What is sufficient amount of grains in an arrow for whitetail hunting? I want to go to a lighter arrow, but not sure if it would be worth it if I lose penetration. I've never had deer "jump the string" so not really sure if I should do it. On a side note, I'm also thinking about getting 60-70lb limbs for my bow to gain some speed, but that's gonna cost me $225 installed. Any thoughts?
I don't see a problem with your set up now 60#s will work fine. Thats what I shoot and I also shoot a 520 grain arrow so they won't be going the speed of light but they are going to hit hard.
I'm tired of spending over $100 for arrows and want to switch to the bemans which I can buy for $65 a dozen...my concern is will the arrow not have enough kinetic energy?
You'll be fine. It looks like the Beman weighs 8.1 gpi. I shoot 60 pounds and shoot a 28 1/2 Gold Tip that weighs 8.2 gpi and went through every deer I shot with it.
Don't let a deer jumping the string depict your arrow choice. You can go as light as you want but if a deer jumps the string, it will out react even a light arrow. Shoot an arrow that you're accurate with. Axis are awesome arrows. You're going to be hard pressed to find one better. They have some weight but aren't tree trunks.
Couple of questions. How long do you cut your arrows? What weight broadhead do you shoot.? If you shoot 28" arrow for your draw weight according to the chart you would be a spine of .400 Which as you said is 8.1 grains. 8.1 X 28 = 226.8 + 100 grain tip = 326.8 + 15 for blazer vanes = 341.8 + 12 for insert roughly = 353.8. round to 354 / 60 = 5.9. IBO recommend minimum for 60 lbs is 300 grains. So you would be perfectly fine with the ICS PRO arrows. I would shoot one through a crono to find out what your KE will be. Around 250 FPS at that weight would be about 49 lbs of KE. If you are shooting a fixed blade no worries with that. may want a little more if using expendables depending upon what they are. And you are probably shooing faster than 250. 260 pushes you to 53 lbs roughly. plenty for whitetails.
Some rules of the thumb.... some idea thin skinned North American game...... Deer, Black Bear, pronghorn, Axis and Caribou ....350 grain to 450 gr finished weight will do everything you need and then some. Elk & Moose....475+
Mine are 5.7 gpp, shooting 425 grains at 75 pounds. Two of the three deer I shot last season I shot through both front shoulders but also I'm shooting fixed blade Hellrazors. One was at 20 yards an the other was at 33 yards. The big nine pointer I shot through both lungs and it went through like shooting through warm butter. Until I have trouble of some sort, I feel like a bit too much is made of arrow weights, a deer isn't too hard to shoot through with a hard shooting bow and sharp broadheads. It's easy to look for something to blame when shots are poorly placed (or chosen) and deer run off.
You should be fine switching to Beaman ICS Pro arrows. I forgot to account for the nock so that will mean your current setup weight will be about the same. I am with ya should not have to drop 150 a dozen on arrows when you can do the same for half that much.
I'm a 27 1/2 draw length and I have 400 grain arrows with a 125 grain Rage broad head. Killed a black bear this year so I guess it works for me. Haha. Good luck Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I shoot 27.5" arrow that are 347 grains finished weight and have never had a problem.. Im actually shooting 2 diff arrows right now, GT Velocity XT 400 7.4gpi & BE Carnivore 350 7.5gpi, both fly GREAT so its hard deciding which i like better 2011 Destroyer350 27" DL @64lbs, QAD Ultra-rest HDX, HHA Optimizer Lite 5519 sight, 6" Bee-Stinger, Gold Tip Velocity XT 400 & Black Eagle Carnivore 350, Grim Reaper 1 3/4 cut 100gr
