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Shooting Light Arrows
Little John:
I like heavy arrows from traditional or wood bows but also know that light carbon arrows from high powered compounds will always penetrate deeper into a foam target than nine. About breaking bones on game I dont know. The Asby test were conducted using very heavy bows and they penetrated deeply with the right arrows. I say to shoot as heavy of a bow as you are comfortable with and can shoot well and with heavy arrows. Kenneth
Kegan:
SawFiler- I didn't mean that the you had to follow a 10 gpp formula, that'd make me a complete hypocrit ;D. I just meant that if you're shooting a 300 gr arrow from a 90# bow, it won't be hitting with the full force of a 90# bow. Even though the bow is very heavy, it will be hitting as if you were shooting a lighter draw weight. Of course, how I worded it the first time was still filled with errors either way :D
I think one of the reasons modern compounds can do as well as they do is because of the small diameter of the carbon arrows, not really all that speed. Less friction, better penetration.
Marc St Louis:
There's more to good hunting arrows than just momentum or high speed. You need broadheads with an edge that won't roll over as soon as they hit something
El Destructo:
Kegan....Here is something to Chaw on....when I was Hunting and Shooting the 3-D Circuit here in Texas...New Mexico and Oklahoma....I shot nothing but Carbon Express CXL 350's ...these Arrows are twice the size of a Standard Carbon Arrow...9.3mm....but Weigh only 8.3 grains per inch of Shaft....so a 30 inch Arrow...249gr...plus Nock...10gr....plus Insert...28gr...plus point...125gr...was only 412 grains of Total Arrow Weight...pushed out of a 70 pound Bowtech Patriot @ 346fps.....I never had an Arrow stay in an Animal...all total Pass Throughs...with Monster Fat...But Super Light Arrows...If I was going to go bvack to Auto-Cad Designed Super Bows again...I would go back to these Light Arrows too...They are Devastating on Game Animals
Little John:
I was just reading where Howard Hill shot 700 grain arrows from his 110# longbow. Well under 10 grain per pound.
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