Deer Setup for 2022/2023 Season

[Dave Lay]

  I’m sure I’ll be hunting with my 60” 54@28 widow SAV recurve , Easton 2018’s and 200 grain VPA 3 blades , only change might be 200 grain Magness 2 blades
     If I can take a few deer early ,then after rut , I may switch to my 64” PLX longbow shooting the same arrows and heads ..

[stik&string]

For me it’s the same as the last few: 83# @ 28” Northern Mist American. Heavy hickory shafts with some type (only have 2 Zwickys left) of 4 blades up front.

[Deast1988]

64” JavaMan express double carbon 53@27in

58” Centaur SuperCurve 53@25in

Fullength GT velocity 340s, 125gr ethics inserts, 150gr sharp shooters, 4 fletch with rayzors. Same arrow both bows.

[joe ashton]

Fun thread!
This season I'll be hunting mule deer, elk, whitetail and bears with:
Northern mist baraga... 53#
Gold tip shafts...
And grizzly and woodsman broadheads.

[joe ashton]

Fun thread!
This season I'll be hunting mule deer, elk, whitetail and bears with:
Northern mist baraga... 53#
Gold tip shafts...
And grizzly and woodsman broadheads.

[Bowwild]

I'm waiting on a new Widow PAX Carbon at 44# and 58".  It should arrive any day now.

I'll hunt with it or a Black Wolf with Uukha limbs Altai limbs.

My broadheads will be either the Iron Wills I bought for moose, Strickland Helix, or another 3-blade that I can't remember the name of.

I'll be using Easton arrows.

[GCook]

It will be one of my Primal Tech bows.  I'm sure the three piece longbow and the two piece longbow will be my primary killers.  The arrows will be either Beaman Centershot shafts or BE Vintage shafts in the 9.5 to 10.5gpp range.  Broadheads will vary but mostly the Carbon Express Piledriver 150s for deer with some other heads thrown in for pigs.
Those will be the set ups I take to Africa for plains game as well. 
Beaman Centershot 340s 30.75" long are the majority of what I hunt with.

Arrow Total Weight (grains)497.5
Arrow Specific Weight (GPP)9.7
Front of Center (FOC) %15.9
Arrow Speed (ft/sec)188.9
Arrow Energy (ft-lbs)39.4

[Terry Lightle]

51#Wild Horse Creek Destiny with 2 blade Deltas

[string bean]

60" Omega Royal Huntsman 53lbs@28".  Easton Bowhunter 6.5 w/150gr inserts and tipped with 100gr Magnus Stingers.

[JDunlap]

I will be shooting my JC Optimus and Uukha limbs 62” and approximately 52lbs at my draw. I am hoping to be shooting Douglass firs with Ace Standard 125 grains for a total weight of about 565 to 575 grains. I will also be shooting 2117 or 2216 Eastons with 150 to 175gn Ace Standards. I just put in for secondary draw for elk in Colorado…I think my set up will work there also.

[David McLendon]

Will likely be a Black Widow Diamond Anniversary Crown Jewel 58"@28" drawing 29.5. It's set up with carbon, but I have lately been thinking about some footed wood arrows for that bow. I also have a '63 Howatt Hi-Speed that I need to hunt with, I bought it because of the killer Brazilian Rosewood but it is a heck of a shooter.

[A Lex]

My hunting set-up will be pretty much the same as many years past, 75lb Blackwidow PLX longbow and wooden shafts. If it's cold, I might take my 65lb'er.

Only thing really any different will be my broadhead choice. For a long time I have run Grizzly Kodiaks with absolutely superb results, but unfortunately they seem to be getting much harder to find, not to mention expensive (for me) when I can locate some too. So this year I'm giving 200 grain Ace Super Express a go. Don't see any reason to doubt that choice one little bit 

Good luck to you all

Best
Lex

[JamesD]

I have a 64" Primal Tech longbow with a set of limbs that is 44# @ 30" and another set of limbs that is 49# at 30". My guess is that I will use the lower poundage limbs, but my mood can change quickly to which one that I want to shoot. I will be shooting the two setups below.

44# limbs
730 - 760 grain (total weight including broadheads) wood arrows. Some with 200 grain grizzly single bevels up front, some with 190 grain meathead single bevels up front.

49# limbs 815 - 855 grain wood arrows (Also the total weight including broadheads) wood arrows. Same as above, some arrows will have 200 grain, single bevel grizzly broadheads, others will have 190 grain meathead, single bevels up front.

[Michael Guran]

I’ll be starting the season off with the two newest to me bows I got recently.  A Kim Sha MattawomanII and a St Patrick Lakes Northern Styk, and both are around 50lbs at my draw length.  Woodies tipped with 3 blade VPAs and W Woodsmens on the business end…

[NinjaVanish]

Toelke 58" Whilstler 55#@29"
Black Eagle Vintage 400
Simmons 160 landshark; stock insert with 2" xx75 footers; about 580 TAW
I've been pretty consistent shooting the VPA 3 blades, both the 1-1/8" and the 1'1/4" with great results, but I gotta see what a Simmons will do.
May even try out the 2117s with a big ole Treeshark on it. Flies a little slower than the aforementioned setup since its around 690 grains.

IF my St. Patrick Lakes Pacific Styk shows up in time, I'll be using it with some VPAs glued on to some woodies.

[Doug S]

   Homemade ugly 3 pc handle forward being pulled out of retirement,  66" 57# with some killing history.
Bemen mfx 400 arrows with homemade 2 blade broadheads for Elk
And woodies tipped with Obsidian and Flint heads I knapped this year for Deer.

[Gun]

Bear "B" mag as per usual. Hoping to be lefty @ 47-50# by September. (Rehab going very well). Or 40# w my teeth otherwise.

[varmint101]

Black Widow PLX 62” 45@28(draw 29.5ish) Traditional Only barebow arras and Zwickey No Mercy heads.

[Bowguy67]

Tell ya, last few weeks I’ve been shooting a 60lb Bighorn one piece more than all the rest. Idk why, haven’t hunted it in I can’t remember. It’s typically my bowfishing rig. Maybe I’ll shoot a deer with it

[9 Shocks]

I’ll be running 3 set ups.

#1 58” Primal Tech longbow 51@28 drawn to 26.5” absolutely ripping a black eagle x impact .500 at 29” with the focos insert system with a 200 grain vpa 3 blade - 300 total up front.  Wearing a Ten ring string.

#2 60” Bear A-Mag riser with 47@28 #2 limbs drawn to 27” - firing a Gold tip trad .600 29”with a 50gr insert and uni bushing insert with a g nock, 150 grain magnus killer bee and a ten ring string

#3 56” Bob lee abyss 46@27 drawn to 27” shooting a 28.75” - Gold tip trad .500 with a 50 gr insert  and uni bushing adapter with a g nock tipped with a 175 grain vpa 3 blade wearing a lazer hp string

My goal is to shoot a deer with each of these.