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Arrow weight
recurve shooter:
my philosophy:
powerfull bow + heavy arrow = big hole and/or dead animal
light bow+light arra = less penetration and a broadhead sliceing back and forth in the animal's chest cavity as it runs which >:D= a more than likely dead animal. ;) ;)
do yall agree?
markinengland:
I wonder how much ethics comes into this (within reason).
A heavy arrow going slowly may have the same momentume when it hits as a lighter arrow going faster. Identical momentum hitting an animal may have identical effect.
A bit of testing with a chronogrph would show where lighter arrows stops working in terms of increased speed. It isn't too hard maths to work out where the sweet spot is for energy imparted to the arrow.
At failry close ranges (up to 40 yards) I have found long heavy arrows are accurate to use as well as giving great penetration.
the arrow head will have an impact ethically as well as total arrow weight. A wider head may cut wider but not so deep, a narrower head may cut deeper but not so wide.
An 80lb bow it seems should put most arrows and heads clean through a dear kind animal. of course this is only ethical if you can hit the right spot on the animal in the first place, when maybe a 40lb bow could be more ethical if more accurate?
Interesting set of compromises really. I wish we could hunt here in the UK so we could worry about this stuff as well!
Mark in England
recurve shooter:
yeah, thanx for the headache bud. ;)
Kegan:
Results of testing:
My new shafting :).
The dowels arrived last week, and I've been shooting them since. They fly well, even out to 50 yards- but require much more work from me to hit the center of the target, and I've been sick for a while now. So far, I can shoot them well out to 40 yards. They fly great out of almost all of our bows, form 50-80#. They came out (the blunts) at exactly 600 grains. They don't seem to giive up too much in terms of power, just shock. I'm sure with the narrow broadheads I like to make they will take even elk or moose sized game under 30 yards. I've found that I've also had easier accuracy at medium ranges, 20-35 yards, as the level of elevation is a "comfortable" amount, meaning it doesn't take alot of overhtinking. They are also easy and quick to make up. After culling crooked grain and fimsy spined ones (I do them by hand), cutting to length and nocking, I set them on the shelf and fletch them up whenever I gte a chance. I have a full quiver of ten perfect blunts for once! They also all fly perfectly, with little probelms with varience in spine. They are rather durable and have enough power to put blunts through a board. The only downsides I have come acorss are that they require much more perfect shooting to get long range accuracy than heavier arrows (35 yards and farther) and the blunts brak off right behind the casing after slamming into a rock or tree too many times (I've shortened five so far this way). No biggies!
Once I get a few broadheads made up, I'll post pictures :).
Justin Snyder:
If you are going to test arrows I would like to see how the speed compares with a light or heavy arrow. Most guys will acknowledge a point of diminishing return with weight. It is possible to have a 60# bow that will shoot a heavy arrow the same speed as an 80# bow. It is also possible that your bow could shoot a 800 grain arrow with almost the same speed as a 600 grain arrow. I would be curious to know what your bow does, just for curiosity sake. ;) Justin
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