carbons for elk

[blacktailchaser]

who hunts elk with carbons...just curious what kind of spine and bow weight you are putting together...john

[Wudstix]

Same as I use for all big game, 340/350 carbons and 63-67# bows.
 

[blacktailchaser]

sounds good...the reason i ask is i have some carbons that are 340 and with a 125 gr head and they shoot good from a 50# bow but i am wondering if they are to stiff for the weight...thanks for the info...

[Wudstix]

I might go with 400 spine for that weight.
 

[Flbowhunter]

I’ve become a big fan of shooting through paper for determining tune. I would do that first before buying new arrows. Easy and cheap to set up a tuning rig and is easier for me to determine what changes I need to make.

[kadbow]

I use 500 spine out of low 50s bows with a broadhead+insert weight of 225 gr.

[Maclean]

I use 500 spine out of low 50s bows with a broadhead+insert weight of 225 gr.

How is your riser cut?  Before center,  center,  past center?

[Orion]

I used Easton Axis 400 spine shafts out of a 52# hybrid on the last elk I killed.  Don't remember how much weight i had up front, but I'm thinking around 275 grains. Total arrow weight somewhere around 550-600 grains. 

[LoneRanger]

I shot one this year with a full length Gold Tip Traditional 340 spine, 365 grains in the front, out of a 55# recurve (at my draw length of 28”). 730 grain total arrow weight.

[Clarkansas]

I killed a rag horn this year using a 51# Stalker Coyote shooting 32” 5mm Easton Axis 300 spine with 100 grain HIT insert, 25 grain ballistic collar and 125 grain broadhead. Shot elk at 14 yards. Shot through ribs on both sides. Arrow just about passed completely thru with about the back 5 inches remaining in the body cavity until the broadhead caught on a limb and pulled that part thru. Elk went 100 yards and laid down for his last time.  I have some 340 spine Axis Legacy arrows that tuned about the same. I went with the 300s for the few extra grains of weight.