Arrow weight and bow noise

[justin davis]

I’m currently shooting 480 grain arrow. I think a heavier arrow makes a difference in noise. I got flamed on a different thread when I suggested a 500 grain arrow over a 350 grain arrow for noise.

 

[Beendare]

Noticed a real difference moving from 430 grain arrow to about 500 this year. Not only does bow noise seem to be less volume, but also seems to be less sharp. Less of a "crack" and more of a "thunk".

Exactly^...a softer sound With less animal reaction.

 

[JayTx]

For me at about 7.5 gr per lbs my bow has a much less sharp sound at the shot. My arrows around 265 fps are quieter as well. I had to turn my bow down to 61 or 62 lbs to hunt this year because of shoulder surgery. I can say less noise or at least a less harsh noise seemed to make a difference in how the whitetails reacted this year.

 

[nphunter]

I didn’t say you did. I’m saying that it’s something probably not worth worrying about, unless you’re prepared to go uber heavy.

I hear it all the time that adding any weight to your arrow will make your bow quieter. Folks fall for that and go chasing something that in the end they don’t notice any difference in.

This is accurate IMO, I’ve never noticed a single difference in reaction to the shot wether I’m shooting a 380gr or a 500gr arrow. It’s sounds quieter to me but animals react the same, some run when they get hit and some walk off. I shot a bull on follow up shots after I missed shooting a 400gr arrow at 75lbs, the bull was at 10 yards, circled and I shot him at 20. After the shot he stopped, turned around and slowly walked off until he tipped over, that arrow had a COC Solid legend head.
Shot a bull in 2019 with a 480gr arrow with 74lb bow and a rage trypan, that bull walked 30 yards and laid down after he was hit.
This fall I hit a bull with a 500gr arrow and a G5 dead meat, he bolted and piled up dead in a tree less than 100 yards away, he also was hit in the heat and the other two in the lungs.
Every deer I’ve ever shot with a bow has bolted and died running.
IMO we get way more caught up in stuff that doesn’t really matter, if we spent the amount of time out scouting or shooting that we do BS’ing on the internet we would all be more successful hunters.