Definitely a stud of a buck, congrats Corey.

New Mexico desert bighorn sheep
Solo hunt in Little Hatchet mountains, Oct 2025

NM biologist says this is the first desert BH killed in NM with a trad bow and probably with any bow. I wonder what the Apaches and Anasazis would say about that?

60 lb homemade black locust bow
560 gr pine arrow with Woodsman head

Getting him out by myself in 90 deg heat nearly killed me. At 70, I think I'm too old for this kind of hunting.

My tapered and footed arrows allow me to shoot from 60-67# D/R longbows and 67# Big River recurve with 190 grain heads (avg).  They fly well.

Michael, tapered shafts add another variable to the mix. With cane and hardwood shoot shafts the natural taper can make the arrow shootable from bows up to 10# difference in draw weight. It probably is similar with tapered doweled shafts like you have. I have a set of hand tapered ash shafts that I've shot from bows from 55#(my old draw weight) to 45#(my new draw weight).

New Mexico desert bighorn sheep
Solo hunt in Little Hatchet mountains, Oct 2025

NM biologist says this is the first desert BH killed in NM with a trad bow and probably with any bow. I wonder what the Apaches and Anasazis would say about that?

60 lb homemade black locust bow
560 gr pine arrow with Woodsman head

Getting him out by myself in 90 deg heat nearly killed me. At 70, I think I'm too old for this kind of hunting.

Sounds like a capability issue. Are all the finishes acrylic? What spray paint are you using? Mixing water based with oil base ?

The above posts pretty much covered the bases.  To be definitive, we would need to know more about your bow.  If it's a hill style or mild r/d longbow with a dacron string, the 1816s will work fine.  If it's a hybrid, i.e., substantial reflex/deflex limbs and a low stretch string, and probably cut to center, 1916s would be better.

Enjoy your retirement Kenny! Thank you for all the help over the years. You always provided top notch customer service!

I would opt for better durable carbon shafting.  Skinny 500 shafts @ 29" with a twin blade cut-on-contact head and 4" 3-fletchings could make for a 12GPP arrow that should offer good flight if yer shooting form is decent. Good luck with the arrows and hunt! 

Pat that is probably why I can push 175-230 grain broadhead combos from my 64-67# bows with 70-75# spine.  Occasionally, I bump up to 80# spine.  But most of my shafts are tapered and footed.