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Title: 125 enough or not
Post by: bowfanatik on April 18, 2014, 03:03:00 AM
Hello guys
My friend and i have some discussion .
Wooden arrow , totally weight 510 grain , 125 on the front .53 pounds will shoot this arrow .
 He lives in the belief that it will kill a piglet(big bad ass boar), please help me get him back on the road carbon arrow and German Kinetics

Warning!: do not support him !     :biglaugh:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: cacciatore on April 18, 2014, 03:11:00 AM
Sure it will do if placed in the proper place!
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: 3arrows on April 18, 2014, 03:18:00 AM
Worked 50yrs ago for me.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: bowfanatik on April 18, 2014, 04:24:00 AM
He worries about FOC
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: fedora on April 18, 2014, 06:27:00 AM
I've done it. 300lbs boar in Georgia with a muzzy 125 gr head.  That is one of those replacement blade do hickeys.  All the way through at 7 yards. He went 9 yards a fell over.  He turned right at me and ran past me and fell over.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Roger Norris on April 18, 2014, 07:23:00 AM
Total arrow weight seems fine. The head weight is just part of the equation.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: David Mitchell on April 18, 2014, 07:42:00 AM
Funny how the stuff that was normal decades ago and worked great now is thought to be totally inadequate.  All sorts of stuff has been killed for ages using that kind of set-up.  Certainly it will work--but only if the arrow is put in the right spot. Be sure your friend knows just where the vitals are located on a pig.  You can't shoot them as you would a deer--need to be more forward. Hope your friend gets you back to the old ways.    :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: daveycrockett on April 18, 2014, 07:55:00 AM
Will work fine in the right spot.  :campfire:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: bowfanatik on April 18, 2014, 08:02:00 AM
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Originally posted by David Mitchell:
Funny how the stuff that was normal decades ago and worked great now is thought to be totally inadequate.  All sorts of stuff has been killed for ages using that kind of set-up.  Certainly it will work--but only if the arrow is put in the right spot. Be sure your friend knows just where the vitals are located on a pig.  You can't shoot them as you would a deer--need to be more forward. Hope your friend gets you back to the old ways.     :bigsmyl:  
:-) his trying , but i love to much my crazy setup !
And yes , hi know very good where is right spot on pig .

Thanks , for your unselfish help    :goldtooth:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: on April 18, 2014, 09:13:00 AM
A good tune is way more important than high FOC! If that 510gr woody with a 125gr point is tuned well, and he can put it in the right place on the pig, he will have no problems with that set-up!

Bisch
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: old wi bowyer on April 18, 2014, 09:19:00 AM
That wood arrow will probably work better than your carbon arrow. It has for over 50+ years.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: bowfanatik on April 18, 2014, 09:39:00 AM
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Originally posted by old wi bowyer:
That wood arrow will probably work better than your carbon arrow. It has for over 50+ years.
I asked for help to revert him on carbon , not revert me on wood    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: joe ashton on April 18, 2014, 09:54:00 AM
125's have 36 big game animals in my freezer. Including  4 hog and 4  elk!
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: LittleBen on April 18, 2014, 09:59:00 AM
HAHAHAHA

Milan!!! You had to know this would happen!

Anyway, thats basically the same setup I shoot but from a lighter weight bow and it worked fine on deer this year.

500gr arrow, 125gr head, 50# bow ... thats like the classic big game hunting setup ... your friend is fine ...

As much as I do like the wood arrows, I do miss the near indestructability of the carbon.

I think my next shafts will need to be ash or hickory or something if I'm staying with wood.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Bladepeek on April 18, 2014, 11:57:00 AM
As I posted on another thread, if you do not get total pass through, your carbons will not out-live your woodies. A 200 - 300 # pig rolling on a protruding arrow will in fact make it a 2-piece arrow wood, carbon, aluminum - doesn't matter   ;)
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Friend on April 18, 2014, 04:01:00 PM
Both paths appear to leading downwind of the coveted objective.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Todd Cook on April 18, 2014, 04:21:00 PM
We call it "traditional bowhunting". Wood is pretty traditional.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: bowfanatik on April 18, 2014, 04:28:00 PM
Well , i have in my bow two strips fiberglas and one strip of carbon :-) . That is allot nontraditional materials . Carbon arrow is logical solution for me .
But , before couple days i was ordered on Osage selfbow . For that bow i will use some nasty woodies
   :jumper:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: alex321 on April 18, 2014, 05:47:00 PM
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Originally posted by bowfanatik:
Well , i have in my bow two strips fiberglas and one strip of carbon :-) . That is allot nontraditional materials . Carbon arrow is logical solution for me .
But , before couple days i was ordered on Osage selfbow . For that bow i will use some nasty woodies
    :jumper:  
Hi,

I see that you are from Serbia.  Is it possible to hunt with a bow over there?  Are there any restrictions?

Sorry for the trhead Hijack
Alex
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Wudstix on April 18, 2014, 06:00:00 PM
I prefer 160 grains plus up front.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Norminator on April 18, 2014, 07:26:00 PM
I have always used 125s. Just bought the relatively new Zwickey Eskilite 135s.
IMHO Zwickeys are a great broadhead. Easy to sharpen and good value for the buck.
Title: Re: 125 enough or not
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on April 19, 2014, 07:25:00 AM
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Originally posted by bowfanatik:
 
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Originally posted by old wi bowyer:
That wood arrow will probably work better than your carbon arrow. It has for over 50+ years.
I asked for help to revert him on carbon , not revert me on wood     :biglaugh:  [/b]
Ok,  Wood will never Kill anything as well as steel.   ;)  hope that was what you were looking for   :p