Well after an 8 year hiatus from bow hunting (lack of time from going to school and working in Public Accounting) I'm back. I took my Hoyt Ultrasport into a local shop to get new strings, get tuned, and put on a drop away rest. The guy at my local shop was an amazing help (shout-out to Cabin Fever Sporting Goods near Minneapolis). He cut me some cheap ish arrows since we were both anticipating me beating them up with just re-learning to shoot again and now I'm contemplating getting some better arrows to practice with and get my sight fully dialed in for Whitetail hunting season. My buddy thinks I should just keep using these arrows since I've been shooting decent with them. I'm more inclined to get some that are more uniform and a little heavier. The arrows I was set up with are Victory V Force .245 Sport in 350 spine (the arrows come in at just under 300 g in weight before I add broad heads). I'm shooting a 28" draw at just a shade under 65 lbs. Are the arrows I have decent enough for hunting or should I invest in something like Maxima reds or Pile Drivers (I'm ok spending the money if I'll actually see a difference). I'll be keeping my shots well under 40 yards, from a tree stand Just a n00b looking for some input from you wise folks. Thanks in advance! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
As long as you are shooting accurately with them you should be fine. Need to shoot broadheads though. You should be good but if you have any spine issues they will be magnified by a broadhead. If you feel you need to upgrade you can do that over time.
A 4o0-ish grain arrow is perfectly fine for killing whitetails - especially with a fixed blade broadhead. It will get the job done fine with a mechanical a as well, but don't expect a lot of clean pass-thrus. Most likely you'll get both and entrance and exit hole, but the arrow will either break off or stay in the animal. Dead is dead though - and a good shot from that arrow will certainly make that happen. Welcome back to the sport!
Welcome back to archery! Like cooperhead said, shoot some broadheads and see how they are flying. Great advice from Justin as well. Good hunting this season!
