A little help with spine for light weight bows.

Terry Green · July 22, 2022, 08:58:02 AM

Quote from: Cory Mattson on July 22, 2022, 08:18:16 AM
Three of us are using 500s out of 43# 48# 53# with 250 grain headweight
I think all three are 29"

Good to know Cory, I shoot 29"s... but got 30s for the group to make sure everyone could shoot them, not sure if James D can at 31 but will see.

Terry Green · July 22, 2022, 08:59:48 AM

Quote from: BUCKY on July 22, 2022, 08:42:27 AM
My two bows are cut to center with a thin side plate. How are some of your bows cut?

Sorry, I'm no help there, I have never kept up with that, have no idea on any of my bows and have never been concerned.

BUCKY · July 22, 2022, 09:01:54 AM

Terry it matters. Most times cut past center you can go stiffer. What bow you shooting?

Terry Green · July 22, 2022, 09:23:31 AM

Buckey, I've had 27 different bows and I have never been concerned. I killed animals with just about every one of them, and they all shot where I looked and with the same exact nock point. I have also shot the same arrows, except for a few exceptions, for the last 19 years with heads from 150 to 225 grains out of bows from 55 to 78#s.

I have also shot chartreuse 3 and 4 fletch forever for more than one reason , but one is that I can see arrow flight really good. I never have had problems running 4 blades through just about everything I've killed unless I hit the off shoulder or off upper leg bone from quartering away. I've also shot pheasants with 2 different bows the same day.(had to kill one for a new Sponsor's bow and the other one was a Mohawk Rob Distefano had made for me) I killed 2 with each bow that day.

All I've ever really done is change head weights a few times to get the flight I wanted. But most every one of those bows where shooting a 175 grain head on a 585 grain arrow.

Cory Mattson · July 22, 2022, 09:25:44 AM

Bucky I've shot longbows and flatbows since 94 and I forgot about "centershot" or wherever they cut these things to.
We have a lot of Robertson longbows and Holme Made if that helps you find out.
I suspect longbows are 1/8 short of center and I think a lot of these hybrid longbows might be to center?
But yeah I stopped paying attention decades ago.
Once I get a bow arrow broadhead dialed I'll go a hundred animals without changing a thing.

Terry Green · July 22, 2022, 09:28:59 AM

Cory, looks like we were posting the same thing at the same time.

BUCKY · July 22, 2022, 09:38:51 AM

Thats great to know! It made a little difference when I went from recurve to my hybrids.

Ben Maher · July 23, 2022, 06:46:13 AM

Quote from: Bisch on July 21, 2022, 08:00:37 PM
You already have .400's, so all you need is a few .500's and maybe .600's. I'm shooting right at 45# now, and a 30" .500 with 225gr up front tunes very well.

Bisch

Out of my Widow PL's, Liberty Chiefs and Poison Darts , all 50# @29" I'm exactly the same . Great minds .......

Terry Green · July 23, 2022, 08:24:49 AM

Sorry, I missed the 600s Bisch said....... I'll need to find another Sponsor for those as these are being donated for Tradgang usage/testing on hunts. I don't want to go back to either of the same guys for more. The 400s we donated a couple of years ago by the same two, and they were find with a couple of 500s, but I don't want to 'push it' if you know what I mean.

We have quiet a list of Sponsor participation for the next Laredo Tusk Round Up, and I'll be posting that soon.

Thanks again.