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  1. nphunter

    What's your lightest arrow for hunting?

    Thanks, I’m kind of obsessed with my gear and geek out in it.
  2. nphunter

    What's your lightest arrow for hunting?

    I would stick with whatever shoots around 290fps, for me that’s a 450gr arrow. Fixed heads get temperamental over that speed. When I was shooting 77lbs and 390gr arrows they were 315fps and stressful. I could group them fine at 70 but they were temperamental at that speed and shot execution...
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    What's your lightest arrow for hunting?

    I’m lucky to have grown up elk hunting and live in elk country. It’s a fact that heavy arrows out penetrate light arrows. I was shooting through elk with lighter arrows with cut on contact heads and had poor blood trails. I knew that mechanicals take more energy so I went heavy with the arrows...
  4. nphunter

    What's your lightest arrow for hunting?

    I’ve killed several elk with similar setups. Killed my first bull at 53yrd with a carbon tech cheetah 330gr TAW, shuttle t loc head. The bow was a 60lb prime shift at 27” draw, I passed though both sides and the arrow was hanging out the back. The head hit bone and looked like it was shot into a...
  5. nphunter

    Broadhead Flight

    Put the bare shaft away, adjust your rest a tiny bit until they hit together and then enjoy shooting a well tuned bow. The whole point of bareshaft tuning is to get the bow close for broadheads, broadhead flight is all that matters, if they are flying consistently then you do not have a...
  6. nphunter

    Which traditional arrows?

    I was shooting black eagle vintage but I recently switched to Ted Nugent gold tips, the white is awesome and makes finding arrows so much easier when out dinking around.
  7. nphunter

    Fixed broadhead tuning - longer distance

    It's not that hard to get them hitting together at long distances when conditions are perfect. Level ground, good form, good follow through, low wind. I'm getting ready for the cold bow challenge and my fixed heads easily hit the face of my 18:1 with my FP if I do my part. I like to tune...
  8. nphunter

    Optimal bow performance

    I wouldn't shoot expandables if I were you and I love expendables. Those other heads will perform just as well as an IW and cost about 1/4 the price. The IW are great heads, I've shot them but ended up selling all of them just because I didn't like the cost or the fact that they rust easily...
  9. nphunter

    Optimal bow performance

    Your draw length will slightly decrease as you tighten up your limbs. They come somewhat closer to the riser as they go up to make them tighter. I'm sure it would be measurable going from 53 to probably 62ish which is what the bow will max out at. This was much more noticeable on bows before...
  10. nphunter

    Tuning process

    If you are new to traditional archery the first thing I would recommend is to shoot and work of form for a while before ever trying to bareshaft tune. If you've been shooting and have repeatable form, good bad or whatever as long as it's repeatable then shoot a bare shaft and fletched. I have...
  11. nphunter

    Amazon Arrows?

    You're shooting them out of a compound or just your recurve? I'd shoot about anything out of my recurve with no issue. I'd be nervous shooting a cheap arrow from my compound.
  12. nphunter

    SS34 conundrums

    I’m not sure your draw but I tried a stiffer spine and had the same result. It ended up tuning with a 340. 27.6” draw, 74lbs, 27.5” arrow with 160gr up front. The bows shooting 341IBO
  13. nphunter

    SS34 conundrums

    I think a lot of manufactures are off with their specs. My PSE wasn’t close and the weight was under when everything else was close. With the timing marks lined up ATA and BH were both over and it was 68lbs. When I put custom cams and limbs on it I had to build custom string lengths. I ended up...
  14. nphunter

    Customized painted my bow and added limb wraps.

    Not that I can tell, I had to remove my clicker and reinstall it and adjust it a little so that might have made a little difference but I haven't noticed any effect on my shooting at all. I shoot instinctive thought so I think it would have had to change quite a bit for me to notice.
  15. nphunter

    WTS Phase 4 33 w gas freakshow strings

    When you mark them sold they automatically close.
  16. nphunter

    WTS Phase 4 33 w gas freakshow strings

    FYI, If you go to the top right of the post and hit the down arrow you can edit the prefix and mark the bow as sold.
  17. nphunter

    Release Recommendations

    I'm not sure how punching a thumb is any different than a trigger? If you come to anchor and punch the trigger they are both going toward the target. I watched a friend hit his trigger on his wrist strap last weekend at a shoot and sent an arrow flying. I've been shooting a thumb release for...
  18. nphunter

    Build me a hunting bow

    I would suggest buying a bow from a good shop and getting it all set up for you. I'd either buy a leftover flagship bow, a new budget bow, or maybe even something on consignment as long as they will get it all setup for you. You will be paying a huge premium on everything buying it from a shop...
  19. nphunter

    Inconsistency day to day

    Self talk helps me. Squeeze, Squeeze, Squeeze, Pull, Pull, Pull. Sometimes I have to almost say it outloud.
  20. nphunter

    Release Recommendations

    I've been using a handheld for 8yrs now, I've never left it behind or wished I would have had a wrist strap. I hunt and hike a lot and get 1 or 2 shots each year, it doesn't make since to have that thing strapped around my wrist for hundreds of hours to use it for 30 seconds. You don't have...
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