How heavy are your hunting arrows???

I have been shooting a 420gr. total weight arrow for hunting the last few years. I just bought a new bow and due to the huge increase in speed I am thinking of going heavier. I only hunt deer and hogs and with the old bow pass thru's were the norm with a speed of 287. I am shooting this arrow with the new bow at 322fps.
How heavy are your hunting arrows for deer and hogs???

 

Is that chronographed speed or IBO speed? And i am shooting 400 grain arrows with a bow that IBO's at 331 and im pulling 74 pounds!

 

Weight of my Arrows is not something I think about , I have a 62# Diamond Marquis , 27" Beman ICS hunter 400 Arrows , with 100grn G5 Montec and 100grn Slick Trick broadheads ...... As long as I'm hitting the target in the right place , I don't worry about flight and penetration with them Broadheads

 

322 Chrono'd with 420. 326 chrono'd with 400. If I calculate the numbers I am 6 to 10 fps over IBO. I want to try another chrono but have not had time to go elsewhere. Which do you think would more closely represent the real numbers out of this bow, the chrono or calculator? Either way I am going to be over 300fps which is plenty fast enough to produce the KE and momnetum needed to blow thru deer and hogs.

Do the numbers I show, chrono'd and calculated. seem to be way off?

 

I shoot the ST magnums and have had really good luck with them. I have 4 arrows with these screwed in and I have taken multiple hogs with each head. I just keep them sharp and try to put them in the right place. The ST's hold up pretty well. I ruined a blade on one when I hit a deer in the shoulders. It sliced thru both but couldn't be used again. Did the same on a big sow hog and a blade broke off when the ferrule bent. Not sure if this happened hitting the hog or when it hit the ground. I am staying with ST's for the new bow, they shoot very well out of it. Guess I need to give the Montecs a try also, everyone speaks highly of them.

Thanks for the info. I am new here, relatively new to bow hunting and I am hooked. I have gone way overboard on this. Have a really good range set up in my pasture with target stands from 10 to 50 yards. Got hang on stands set up at different heights on poles to shoot from.

 

I hunt with the Cabelas Stalker Extreme 65-80. They weigh in at 435gr and out of my Reezen 7.0 I am getting 305fps. I have used expensive arrows before these but they did not shoot any better what so ever. I am very impressed with the Cabelas arrows, Easton makes them for Cabelas.

 

Mine are around 530-550 grains shooting maybe 170-180 fps.

 

Mine are 400 grs out of a 60lb bow.

 

You probably got me on speed but I got you on weight! LOL! Mine are about 560gr...don't care about the speed!

 

400 gr 72lb bow ibo of 333 draw of 28in and i dont even get 287 =[

 

I shoot a 584 grain arrow from a 70# bow....don't care about the speed so I don't know it.

 

My goal is to shoot as heavy of an arrow as I can and maintain a flat trajectory out to 30 yards. Where I hog hunt the shots will not be any longer than this in most cases due to undergrowth.

Thanks for the replies.

 

I have never had my bow chronographed before (don't care), but I ran the numbers one time and my fps was around 180. I want to up my weight this year to around 560-580 grains with good weight up front and a razor sharp broadhead. I will best you yet BHF!

 

What kinda arrows you shooting???

I'm shooting Douglas Fir, out of 4 dozen they all came within 6 grains of each other, finished. They are tough and straight as, well....an arrow! LOL!

Started out with POC, then went to Heritage 150's, once I switched to the DF, I never looked back...I can make a Dozen for $46!

 

415. Shooting 297-298fps. 81lbs of K/E.

 

I am shooting ICS Bowhunter 400's. I am thinking of shooting the Traditioinal Only 340's. I would like to increase the length of my arrows a bit and add some extra weight up front to reduce the spine to about the level of my 400's. I will have to play around with the idea but I think I can add 50 grains pretty quick moving up to that set-up.

 

Have you ever tried wood arrows??

 

I have never tried wood arrows, but I am not against trying them out. How hard are they work with in regards to adding inserts, broadheads, feathers, durability, etc? Thanks BHF.

 

I have found POC are a bit needier than the Surewood Douglas Firs, the Fir come absolutely straight, I buy bare shafts from Braveheart ached for around $35 shipped, they might of went up a bit since my last order! I use Gasket Lacquer, $20 and the ECO DIPPER $25...the GL can do about 7 dozen arrows. I use AMG feathers and are very durable, I also use Fletch tape! It might cost a bit more at first but when you get set up you save money in the long run! I've busted crabs and woodies, let easier on the wallet bustin woodies! I have found the Fir are the strongest and easiest out there to use in my eyes. I don't do any fancy cresting just stain and bright feathers, from bare shaft to finish I can have a dozen arrows ready to shoot in about an hour and half if I keep at it...but beer usually doesn't help! I have to keep going to the fridge! LOL!

 

A lot of you are traditional shooters, wish I had the ability to do it. Is the reason for such heavy arrows out of trad bows due to the DW being less? What is the average DW on a trad. bow? I have seen some at the shop that read 60# but it appears that is different for different DL's. Know nothing about traditional archery but I would love to learn about it and become proficient with a bow. I am thinking with the kind of weight you are talking about there would be a lot of arch in the arrows flight.