Arrow weight rabbit hole

[180ls1]

One of my favorite setups was 370gr and I've killed them over 50 yards without issue on that setup. My current 510gr does the same thing more or less and I "wasted" a lot of time/effort/money switching.

Send what you got!

 

[MattB]

My best advice you to you is, turn around and leave the rabbit hole. It is OK to read opinions on the internet and not feel the need to act on them.

 

[TripleJ]

If you have good consistent broadhead flight, you will be fine. I killed a lot of elk with a 390-grain arrow before I "knew better", including several pass throughs and a frontal shot that was poking out the hindquarter. Good arrow flight is your number one priority. Focus on that, a structurally strong arrow, and a strong sharp broadhead delivered accurately, and you will be fine. Elk are pretty easy to kill if you shoot them in the lungs/heart. If you miss the vitals, it's a crap shoot, and you may never see that elk again.

 

[Beendare]

Rabbit hole lubed with Snake oil.....

It's funny that folks even listen to these whack jobs ....when we have a consensus from every pro in every archery discipline telling us something else.

 

[Zac]

That Cut Throat 3 blade is a good one if you pay for the sharpening.

 

[JonS]

Thanks all, probably going to buy some more arrows. Maybe some heavier grain filed points and see if they fly well and as time gets closer and I’ve flung 1000 arrows, I’ll know more and be better!
Thanks for the feedback and advice!

 

[flyboy214]

I still snort the fairy dust now and then but I'm in recovery...

At 60 lb and 28in
I have killed deer with arrows from 500 down to 425 grains using magnus fixed blade heads with little variation in the result. Dead deer, broken bones and full pass through.

A well tuned modern compound with an average arrow weight (420-475) and stropped broadhead is pretty wicked.

The more I tinkered, the more I realized it was less useful than shooting or scouting or even spending more time cooking last year's venison.

 

[east aurora]

I had an issue with my light set up a few years ago. I was shooting rage broadheads, hit the front shoulder and got little penetration. He survived. I was devastated.

I was so scared to hit closer to the shoulder that I unintentionally found myself hitting deer too far back and getting liver hits.

I wound up going very heavy (70 pounds and about a 620 grain arrow - 100 grain stainless insert and a 150 grain fixed blade broadhead).

I spent a lot of time tuning the bow myself and have it shooting perfectly. The result is great confidence and aiming closer to the shoulder, knowing if it's not a perfect hit and the shoulder is involved, the arrow will still do it's job.

I see a lot of people against heavy arrows and passionately defending mechanical broadheads saying things like "I have shot dozens of deer with a mechanical and have never had an issue, all pass throughs and all of them died quickly" which is always our goal as hunters.

If I knew every shot I took would 100% of the time hit just behind the shoulder and perfectly pass between two ribs as it blew through both lungs, then I would probably shoot light arrows with mechanical broadheads. Plan A is to hit where you are aiming but we all know things happen. A small deflection, a deer drops at the sound of the shot, nerves. My decision was to be sure if plan B was needed, my arrow would still do the job and blow through the shoulder instead of just sticking in it.

I shoot my finely tuned bow now with great confidence.