Who's going heavy arrows on whitetails?

buckeyebowhunter · August 16, 2020, 11:04:26 AM

Quote from: Howitser on August 15, 2020, 01:53:09 PM
I'm shootin' 2215s with Zwicky's. It's a 550 grn19% FOC projectile out of a #45 recurve. The pics shows the far side leg joint, otherwise it would be another easy pass thru. The Zwicky just needed a touch-up and it was back in the quiver[attachment=1,msg2928463]

That's a gnarly pic

Matt Kilgore · August 16, 2020, 07:55:51 PM

Shooting 620gr FMJ with a big Snuffer out of a 58lb Assenheimer or a 61lb MA2 Widow

Russ Clagett · August 17, 2020, 01:42:47 PM

I shoot a 59 pound Firefly with 680 grain surewood shaft arrows. Within 25 yards it hits hard, flies well and is very quiet...

Last year I had a pass through on a bull elk that was so fast and clean at first I thought I might have missed...till I saw all that blood spraying out as he ran...

Wheels2 · August 18, 2020, 04:17:36 PM

You had a good thing with XX75 2219s.
I am running a XX75 2216 at 535 grains from.a 48" Morrison ILF rig.

Herdbull · August 18, 2020, 05:39:39 PM

Yep, 2219 weighing 750 gr out of a 64# recurve. Mike

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Wudstix · August 18, 2020, 07:23:35 PM

Just got some Red Balau shafts 11/32 to 5/16" rat tail tapered for making up arrows to push my VPA 190 grain heads. 29" should run 750-760 grains.

Burly · August 18, 2020, 09:45:38 PM

Mike, nice looking set up.

JAH518 · August 18, 2020, 10:42:41 PM

Definitely! Running a 627g total arrow weight with 23% FOC and Cutthroats. I've run this set up for a couple of years and really have started to appreciate the benefits of FOC and the additional arrow trajectory in hunting and 3D situations.

Wudstix · August 19, 2020, 04:19:02 PM

So Red Balau shafts arrived and with both ends tapered with a nock at 29.5" weigh 660 grains raw. Rough calculations with stain, feathers and nock, broad head with out cresting paint - 985 grains!!! I'll test one and perhaps be able to trim a bit off the length. This will be a hard hitting arrow. Possibly just for hogs and I'll use tapered Cedar for deer. (@805 grains)

YosemiteSam · August 20, 2020, 03:01:59 PM

Well, 640 grains for blacktail off a 50# recurve. I've been told that there is no overkill in bowhunting. Seems like good advice to me.

buckeyebowhunter · August 20, 2020, 06:56:35 PM

Mike are those Easton legacy shafts? Beautiful setup with that tall tines

Roger9070 · August 21, 2020, 12:33:08 PM

I'm all in this season after experimenting for a full year I finally settled on Easton Hexx full length shafts in 330 spine with a Ethics Archery 175 grain stainless steel insert. The two broadheads I'm testing are the Centaur Battle Axe 200 grain with a 100 grain broadhead adapter and the Abowyer Brown Bear 300 grain broadhead. Total arrow weight is 742 grains and FOC is 28.6 percent.

So far both heads are performing very well but the Centaur has really surprised me I thought for such a big head it would be hard to control but it flies great and makes zero noise. I'm going to keep shooting both and I will probably know for sure which will make first string in a week or two. I will keep you posted!

Thanks,

Roger

gordydog · August 23, 2020, 08:55:21 AM

I inserted a 400 Beman MFX 3" into a 2018 aluminum shaft. Used both the aluminum HIT insert and the brass 75 grain insert to produce arrows of 700 grains 20% FOC and 750 grains 23.3% FOC. I can't believe I didnt think of this before. I still shoot carbon, aluminum and wood, but now the 2018's have a new level of strength up front. They shoot great.

Roger9070 · August 23, 2020, 10:33:03 AM

Gordydog the Easton 2018 are great shafts awesome idea combining carbon and the 2018 shafts! I have a buddy who has a full quiver of 2020's that he won't part with, even though he doesn't hunt anymore, because they hold so many fond memories for him. He said all he has to do is look at them and it brings him back to those cold crisp mornings in the woods...

Thanks,

Roger

Basinboy · August 26, 2020, 11:27:28 AM

I put my Palmer Longbow on a digital scale and it's showing 42#@ my 26" draw. So I am going with Douglas Fir shafts and STOS 160gr 2-blade heads that someone on this site gifted me a few years ago and I hadn't used them. Total arrow weight is 580gr for a gpp of 13.8! They are flying great and hitting hard!

Herdbull · August 26, 2020, 10:08:29 PM

buckeeyebowhunter. ... Those are the old easton Autumn Orange. Gary Hall looks for 2219 shafts for me and is the one who fletched the arrows. I like four fletch on heavy shafts . very visible in flight and after. Good luck this fall. I hope to chase moose again this September. Mike

F. Dobbs · August 27, 2020, 07:30:06 AM

Heavy arrows for hogs and elk yes, deer nah.

Rock 'N Bow · August 27, 2020, 10:49:08 AM

I'll be shooting my Striker TDL 47#@29" with Day Six .400 weighing 600 grains with Magnus two blades with 75 grain adapters.

Warchild · August 27, 2020, 11:14:25 AM

Spine shot a nice big buck in Michigan with a 608 grain Grizzly Stik arrow with a 200 grain Bone Head, 24% FOC. Shot out of a 50 pound longbow. Hit the spine and blew a huge hole in it. After skinning the deer, it looked as though it had been hit by a 12 gauge slug. A week later blew clean through a does shoulder and passed all the way through and stuck in the ground.

Steelhead · August 27, 2020, 02:07:32 PM

I am shooting Autumn Orange 1918 Aluminums with 150 grain Stingers.My bow is 47#s at 29.Its a reasonably heavy arrow of over 10 grains per pound for sure.Its as heavy an aluminum arrow as I can shoot out of my rigs.I like the wall thickness and small diameter and the weight combined.Makes for an excellent hunting arrow!

I shot 2020s and 2018s when I shot heavier bows