bonjour
i'm jean-vincent
just starting bow hunting , i need a bit of help choosing my arrows
I've got a ragim brown bear 45# , my draw length 28.5/29" , my shooting range will be around 15/20 meter max  , games i will be hunting : chevreuil (kind od roe derr around 60#) , small , medium sanglier( wild boar ), cerf (deer) a bit big for my bow .
in france it's believed that under 55# you can not go for "big game" but as i see , with a good set up a lot of you manage it pretty well .
thanks for your help .

Welcome to TradGang, Jean-Vincent!  You should be able to hunt game at those distances with your bow, particularly since you will be pulling slightly more than 45# at your draw length. Just be careful to learn where you need to place your arrows to get good kill shots.  I would imagine you might also be able to hunt rabbits in France, which the French have quite tasty ways of preparing?

Right now, I'm in Granada Spain for a few weeks, which is why I'm up at the same time you are, I guess.  As I do everywhere I go, I try to find out what interest there might be in traditional archery here, but so far I haven't been able to discover any.

thanks !!
there is quiet a few rabbit down here , and i've been a chef for 15 years , a few years in england where i learned english .
now i'm in a small village ( where 230 people on 3400 hectare ) lots of place for hunting .rabbit , hare , roe deer , wild boar , deer , woodcok , ducks ..
a small question .: what's to do to follow a topic , to be warned when there is an answer ??

Welcome to TradGang,spine 500 arrows cut at 30"with 150 grs head  would be close to you needs.  

Welcome to TradGang, Jean-Vincent! Looking forward to reading the stories and seeing the photos of your hunting adventures.

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If I were choosing arrows for your bow, I would choose either 1916 aluminum arrows, or 35-55 carbon arrows, cut to 29.5", with 125 grain tips.  I don't know if you have the same sizes in Europe or not.

A sharp, two blade broadhead will maximize penetration for you.  Here in PA we hunt whitetail deer that run around 50-60 kilos.  Many are harvested each year with 45# bows.  I just bought a recurve in 47# and am likely to shoot three blade broadhead.  I plan on shooting an aluminum arrow and keeping distances under 20 yards/meters.
I toured France several years ago and often wondered about hunting in those steep mountains.
Bonne chance.

merci /thanks for your help !!
with got chevreuil and cerf elaphe (deer) up to 300kg for  up to 1.5 m on the bottom of is neck (i don't know the word ..)for 2.6meter long .

The chevreuil seems to be close to our whitetail deer while the cerf elaphe looks like  cousin of our elk.

Welcome!  I used .500 spine ICS bowhunters out of a 45# bear recurve with 200 gr tips, 30.5 " total length, 535 gr. total arrow weight. I had very good penetration on the turkey I took with that set up.

I look forward to reading about your adventures.

Bienvenue vincent ,    Ce site est plein d'info et super cool !

Welcome Jean-Vincent!

Je parle un petit peu Francaise- bienvenue a la premiere fraternité d'Arc!!

Welcome to tradgang!
I had the pleasure of going to Paris a few months ago. Pretty sure I couldn't hunt there!       now I regret not learning my French properly back in school!
Cheers, brothers from France!

lol , merci beaucoup /thanks a lot ..
cerf elaphe :  http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/cerf-elaphe-picture_fr-842.html

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thanks !!
florida , thats a part of US i'd like to visit one day , like the rest of the country , lol .

Hello from the north of Spain,