125 enough or not

[bowfanatik]

Hello guys
My friend and i have some discussion .
Wooden arrow , totally weight 510 grain , 125 on the front .53 pounds will shoot this arrow .
 He lives in the belief that it will kill a piglet(big bad ass boar), please help me get him back on the road carbon arrow and German Kinetics

Warning!: do not support him !    

[cacciatore]

Sure it will do if placed in the proper place!

[3arrows]

Worked 50yrs ago for me.

[bowfanatik]

He worries about FOC

[fedora]

I've done it. 300lbs boar in Georgia with a muzzy 125 gr head.  That is one of those replacement blade do hickeys.  All the way through at 7 yards. He went 9 yards a fell over.  He turned right at me and ran past me and fell over.

[Roger Norris]

Total arrow weight seems fine. The head weight is just part of the equation.

[David Mitchell]

Funny how the stuff that was normal decades ago and worked great now is thought to be totally inadequate.  All sorts of stuff has been killed for ages using that kind of set-up.  Certainly it will work--but only if the arrow is put in the right spot. Be sure your friend knows just where the vitals are located on a pig.  You can't shoot them as you would a deer--need to be more forward. Hope your friend gets you back to the old ways.    

[daveycrockett]

Will work fine in the right spot.  

[bowfanatik]

Originally posted by David Mitchell:
Funny how the stuff that was normal decades ago and worked great now is thought to be totally inadequate.  All sorts of stuff has been killed for ages using that kind of set-up.  Certainly it will work--but only if the arrow is put in the right spot. Be sure your friend knows just where the vitals are located on a pig.  You can't shoot them as you would a deer--need to be more forward. Hope your friend gets you back to the old ways.      

:-) his trying , but i love to much my crazy setup !
And yes , hi know very good where is right spot on pig .

Thanks , for your unselfish help    

A good tune is way more important than high FOC! If that 510gr woody with a 125gr point is tuned well, and he can put it in the right place on the pig, he will have no problems with that set-up!

Bisch

[old wi bowyer]

That wood arrow will probably work better than your carbon arrow. It has for over 50+ years.

[bowfanatik]

Originally posted by old wi bowyer:
That wood arrow will probably work better than your carbon arrow. It has for over 50+ years.

I asked for help to revert him on carbon , not revert me on wood    

[joe ashton]

125's have 36 big game animals in my freezer. Including  4 hog and 4  elk!

[LittleBen]

HAHAHAHA

Milan!!! You had to know this would happen!

Anyway, thats basically the same setup I shoot but from a lighter weight bow and it worked fine on deer this year.

500gr arrow, 125gr head, 50# bow ... thats like the classic big game hunting setup ... your friend is fine ...

As much as I do like the wood arrows, I do miss the near indestructability of the carbon.

I think my next shafts will need to be ash or hickory or something if I'm staying with wood.

[Bladepeek]

As I posted on another thread, if you do not get total pass through, your carbons will not out-live your woodies. A 200 - 300 # pig rolling on a protruding arrow will in fact make it a 2-piece arrow wood, carbon, aluminum - doesn't matter  

[Friend]

Both paths appear to leading downwind of the coveted objective.

[Todd Cook]

We call it "traditional bowhunting". Wood is pretty traditional.

[bowfanatik]

Well , i have in my bow two strips fiberglas and one strip of carbon :-) . That is allot nontraditional materials . Carbon arrow is logical solution for me .
But , before couple days i was ordered on Osage selfbow . For that bow i will use some nasty woodies
   

[alex321]

Originally posted by bowfanatik:
Well , i have in my bow two strips fiberglas and one strip of carbon :-) . That is allot nontraditional materials . Carbon arrow is logical solution for me .
But , before couple days i was ordered on Osage selfbow . For that bow i will use some nasty woodies
     

Hi,

I see that you are from Serbia.  Is it possible to hunt with a bow over there?  Are there any restrictions?

Sorry for the trhead Hijack
Alex

[Wudstix]

I prefer 160 grains plus up front.