Seems to be a common set up. I'd like to hear some general discussion on it. Yes, I've done searches..that's what led me to post this.
How do you like it? Any issues? What animals are you chasing? Pics? You get the idea....
That is pretty much my set up. Couple or three pounds heavier or so. With 250 grains up front I am confident hunting anything from big hogs to elk. Works for me and I no longer worry about those things.
I'm a pound or two under and about 50 grains heavier. Has worked splendidly on deer and hope to see how it does on elk this fall.
55# Schafer Silvertip, AD Trad with 100 gr brass insert and 300 gr head=about 760gr bare shaft, add nock insert, nock and 4 fletch and I am probably pushing 800gr.
55# at 28, I'm pulling a tad over 29", so closer to 58-59 lbs. in Centaur TD Dark Matter. Shooting 580 grain set up - Victory VAP with AeroOutsert with internal stainless footing - 300 grain point up front. Approx. 28% FOC. Shooting 187 average at 6' from chrony.
Loaded for black bear, hog, deer - most anything short of the truly large critters!
Thats pretty much what I'm shooting..250grains up front,hunting deer turkey's the occasion small game or other gritter that passes by
I'm 53@28 on several bows, but pull a little over 29 so I'm right around 55. Arrows just a whisker over 600g, they're lighter carbons I got cheap with weight tubes installed for 13 gpi on a 30" arrow then add a 125g Snuffer in a 30g insert with a 50g weight attached, 5" tri fletch parabolic. The econo rig.
QuoteOriginally posted by rbcorbitt:
55# at 28, I'm pulling a tad over 29", so closer to 58-59 lbs. in Centaur TD Dark Matter. Shooting 580 grain set up - Victory VAP with AeroOutsert with internal stainless footing - 300 grain point up front. Approx. 28% FOC. Shooting 187 average at 6' from chrony.
Loaded for black bear, hog, deer - most anything short of the truly large critters!
Definitely "loaded for bear"
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I shoot Full Metal Jackets with 200 grain VPA Penetrators with all my 60ish pound bows...that is my setup for moose and elk hunting...I really like the way those shafts and broad heads mate with the hit inserts...I get great flight out of that combo...they weigh right at 600 grains
56#@27" Pronghorn and a 55#@28" Kota recurve both like CE Heritage 150's cut to 28.75" with about 250 grains out front. They shoot nice but I have to admit I have not killed anything with either bow.
I did shoot one buck with the Kota, but a hundred grn broad head failed when I hit bone. No longer use that- I went up to a 160 grn two blade.
Cari-bow SLynx 55lb @ my 28" draw , CX Heritage 250's, 50 gr inserts 200 gr broadheads (595 gr total arrow weight). This is my setup for the hunts I have planned this year...bear next week, moose and deer in the fall. Hopefully, hogs in early 2014.
I'll be taking a Rocky Mtn Recurve that Maddog just made limbs for to Africa this August. 56#@ 26". 2020 legacy shaft w/ a 200gr broadhead flies real nice . Just over 600grs.
53#@28" Widow PL, 62". 29" Easton carbon w/100 gr. brass insert and 250 VPA 3 blade. 630 gr. and I've taken several whitetail, 2 caribou and a 120#ish hog. Complete pass thrus on all but one deer and I hit the off side leg bone on that one. The 2 caribou were actually shot with 125 gr. Wensel Woodsmans (same profile as the VPA) with 125 gr. glue in adapters bringing the total head weight to 250 gr. Hope to try this set up out on Colorado elk this Sept. Mike
I've got a 54 @ 28 that I draw at a little over 30, my setup is 350 Carbon Express Heritage 12gpi arrow at full length (32) 100gr brass insert, 125gr head, 3 5inch shield feathers and gold tip nocks.
Whole package comes in at about 640 grains, works very well for that weight.
55 lb Blacktail, 560 grains Gold tip arrows with 245 gn up front, WW heads.
Shot thru enough elk to have great confidence in my equipment.
Bob
What size Aluminum Arrow would you have to use to get a 600gr arrow with 55# setup? Everyone tells me my 520gr Cedars are enough but I like alot of weight! I dont see where a heavier arrow can hurt.
55# wild horse creek "hawk", gt 5575 cut to 29, 300 up front. Get great flight. Right around 600 grains.
You can get there with a 2117 but I had to load up the front as well.
55# Kwyk Styk , 630 grn (Hexshafts ) 160gr Magnus ll
55# Kempf longbow...535 grain arrows
52# Fedora Recurve...545 grain arrows
57# Groves and 58# Kempf T/D...585--615 grain arrow
125/135 grain Zwickeys and 160 grain Snuffers. I like the quietness and penetration heavier arrows provide.
55# BW PCH
VPA VForce HV 350 - 28.5"
....100 gn insert
....300 gn Big 3
....32% Ultra-EFOC
....611 gn Total arrow wt
Full length penetration from sternum thru thigh exit on a doe utilizing a 4# lighter bow...she laid down on the spot.
Shooting same arrow out of a 4# lighter bow... completely disintegrated an 18 in 1 Rhinehart target in merely 3 1/2 weeks.
Shot my only bareshaft to bareshaft robinhood with this arrow excluding the fletching.
55# Pearson Mercury hunter - Doug fir shafts 70/75 spine with Pearson dead heads for 625+ grain set up....
I also shoot the same shaft in my 60# Bruin and 53# Tigercat...
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Mine is 54# with mfx 340 (680gr)and 4 blade zwickey deltas. Not quite 55# and 600gr but has been a real deadly combo so far.
QuoteOriginally posted by BrushWolf:
Mine is 54# with mfx 340 (680gr)and 4 blade zwickey deltas. Not quite 55# and 600gr but has been a real deadly combo so far.
I'll be playing with some 340s this week as well. I'm gona work up a solid, heavy arrow.
My rig is #52@28 drawned about 29.5", either an 80-85 Surewood for about 660gr with 145gr. point or ICS bowhunter 340 with 300 up front for about 630.
55# Damon Howatt Dream Catcher and 600 gr / 125gr heads on Douglas Fir shafts. I actually draw it a little over for about 59to 60#. Shoots well and hits with great penetration.
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I'm shooting in the 50's since I don't elk hunt anymore.Arros average 560 to 600+ for now but I'm trying to get closer to 9grs per #.Don't feel the added weight is needed for whitetails.
I shoot the same 608 grain arrow out of three different bows. 50#, 57#, and 62#. Maybe I'm just lucky but it works for me.
Try a 2117 in aluminum. Out of my "enhanced" 50 pound Bear A-mag (enhanced with fast flight limbs and 6 strand SBD string) I am shooting a 580 grain 2117 with 9" wrap and 5" feathers on the back end, and a glue-in-glue-on insert and 160 gr BH up front. A heavier point would get it up to 600 gr total weight easily.
With this I am close to 12 grains per pound but with the enhanced speed of the 6-strand string and a 29" draw length it shoots very well and hits hard.
52 lb St. Joe River, about 55 at my draw length. Gold tip 35-55 arrows cut to 30" with 100 grain brass insert, 100 grain steel adapter and WW up front.
Works great for me
56 lb at 28" (I pull 29") Tall Tines Recurve. Easton Nano Axis (black) 340s cut to 30.25" w/ Standard Insert 250 Gr Abowyer Wapiti for Elk and 250 Gr VPA 1-1/4" for Deer & Bear. (3) 5" Shield Cut Feathers w/ 7" Wrap. 585 Gr Total
Thanks guys. Keep em coming if you got em.
55lb robertson fatal styk and 54lb robertson wolfer. Carbon express 250s cut to 29 inch with 300gr up front.
heavy hitters with 100 gr up front insert and a 150 gr head, shooting out of a 58@28 or a 55@28 bow both set ups fly great! also shoot fmj's with 75 in front and 150 gr heads which fly very well arrows are weighing in around 580 and 640.
55@28 or very close with all my bows. Shooting cedars with 190 up front on 65-70 shafts that come in around 625 grains. I hunt everything with that setup, from stumps to an elk if I can find a cooperative one.
55# tomahawk longbow with arrow dynamics trads 100 grain brass inserts with 175 grain vpa 3 blades. (p.s. I file down the inserts a bit to create a smooth taper form the insert to the broadhead)