Hello, I am new to this forum and new to bow hunting. I have hunted whitetail deer all my life with a rifle and can give you my two cents all day, but trying to find a good arrow has me baffled. My question is, and I am sorry if I posted this in the wrong spot, What arrow do you prefer and why? I will take any and all suggestions. Thanks. Setup: Bow: PSE Drive Draw Weight: 60 Draw Length: 27 1/2 Broadhead: Ramcat 100gr
For hunting I like Beman ICS Hunter Patriots because they're tuff and not exorbitantly expensive. For target practice my favourite arrows are the Victory VAP Elite V1's which are very accurate and super straight.
There are a lot of good arrows on the market. Easton, Goldtip, Beman, Carbon Express... etc. The most important to all of this is the correct spine and length for your setup. So my best recommendation is to find out the length and what spine you need for your setup and then pick an arrow that fits in your budget. In hunting you don't need hair splitting accuracy. It nice but not required. if you need help picking an arrow whats your budget and what rest are you shooting? Good luck and most importantly just have fun with all this.
I will be going Saturday to an outfitter to buy my arrows and broadheads. I am leaning more towards the Easton Axis or the Easton Deep Six XD. Anyone familiar with those two? I will let them check out my setup and see what spine and length. Thanks for the responses. I am sure I will be on here a good bit.
Welcome to the site! I was born in SC (Jonesville) and most of my family still lives there. I shot the Easton ST Axis for years and I really liked how they performed. I shoot the Easton Injexion Deep Six now and I really like them a lot. The hit hard and fly really well.
easton axis are great, some of the most popular arrows. I think you should be in a 400 spine. I don't know if you've looked at the fmj's but they are what I shoot and I love them, they are defiantly a heavier arrow
They have whatever you need. The hunters are probably the most popular and have the best speed to weight ratio, velocity are the best for speed, and the kinetics hit hard with the smaller diameter and a bit more weight. I forgot who did the test but the velocity hit the hardest in the speed arrow class. I love them and plan on using them for a while.
There are lots of good arrows out there nowadays. I shoot gold tip kinetics and the wife shoots xt hunters. I liked my FMJ's alot but I keep going back to gold tips because they are so darned tough. The only arrows I don't really care for are carbon express specifically the maximas. I know lots of guys like them but I could never shoot them well and I always seemed to tear them up pretty quick.
Shoot what ever arrow you want, I would suggest going heavier 450-475 grains with the broadhead. A heavy arrow hits hard and that can mean the difference if your arrow contacts bone.
Selecting a quality shaft can be difficult, because there are so many different ones out there! I would highly recommend Easton! IMO best shafts out there, and the best part they are all made right here in the U.S. Of A. I sell a ton of Axis to people, because they are in the middle as far as weight is concerned, plus they are small diameter. Great hunting arrow! Otherwise I would lean towards the GT's. The expedition hunter's are pretty decent. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I'm not the most experienced one here, but I haven't found anything wrong with the beeman ics hunter pros that I have been shooting the past couple years. I like the 340 spine. They are accurate, cost efficient, and definitely tough! I've been shooting the same 6 arrows for the past year and haven't busted one yet.
First thing you need to do is decide on an arrow length. Depending on the rest your using with your draw length you looking at between 25.5 and 27.5 inches. Most bow bows nowadays have plenty of shelf clearance so you should be able to draw even those large diameter ramcats onto the shelf. Let's just assume for Conversation a 26" arrow. I am assuming your primarily deer hunting? Your Broadhead choice give you plenty of flexibility as well, they penetrate excellent. So with all that in mind, taking in consideration you shorter draw length and 60 pounds of draw weight.... I would chose a relatively light weight shaft like GT Velocity XT, Easton Hexx, Black Eagle Carnivores. It would be .400 spine, it would be cut a 26" , I would add 50grain brass inserts ....you finished weight would be in the 375 range with a FOC between 15-17 % depending on shaft you select.
