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Which weight would you prefer for a whitetail/hog arrow with more emphasis put on whitetail hunting. 420gr at 265fps or 450gr at 255fps? I know they’re so close in weight that I’m splitting hairs, but I’m curious what the hive mind thinks. Also, I know some people get tired of these threads, but I’m bored and I want to make a final decision on my arrow set up. Thanks.

27.5 draw,. 60lbs, vxr 28. Thinking rage trypans coupled with gold tip hunters. This be enough for whitetails? What broadheads yall liking?

Hi all,

New to the forum. As the title says, I’m a RH, left eye dominant shooter and have always shot bows right handed. I’ve bowhunted since I was 12 but the last year or so got away from it, partially due to a lack of confidence in my abilities that I believe was tied to shooting with my non-dominant eye. I’ve had quite a successful last season with my rifle, but am looking to get back into bowhunting.

I’m not brand new to archery, and therefore would like to buy a top-end bow, but am worried about the draw weight. I shot 70lbs on my old bow, but am not positive if I’d be able to do so with a LH bow (never shot one). I’m a pretty stout guy (25 y.o. 6’1 210lbs) that trains quite a bit, for reference. Is there anyone who’s been in my shoes who has some advice?

Thanks!

Any recommendations on a scale? Much appreciated.

Question for you guys. I have been playing with my Bowtech Realm X. Not quite sure what setup i should go with based on the speeds im getting out of it. Here are the specs. 70# 28" draw bow. Performance setting. Shooting Black Eagle Rampage arrows with Brass HIT inserts. All the speeds were measured using my LabRadar.

arrow wt pt wt speed IBO speed
599g 200g 242fps 348 fps
549g 150g 252fps 341 fps
524g 125g 258fps 339 fps

Initially i was a little disappointed on the speed, but looking at the IBO calc, its right where it should be-ish. I put a nominal 10g of bow string wt with a peep and loop. might be a little low, but increasing it only increases the IBO, so this would be worst case.

Now the question is, for out west elk hunting, which combo would you use? I had wanted to be right at 600g which is what I was shooting for when i ordered everything (didn’t miss the mark to bad with 599g!). As I started sighting in the bow, i was noticing how much drop i was getting as i go out the range. Its just more than i really want with having to shoot from anywhere from 20ish out to 80 plus yards.

Any thoughts?

How can I add arrow weight to front of my arrow, other than a heavier BH.

All the new bows are smooth. Which bow has the lightest PERCEIVED draw weight to you in relation to its actual draw weight. Could care less about how smooth they are cause they all are. Some bows from the ten years ago could be and are possibly better than today’s so just looking around.

What’s this thing weigh? Not seeing it listed anywhere and it’s got me curious