Preferable speed of arrow?

[ishoot4thrills]

I would like to see 180 fps and above but it's not worth it to me to shoot a light enough arrow to get that kind of speed with my relatively short draw length(my specs are in my signature below). So I'm happy with my 160'ish fps and fairly heavy arrow weight(11.3 GPP) with high FOC and dart-like arrow flight.

     

[Blackhawk]

I like to watch my arrows fly, and that's hard to do if the arrow is going toooo fast.  That usually means 175 or so for me.

[Goshawkin]

I don't have a chrono,so don't know how fast I'm shooting.I do like when I can see a bow is noticably faster. If the bow is smooth and stable why wouldn't you want it to be as fast as can be? Flatter trajectory works better for me.

[wingnut]

This is interesting because when I first met Rusty he told me he was deadly on his shot.  At that time he shot a 60# Hill and real heavy hichory shafts.  His point on was about 6" below a whitetails belly at 15 yds from his treestand.

He tuned every bow he hunted with after that to replicate that shot and gap.

Didn't miss much either.

Mike

[Nativestranger]

Originally posted by Stumpkiller:
 

Originally posted by Margly:
Hi!

What would be the allover preferable speed for all game hunted from squirrel to bison?

I'm thinking the speed of light would be fine.  No trajectory to mess with.  Lots of penetration.  Unlimited range.  Look down the arrow and that's where it's going.

Probably a bit of hand shock and the fletching might stay behind.      [/b]

Lol I wouldn't mind speed of light. A laser pointer attached to the bow would come in handy.

[BDann]

Fast enough to "smoke an arrow"!  

[reddogge]

Now I know Stumpkiller likes those Kodiak Hunters where he can run up and make mid course corrections on the arrow by hand.    

I like a fairly quick arrow but have never chronographed an arrow in my life and probably never will. I just know it when I see it.

My only test is to shoot them at 45 yards and if they hit point on then the arrow is traveling fast enough for me. If they hit higher (none do) so that's a moot point. Some bows hit lower and they are slower so are not my favorite. A couple of years ago I dragged a lot of my old classic bows out and put them to the test. Not all passed.

[atatarpm]

Mine is running 185 fps at 740 grains out of a 60 lbs long bow. I'm kind of liking it right about there.

[Sam McMichael]

Not a clue! I have not run an arrow through a chronograph since the 90's and I did not then own any of the bows I currently hunt with. I don't much care about speed as long as arrow flight is good and accuracy holds up. My speculation is that most of my hunting bows are at 155 - 165 fps.

[Altiman94]

KE is definitely the thing to look at more so than speed.  You are sometimes better off to trade speed for a little more arrow weight.  On medium sized game, you can get away with a lighter arrow.  But on elk and bigger you should look to go as heavy as you think makes sense.

[jess stuart]

Once built a recurve bow for a customer, he wanted to be sure the bow would not be over about 175 with 9 gpp.  Was before ff strings.  His idea was an arrow that was any fater, his eye could not follow it and burn it into his brain for similar shots.  Not sure about all that.  To each his own I guess.

[Stumpkiller]

Originally posted by reddogge:
Now I know Stumpkiller likes those Kodiak Hunters where he can run up and make mid course corrections on the arrow by hand.    

Though you note I still hang on to it all these many years.    

[duncan idaho]

My two fastest bows area Sasquatch R/D bow from Kik and my ******** Titan with BF extreme carbon limbs, both at 63# and will shoot a 10 gpp arrow around 188. very nice and makes shooting so much easier.