Think'n I might need a heavier broad head, but wanted to hear what ya'll might be shoot'n as far as weight goes.
I need new arrows also, so you mite want post your arrows choice also & how out it works with your chosen broad head.
Thanks in advance.
Snuffer 125 with 100 grain adapter on a 29 inch gt 5575
Vpa 250 on same arrows
625-650 grain total weight
Worked out good this January
175 gn Brown bear 80# cedar or doug fir; combo is killer!
125 grain wensel woodsman on a 100 grain insert in 3555 GT trads cut to 28 1/2". Gives me around 535 grains total weight, unfortunately I didn't get to try them out this fall....sold a house and bought a house and moved during bow season!!!!!! :confused: not sure what I was thinking!!
160 grain Ribtek, Magnus Mag I, or ACE
30.5" GT3555 with 160gr Zwickeys. It worked fine from a 42# bow a couple of years ago. Couldn't find a deer to point it at this year
200 grain woodsman BH with standard insert, on a 7595 GT Pro Hunter, cut to 30.5". Gives me around 585 grains total weight. Have not killed anything with it yet, but I'm confident it will drop anything that I hit.
Wood arrow, 125 glue on 2 blade Ace. Kills fast, goes deep.
Bob.
160gr Snufer
160gr Journeyman
on tapered ash gives me an arrow in the 750gr range
165gr. Treeshark with 100gr. Steel adapter on a 30 in. CE Heritage 250.
Has been my favorite setup the last couple years.
125 grain WW with 50 grain brass inserts
160 grain Grizzly on a Surewood 80-85 spined tapered douglas fir shaft @ 28.5" does the job for me! I've yet to have a "return" customer thus far with this combo and my Black Widow PSA ;) !
130 gr Stos and 125 gr Magnus II on Douglas fir shafts. I prefer simple two-edged heads.
I have stuck them deep in roots behind the deer after full pass-throughs. Normally get a foot of shaft out the backside. I shoot 30-1/2" BOP with the last 12" tapared down to 5/16" for about 630 gr all up arrow weight.
160 gr grizzly on a glue in glue on adpater and 2020 legacys. 630gr overall. Works perfect out of my 63# longbow
50gr. brass insert behind a 200gr. broadhead.
Ribtek 160s or 190s on doug fir shafts
Grizzly Kodiak 200s on sitka or doug fir
Snuffer 160 on doug fir
shoot them in everything from my 50-60# selfbows...longbows...and recurves.
300 grain tuskers on beman mfx 340's with 75 grain brass inserts.
Centershot 55/75, 100 grain insert, and 250 gr. VPA Terminator bh, for total weight of 695 gr and almost 12 gpi. Would like to move up a little in # or down in arrow weight. Happy with performance on game, but drops quickly after 20.
Shooting wood arrows, I went from 125 to 160 gr many years ago and have now moved to 200 gr plus. I really like the flight and performance from the heavier heads. Looking forward to my new 235 gr Grizzly Kodiaks.
Victory HV350......100 gn insert....250 VPA....563 total.....30% Ultra-EFOC
Victory HV350......50 gn insert.....300 Big 3....561 total.....30% Ultra-EFOC
52@28...Dryad ACS RC
Personally confident set-up for the game I pursue.
Note: Used the following arrow which shot out of 51@28 Vyperkahn in arrowing a doe from sternum thru body and resulted in an~6"-8" exit beyond the inner ham. She laid down on the spot.
Victory HV350......100 gn insert.....300 Big 3....611 total.....>31.5% Ultra-EFOC
Either 125 grain Magnus II or 130 Zwickey No Mercy or 135 Ace Standard or Zwickey 125 grain Eskimo on Chundoo shafts. Overall weight 500-530 grains.
goldtip 3555 stuffed with nylon rope, magnus I 2 blade 140 grain with 100 grain steel adapter and 100 grain brass insert. Total weight 740 grains. 63# at 26" longbow.
This is a bit more information than you have requested but here's what I'm shooting:
Bow - Shakespeare Super Necedah (Recurve)
Bow Length - 54"
Draw Weight - 58 lbs
Draw Length - 28"
Arrow Weight - 750 grs
Arrow Speed - 149 fps
My arrows are Gold Tip Expedition Hunters 7595, cut to 30 1/8", with 100 gr brass inserts, 125 gr threaded adapters, and 225 gr Tuffhead broadheads / and or / points. My arrows have EFOC of 33. They sure make the bow quiet and they pack a nice wallop!
160 grain old style Grizzly on 69# spine compressed tapered cedars. 55-75 GT carbon with 200 grain VPA 3 blade and Arrow Dynamics Hammer Head Trads with 200 grain VPA 3 blade.
Shoot perfect out of a number of bows, especially 60 pound Black Widow MAII and 57 lb. Robertson Vision Falcon II.
200 Grizzlys, 100 steel adapter,
135 zwickey delta, 125 steel adapter
200 grain samurai or 220 muzzy phantom with a 100 grain brass insert, Gold Tip Velocity 300 cut to 30 1/4 and 4 fletched. Right around 600 grains out of a 60lb blacktail.
Beman Centershot Trads 500's cut to 28"'s 75gn brass insert and 150 gr Magnus Stingers or Fred's 150gr Muzzy Phantoms. I have a 27" draw length. I shoot a Black Widow PSAIII 47#'s @ my draw length. The Beman's are Outstanding had a complete pass threw on a 6pt this season.
225 Tuffhead on a 75 grn. adapter, 75 grn. brass insert. Total weight about 680 grn. Shooting full length 55/75 gold tips out of a Caribow Slynx, #56 @ 29"
125 G5's. Once I get through the next season we will see what I use!
200 grain Razorcap.
200gr VPA/WW
gold tip ultralight 350, al insert 250 head yields 550gr package 22.3% foc
125 gr. WW or old Bear razorheads with the bleeders....Tim
CE150 arrow with 190 Tree Shark and 60 grain weight for 250 grain
CE150 arrow with 175 grain Tiger Shark
160 grain Ace standard 2 blade on cedar arrows
I usually either use 125 grain heads on a 100 grain adapter or a 160 grain head on a 75 grain adapter. Gives me a total head height of 225-235 grains.
QuoteOriginally posted by katman:
gold tip ultralight 350, al insert 250 head, abowyer brown bear for hogs and vpa 3 blade for deer, yields 550gr package 22.3% foc
200 Grizzly or 200 ACE. Mounted on a 70/75 cedar cut to 28.5 inches out of my 61@28 Dale Dye. I also love ANY V.P.A. Head.
I'm usually in the 175 to 200 grain area. Maybe with threaded weights behind the threaded insert. Maybe with weight inside a broadhead adapter. Or a steel adapter with broadhead. And sometimes with just a heavy broadhead.
Carbons - Easton 400 Traditional Only Shaft cut to 28.5", 100 grain brass insert shooting 150 grain Steelforce Hell-fire; total weight up front 250 gr. ~22% Foc 560 grains total weight
Wood - Surewood Shaft 55-60# cut to 28.75" with 145 grain field points, going to shoot 135 grain Zwickey Deltas
VPA 250 grain Terminator or 160 grain Grizzly with 100 grain steel adapter, on the end of a 28 1/2" CE 150 four fletched. That gives me a 580-590 grain total. My 50lb @ 27" Zipper sends them downrange in the blink of an eye.
Bushbow #55 @ 32" Full length GT 55/75, 50 gr brass insert and 250 gr VPA Terminator. Elk hate them.
125 gr. ace on a 100 gr. insert . 225 gr. head tunes up right for me. 7595 gt. 28" with 100 grains of weight plus my 225 gr. head = 650 gr.s . I shoot a 70# (65# at my dl) hybrid lb. 10 gpp exactly
180 gr Grizzly, or 160 gr. Stos. Surewood or Sitka Spruce.
150 grain Phoenix when I'm using woodies, Razorhawks in carbons.
190 grn meathead. 100 grn steel insert. 45 lbs long bow, well an A&H.
125 no matter the type
175 gr Tiger shark with 20gr insert on 29.5" CE 250
Total weight=550Gr
175 grain tiger shark 75 grain insert. Easton bloodline 400's cut to 29.5.
175
190gr Interceptor, 5gr washer, CE250 cut to 29.5 52 lbs @ 28. Two complete pass throughs at 20 yards this year. Both double lung through 1 rib.
165 safari glue on for wood...145 eclipse with 35 gr adapter and 50 grain insert (230 grain total) for carbons