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Title: Enough to be ok to hunt?
Post by: Vabowman on September 12, 2019, 01:56:34 PM
my set up is 47# Great Northern ghost 27" draw with total arrow weight is 470 gr. Is this sufficient for deer?
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Post by: jrstegner on September 12, 2019, 02:09:47 PM
Yes.
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Post by: David Mitchell on September 12, 2019, 02:52:26 PM
Absolutely.
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Post by: Vabowman on September 12, 2019, 02:55:30 PM
Ok, good. I just see so many shooting much heavier arrows..550 gr and up..
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Post by: jcprintz on September 12, 2019, 03:20:45 PM
10 grains per lb. will work just fine.
I'm shooting 49# @ 27" with a 600 grain arrow. IMO heavier is better but that can be taken to extremes.
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Post by: Bisch on September 12, 2019, 03:41:40 PM
Yes!!!!

Bisch
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Post by: Terry Green on September 12, 2019, 05:42:41 PM
Yes....Deer are nothing more than a paper bag full of shaving cream, a few tinker toys and a ball joint....just stay away from the ball joint.
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Post by: trad_bowhunter1965 on September 14, 2019, 11:19:19 AM
Yep, it will getter done.
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Post by: Sam McMichael on September 14, 2019, 03:01:27 PM
Don't worry about your set up. It's good to go.
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Post by: the rifleman on September 14, 2019, 03:31:01 PM
Absolutely--- i shoot much less weight and have no trouble getting two holes.
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Post by: GCook on September 14, 2019, 03:44:46 PM
As long as they are well tuned with the bow and your shooting style yes.

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Post by: Petrichor on September 15, 2019, 01:31:35 PM
It will do the job quite well.  Just make sure your broadheads are sharp. Which goes for any setup. As for weight I use light arrows in the 450-550 grains depending on the bow.
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Post by: pavan on September 15, 2019, 02:58:12 PM
i don't know. West of Inwood Ia may be the state record typical.  Pretty sure that I have a bow and arrows that can handle the big boy, not so sure that any one else does.
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Post by: Terry Green on September 15, 2019, 04:59:28 PM
pavan....take your meds  :biglaugh:
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Post by: Friend on September 15, 2019, 08:34:27 PM
Don't know your full specs, however I would suspect that your setup should be quite lethal.
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Post by: pavan on September 15, 2019, 09:43:13 PM
I already posted on another thread about his 47@27 being more than enough,  but that monster buck has got people going, they will probably drive him off of his current pattern.  It would be a good time to ban cameras and tree stands on Iowa public land and let us ground warmers get the job done.  If i name that buck I will write it on a special arrow, providing there is any place left to park over there come deer season.