Arrow vs weight

[ECRESS]

Is a 410gn arrow from 40lb bow enough for deer

[GCook]

Are you drawing 28 or less inches?

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[ECRESS]

Less. Around 26in but I'm 41 pound at that length

[bear mike]

40 will do it

[the rifleman]

This is a pretty good size (body-wise) Ohio cornfed buck that I took with my 40# Toelke PIKA this year.  The arrow was a 5/16 tapered cedar with a Grizzly Single Bevel with total weight of right around 400.  The arrow went in the right side of ribs and ended up in the offside shoulder.  He ran about 80 yards and piled up.

As others will tell you---shoot the heaviest bow that you can handle accurately.  The accurately part is critical---I'll take a great hit with a light bow any day versus a poor hit with a heavy bow.  Some can handle heavy bows---I can't.

Picture of buck with pika to follow.

[the rifleman]

Photo from above post

[ECRESS]

Great deer. I cant handle much more weight either. Was just concerned arrow may be a little lite at that poundage.

[starshooter]

My concern would be aside from 10 gr for every pound of pull weight would be the weight of the arrow (GPI) too light of an arrow could push the limbs into dry fire territory.  You should be fine with the setup you mentioned. With carbons it could get tricky. The goal there is to get the straightest arrow with an arrow that is close as possible to center ( skinny arrow)  and have enough weight so that limbs
Have some honest work It gets to be calculus when you also have to consider FOC ( weight of point up front)
I find aluminums just easier to figure and use. Each to his own.

[monterey]

Rifleman made an excellent choice of broadhead for his set up and it would be advantageous to follow his lead.

[CEW]

I have killed deer with that setup. As long as it is placed correctly it will do the job.

A way to improve the effectiveness of a light weight rig is to increase the weight of the arrow and use a well made broadhead.

Dr. Ashby did studies in Africa and was punching through heavy bone and killing water buffs with a 40 lb recurve and 650 grain high FOC arrow. His studies are on the grizzlystik web site.

[Don Stokes]

It really depends on the energy the bow puts out rather than just the pounds you draw. I shoot 41# from a 'hot' recurve, and it handles 575 grain arrows just fine. I would advise going heavier if the bow doesn't suffer in trajectory.

[wingnut]

Not all 40# bows are created equal.  A 40# selfbow does not perform at the same level as a 40# modern RC.

So I'd say it depends totally on what bow your shooting.

Mike

[Wudstix]

Wingnut, is right on.  Bow design and performance varies.  That being said my Dad took a PA doe years ago, with a fiberglas 35# bow, wood arrows from SEARS and Bear razorheads.  Shot placement is very important, perhaps more so, than poundage.  Arrow flight is critical.  [attachment=1]