Total weight of your whitetail arrow?

[Knawbone]

Friend, Sir you crack me up, you sure have an interesting way with words. Now back to the subject matter. I have arrows for two different set ups. one arrow weighs 477 the other 512   Both wood shafts  

[TomBow]

Current set of woods are 620+/-gr. total, 70-74 spine Sitka Spruce (Hildebrand) shafts, Snap on nocks, 5.25" vinyl wraps, 4 5" fletch, tapered shafts with 225gr Tuffheads.  53@28 62" Whip longbow draw 28.25".

[lpcjon2]

Douglas Fir shafts(80-85#) full length 3@ 4.5" feathers and a 160 grn Hill head = 710-715 total weight.

[Archie]

I have never harvested a whitetail with a trad bow, but my setup is a 48# @ 31" longbow, shooting about 710-grain arrows.  I shoot full-length 2117 aluminums, with 125-grain glue-on Wensel Woodsmans and a 75-grain adaptor.  They fly like darts, and I suspect they will do the job if I can get them there.

[katman]

low to mid 50's bows at about 10gpp

[duncan idaho]

2219's, 29.5 in in length with a 175 grain WW broadhead. 630 to 640 grains from a 63 to 70 # recurves.

[Terry Green]

580 out of 65-70# bows....175 Grain 4 blade Zs

But I've learned years ago the old adage isn't always true...

Heavy is NOT always better....so, when in TX I go lighter...

[Brock]

doug fir with 190gr Ribteks on front, 31 inch long arrow.  650gr

ash arrow with 200gr Grizzly on front, 31 inches.  720gr

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

565 with 23 % EFOC. I use the same arrow for elk, moose , deer, bear, turkeys and three D

[ron w]

46-49# bows, carbon, wood, or Alum. 575-650 gr arrow 31" long with a 2 blade up front!

[Zradix]

Last year...
45#@28" 62" whip HS 450 grain total with VPA 175 3 blade.
Shot a decent size doe at 17yds. Penetrated to about 3" in front of feathers. Arrow entered high and back...just getting some liver. Caught a couple/few ribs in and out. Broke one, sliced/nicked 2.

This year..
Same bow, same draw, shooting a 300 grain VPA 3 blade on same shaft. Comes out to 575 grains total.

[nineworlds9]

Full length MFX500 with triple 5" parabolics, 125g 3 blade Snuffer shot out of a LS Slammer takedown @ 53ish pounds

[T Lail]

540 grains out of 52 pound recurve

[Terry Lightle]

700 grain tapered Surewood.

[black velvet]

My bows are in the 52 to 56# range at my 26 inch draw and I shoot arrows from 480 to 520grs out of all of them.

[Overspined]

500 to 600gr

[Friend]

Have authenticated notable success from a 51@28 bow utilizing the following arrow design:

Victory VForce HV 350
100 grain insert
300 gn Big Jim 'Big 3"
Total Wt - ~610 gns

Fervently conceive that this particular set-up exceeds far beyond what may be considered lethal for whitetails.

530gr arrow out of a 50# at my DL longbow and recurve. I shoot 150gr German Kinetic SilverFlame XL broadheads.

Bisch

[LittleBen]

475-600gr

[hardtimes]

650gr doug fir out of my 58# BW longbow
550gr 2117s out of the same BW
570gr 2018s out of of my 51# Spirit and BW longbows