Arrow speed

[Jotis]

Whitetail Midwest tree stand hunting. What is your desired arrow weight and speed?

 

[TonySkyline]

I think shooting a 430-475G arrow at 270+fps is a good happy medium especially with thinner arrows like the 4 or 5mm FMJs or Axis. This should allow for use of bigger mechanical broadheads without worry about not getting pass throughs. It’s about the best I can get with a 27 1/2” DL bow anyway although I’d love to see better speeds but without compromising the draw cycle and hold weight. I’ve had bad luck with large 3 blade reapers (whitetail specials) on a 60lb draw bow that wasn’t as fast (think I was barely hitting 260fps). I shoot heavier draw weight now but still stay away for huge 3 blade mechanicals due to potential pass through issues. The G5 deadmeats are the the biggest I’ll go for a compound but typically shoot rage trypans and have had good luck with those. So, in short, I think you need to decide on what broadhead you will shoot and match your arrow to it along with your bow speed


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[dtrkyman]

400ish grains, 270-280ish.

I’ve shot drastically slower and faster, with fixed blades I like slower, mechanical I’ll push the speed a bit.


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[Maxhunter]

I like 410-430 grain arrows at 265-270fps. I usually shoot 65lbs at my short 27” draw. Zips thru deer like butter.

 

[Kularrow]

390 Grain Easton Sonic 6.0 Match Grade. Going 310FPS at 72lbs 29 inches. Grim Reaper Whitetail Special. Might be unpopular set up but I’ve had success with it. I love tight pin gaps and a very flat shooting arrow.

 

[dreamingWest]

I've always shot the heaviest arrow I can get to 280 fps. For me, this is 440-450 gr. That's my all-around arrow.

For midwest whitetail specific, I may shed some weight and go faster next year with the new Easton 5.0. Im thinking maybe 415 gr around 290 fps.

For these Kansas whitetails, a smaller gap 2-pin would be desirable as long as I keep my arrow over 400 gr. I started at around 380 gr at 305 fps. In hindsight, that was a pretty sweet set-up, just not a lot of passthroughs. (I think shot angle makes a bigger difference though.)

 

[Wheels]

450 gr. at 262fps blows right through them.

 

[CJ_BG]

I hunt in PA but a lof of our areas are similar. Mixed ag in the southern parts and more big woods up north. I try to keep around 280 but that's just for fixed blade tuning. I shot the 1 inch tooth of the arrow this year and found even at 295 they tuned extremely well. I shoot 30/70 so 280fps out of my prime nexus 4 is about a 490gr arrow. This year I shot a 445gr at 294 and still had no issues.

Much slower than 270/280 and I think you're giving up too much forgiveness. Especially treestand hunting in the rut, you might have a buck loop around in a way you never thought they would trying to cut off a doe. When that buck skirts around a beech tree you ranged at 34yds and steps out, but really he's 11 yards behind it instead of 2, and you end up making a 43yd shot instead of 36 like you though, I like to have the extra wiggle room. Hunting with a friend three years ago I watched the video of him doing this exact thing, but he was shooting a 670gr arrow at like 225fps and zipped it under his brisket nice and low. We redid that shot on the range the next day and my setup at 282fps would have been marginal, but with the few inches that deer ducked I may have had a chance.

 

[CJ_BG]

I've always shot the heaviest arrow I can get to 280 fps. For me, this is 440-450 gr. That's my all-around arrow.

For midwest whitetail specific, I may shed some weight and go faster next year with the new Easton 5.0. Im thinking maybe 415 gr around 290 fps.

For these Kansas whitetails, a smaller gap 2-pin would be desirable as long as I keep my arrow over 400 gr. I started at around 380 gr at 305 fps. In hindsight, that was a pretty sweet set-up, just not a lot of passthroughs. (I think shot angle makes a bigger difference though.)

I shot 410-415gr easton classic hunters in a bear LST at 60/29 and those were right about 280fps. Sevr 1.5 never had a problem going through PA deer.