I have horrible shoulders and gave up my kodiak mag at 55 pound as I thought I was done. Just for fun one day I picked up a 45 pound sage. No pain! I bought it the next day and have shot the heck out of it. After 7 yrs I'm rusty but getting better every shot. Found my form again today and am figuring this thing out. I have never taken a deer with a trad bow but had as much fun failing as succeeding with my compounds. 45 is sooooo much more comfy than 55 was and I can shoot it all day without falling apart. I need advice. What arrow , how do I quit this 30.06 sounding bow. What broadhead at 45 pounds? Help me go trad. My goal is to cleanly take a whitetail this yr. I'm currently using 2114s and am thinking nugent heads or snuffers. I thank you for the advice. If this works out I'll be bugging yall about my next bow
Awesome!
I had to drop 10# due to a shoulder problem over a year ago and now can comfortable shoot 40#.
Your 45# will let the air out of a Whitetail with no problems.
I'm sure there are many here that can help tune your rig...
Good shooting!
Tony
What is your actual draw length with the Sage?
I have no idea. With a compound it's 29
Your actual draw length will be the first thing you need to know, before anything else can rightfully be decided on. It will be considerably less then as with a compound. Then, we can help get you close on arrow spines and such. Start thinking about what weight head you will shoot, and arrow material type.
2X what Shadowhunter said .
Nice. I'm a young buck with no shoulder issues and I just went down 55 to 45. Aka 41 at my draw and I am loving it. Hard to want to go back.
A good quality bowstring will help quieten your bow. Especially if you are still using the stock string that came with it.
QuoteOriginally posted by txcookie:
I have no idea. With a compound it's 29
A semi-educated guess would have you drawing 42# @ 27". Based upon that assumption I would suggest something along the lines of a 29" 500 spine Gold Tip Traditional shaft with 250 grains up front as a starting point. If that set up worked good you can by glue on adapters in weights up to 125 grains. For instance a 125 grain Zwickey and 125 grain adapter equates to 250 grain broadhead. That would give you a good 500 grain hunting shaft that would be devastating on any deer.