What arrow weight are you shooting for deer?

[Steelhead]

I shoot around 550 gr.

I don't take long shots when hunting.My trajectory is just fine out to 20 yards.

My bows are around 45-50 pounds at 29 inches draw.

I like how stable my arrows are and the momentum they have.They hit hard and break bone.

The bow shoots real nice and sweet with less vibration and noise.

I have tied lighter arrows.For me I like this moderately heavy arrow setup for what I do.I have a lot of confidence in it.

My hunting arrow is a Heritage CX 250 cut to 31".Fifty or 100 grain brass insert and 150-175 grain head

I shoot 3-D with a lighter CX Heritage 150 aluminum insert and 125 grain head cut a bit shorter.

[Jmatt1957]

54@28 shooting 550gr arrow.

[Mint]

I shoot 525gr out of my 47ib Palmer.

[Orion]

You certainly have plenty of arrow weight and could probably go down 100 grains or so without loosing much by way of penetration on deer.  Still likely to shoot right through them.  

I like fairly heavy arrows, and generally shoot about 11-12 gpp out of my bows, which equates to about 550 to 625 grains.

[two4hooking]

55 pound Sunset Hill shooting POC cedar with a 125 gr BH for about 525 grains.  

I don't like a heavy "loggy" arrow that drops too much past 20 yards...

[Pointer]

520grains  out of a recurve that's 54lbs at my draw

[T Sunstone]

780 grains 513 long bow.

[Jerry Jeffer]

765gr Ad hammerheads, Abowyer brown bear BH

[damascusdave]

This year I hunted deer with arrows that weigh about 900 grains that I have chronographed at over 150 fps...I am a short range deer hunter so why would I need a flat trajectory

DDave

[Car54]

60# longbow, 600+ grain arrow, 31"draw,  don't know how fast the arrows going.

[PASCO]

50# Tall Tines recurve @ 28, but my DL is 29.5, so I think it calculates to 52#.  In any case, my total arrow weight is 642gr.  The combo is an absolute hammer!

[Gray Buffalo]

598 grains out of a 52# St. Joe River, long bow with a  29" draw

[last arrow]

About 580 grains out of 47 lb recurve.  I like that they are quiet, accurate to point on distance of about 25 yards, forgiving, and two holes every time. The farthest I have ever shot an animal is 22 yards, so I am good with the slow arrow that I can shoot well at a short distance.

[Bowhunter4life]

The bow I'm hunting with now is 74# and shooting a 700 grain arrow...  

Also have a 62# bow I carry on colder days that is shooting 600 grain arrows...  

Seems like I tend to gravitate to about 9 1/2 GPP +/- with whatever bow I'm shooting...

[beaunaro]

I shoot exactly the same as Bisch...570grn.

Works well for me...hogs and deer.

[Mo0se]

300 gr. 7.14 gpp, deer are not that tough, especially with a well placed shot. Velocity also contributes to KE, some people forget that. I'd worry more about proficiency than anything else.

[Leinsg91]

My 2 cents is if it shoots good stick with it, With the exception of overly light arrows (<8 gpp). will you get enough penatration on a perfectly placed shot, probably. But every person here knows you WILL make a bad shot, it happens. And when it does we owe it to the animal to get good penatration and do our best to kill and not wound.

[1flyfish]

I am shooting between 480 and 500 grain Sitka spruce out my 51 lb JD BERRY LONGBOW with Zwickey Eskimos and have shot right threw the shoulders of both of my deer this year.Lou

[BWallace10327]

I'm currently using 30.5" Carbon Express Heritage 250 with a 200 grain Wensel Woodsman and 5" 3-fletch.  The total arrow weight is 570 grains.  I would use this arrow on anything I hunt with a bow, but maybe a 2 blade broadhead for tougher game than a doe deer.

[KyStickbow]

I shoot 440 grains out of a 40# longbow. Works great for me on whitetails!