A fast, heavy arrow is best. I opt for a compromise and shoot a somewhat slower but heavier arrow out of my 41 lb bow. Momentum is king when it comes to penetration with low poundage.
Awww yeah! One of my all time favorite topics. Splitting the difference is a great way to go and whether u should go heavy or light would depend on your setup. In A lot of cases the kinetic energy produced will be very close in both setups. The heavy arrow will carry more momentum, retain it's speed longer and is not as effected by the wind. But in the case of the bowhunter who's shots are typically 25 yards And closer it's negligible. I have come to the opinion that in the case of the bowhunter shooting nothing bigger than deer it just makes no difference at all. Yardage isn't as much An issue though the faster arrow will be of some benefit. The 3d range is where the speed seriously helps. One thing I will add is for low poundage u need all the ke and momentum u can get. Heavy and slow is best
I agree with you on the low poundage thing Christine! Same goes for a fixed blade head I shoot a 400gr arrow at 265 FPS @ 56lbs and a 28 in draw
I error on the heavier side, but yeah I split the difference. It is fun to blow the doors off the Chrono once in a while though
I don't know which is better but there is more "forgiveness" in the slow, heavy arrow. Make a form error with the light, fast arrow and see how far off the miss is at, say, 40 yds. Then do the same thing with the slow, heavy arrow. I need all of the "forgiveness" I can get so I'll be sticking with slow and heavy.
I like my woman light and fast, but I like my arrow heavy and I really don't care how fast it's going.
Elaborate on the fixed blade head. Did you mean that it needs more KE to penetrate or that low poundage shooters should use a fixed blade head?
Thats light compared to my 620gr arrow:p Slow and heavy for me, I dont give a tinkers cuss how fast the arrow is going. Even when I was shooting the compound my arrows where heavy with extreme FOC, even my 3d arrows where heavy with extreme FOC ( compared to the straws the others where shooting)
I personally would much rather shoot a heavy arrow, than too light. This is the first year I will be trying a "light(er)" arrow. Mine right now weigh 450gr complete. Last 10yrs I've shot XX78's that weighed 545gr total with excellent results. I feel pretty confident in my current setup, its a good bit faster but still has plenty of weight at just about 7gr per lb total. Should be a thumper I hope.
At first I tried my new arrow set up at 745 grains and I had to much arrow drop and my arrows just ran out of steam to much at 20 yards so I switched out my 100 grain steel adapters for 43 grain aluminum adapters and my arrow energy was much better at 20 and 30 yards. If I knew I'd never take a 20 yard shot I'd have left It at 745 grains.
What's heavy, and what's light? I've always wondered that, lol. Subjective, I suppose. I'm happy with my 414gr arras.
I shoot a 380gr arrow at just over 300fps. The buck I shot last year had a clean pass through and over half of the arrow was buried in the ground. Seems like a good setup for me.
