounds? Help me go trad. My goal is to cleanly take a whitetail this yr. I'm currently using 2114s and am thinking nugent heads or snuffers. I thank you for the advice. If this works out I'll be bugging yall about my next bow

Awesome!
I had to drop 10# due to a shoulder problem over a year ago and now can comfortable shoot 40#.

Your 45# will let the air out of a Whitetail with no problems.

I'm sure there are many here that can help tune your rig...

Good shooting!

Tony

[Shadowhnter]

What is your actual draw length with the Sage?

[txcookie]

I have no idea. With a compound it's 29

[Shadowhnter]

Your actual draw length will be the first thing you need to know, before anything else can rightfully be decided on. It will be considerably less then as with a compound. Then, we can help get you close on arrow spines and such. Start thinking about what weight head you will shoot, and arrow material type.

[Pine]

2X what Shadowhunter said .

[Petrichor]

Nice.  I'm a young buck with no shoulder issues and I just went down 55 to 45. Aka 41 at my draw and I am loving it. Hard to want to go back.

[A.S.]

A good quality bowstring will help quieten your bow. Especially if you are still using the stock string that came with it.

[elkhunter45]

Originally posted by txcookie:
I have no idea. With a compound it's 29

A semi-educated guess would have you drawing 42# @ 27". Based upon that assumption I would suggest something along the lines of a 29" 500 spine Gold Tip Traditional shaft with 250 grains up front as a starting point. If that set up worked good you can by glue on adapters in weights up to 125 grains. For instance a 125 grain Zwickey and 125 grain adapter equates to 250 grain broadhead. That would give you a good 500 grain hunting shaft that would be devastating on any deer.