Light poundage, heavy arrows?

[rdoggsilva]

45# bow, 2117 arrow at 589 grs.

[heydeerman]

51@28 recurve shooting 518 grain arrows. Had 2 complete pass thru's with this set up last year.

[Pinecone]

500 grains for me too.

[3Under]

Shooting a 50 lb. @26" Northern Mist Shelton; 586 grain arrow or 11.7gr./lb.
Very good arrow flight!(quiet too!)

[Art B]

When you get down to 40# for hunting you need to re-think everything. Or at least I do. Not only the weight of the arrow, but type of arrow. Best bow design for that weight, and in my case, a very short draw. Look at string type, arrow finish and just as important, broadhead design. I think this is where a single bevel blade is warrented.....Art

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Art B:
When you get down to 40# for hunting you need to re-think everything. Or at least I do. Not only the weight of the arrow, but type of arrow. Best bow design for that weight, and in my case, a very short draw. Look at string type, arrow finish and just as important, broadhead design. I think this is where a single bevel blade is warrented.....Art

and the kinda critters hunted are a big part of that re-thinking, too.

[Art B]

You're correct about those critters Rob. Anything bigger than deer then I would have to drag out my 45#ers and cane arrows  

[Zradix]

I hold 47#@28" string to belly side of grip.
Using a 591 total grain arrow. ( including 200grn Grizz)
12.57grns/lb
17.65 FOC with tapered spruce arrows.


Getting 165ft/s out of my Savannah.

I'm thinking I'll be fine.
Never have put one to the test on deer yet....    :rolleyes:

[JimB]

Zradix,that is good speed for that weight arrow.I promise you will be more than fine for deer with that setup.

[Zradix]

hope so...

[30coupe]

Here is what I use with my Kanati.

POC Shafts Zwickey Delta 2 Blade

FOC   
ARROW length   28.75
shaft+feathers+nock wt      426
point weight      130
total arrow weight      556
balance length      18.25
FOC %   13.48
         
GPP         
draw wt 46   
arrow wt 556   
GPP 12.09

Beman ICS Bowhunter 500 Zwickey Delta 2 Blade

FOC   

ARROW length   29.5
shaft+feathers+nock wt      259
separate insert weight?      30
adapter weight?      100
point weight      130
total arrow weight      519
balance length      21.25
FOC %   22.03
         
GPP      
draw wt   46   
arrow wt 519   
GPP 11.28

[Shawn Leonard]

I have killed deer with 8gpp. and I would not go much over 9gpp. I like a flat shooting arrow and I can tell you the difference in penetration between say 9gpp. at 195fps. and 10gpp. at 180 is not noticeable. I just do not like the arc of a heavy arrow that does not need to be that heavy to kill stuff. Shawn

[Stinger]

All of my bows are 44-45# at my 27" draw.  Now all of them shoot a little different, so the arrow I use for a particular bow is what flies best from that bow.  My hunting arrows weigh between 485 - 545gr.  I have had them up to 595, but couldn't get them to fly well.  My woodies at 535 fly well out of all of my bows - they just seem to be very forgiving.  My go to bow this season is a Leon Stewart Slammer that is 44# at my 27" and I am shooting CE 150 w/50gr brass inserts and a 125gr broadhead for a total weight of 542gr.