One Bow - two setups ?

[Stiks-n-Strings]

I want to set up my new bow that I am getting with a heavy hitting EFOC for big game and a lite fast arrow foc for small game.
I'm thinking woodies for big game and carbon for small game.


Or do I just need to get a bow for every type of shooting? Hmmmmmmm    

But seriously What do guys reccomend

[Steve O]

All of my 55# recurves shoot a full length 340 spine carbon with a 125g point or a 30 1/2" 340 carbon with a 250g point.

[cacciatore]

You can have different set up on a single bow since every arrow is fine tuned for your bow.You can have a light or heavy wood arrow or a light and heavy arrow made of carbon,just choose what you want then start to work at.

[JRY309]

It is hard to get an EFOC arrow with a wood arrow and I'm not convinced that EFOC works well with anything but a carbon arrow.I would look at carbon arrows for both setups,you might look at a tapered carbon like AD Trads or Trad Lite's.On my AD's I could change to point weight by 50 grs. and they still shot great.

[Bjorn]

I only shoot wood; but I have tried carbon too. EFOC is harder to obtain with wood, but you can get near 25%, let's call that DFOC, and I think good flight trumps everything else.
I use one bow/arrow combo for almost everything including 3D.

[AkDan]

I typically shoot one bow one way for everything.  The same bow for moose as I do for grouse.  The heads are obviously different.

[George D. Stout]

I'm with Bjorn.  I can't see changing arrows for small or big game.  Change heads, but not arrows 8^).  I'll start worrying about EFOC when I start hunting Buffalo.

[cacciatore]

Yes,like George states for general hunting you don't really need EFOC,you have plenty of penetration with a smart weight arrow,with out loosing too much trajectory.

[lpcjon2]

George and Bjorn are right about using the same gear for both.On the how to section Guru shows you how he made a woodsman a great rabbit head.I tried this 2-nights ago and its easy to do and fly's just like my arrows for deer.

[Mike Bolin]

Now George, if you wake up tomorrow and have a herd of buff in the backyard, you'll be kickin' yourself!  
I am planning to set up a string for woodies for my Timberhawk. I am very, very pleased with my EFOC carbon set up, but I do miss shooting woodies. Will probably only be 50 gr. difference between the two. Mike

[pseman]

It's not too hard to shoot 2 different setups using carbon. You can shoot a lighter spine arrow with less weight and shorter length if needed for smaller game or 3D. You can then go up in spine and add extra length and weight up front and get higher FOC if wanted.

You will see a change in trajectory and will need to practice with the arrows you plan to use at that time though.

[pooahl]

I've tried this between hunting and 3D arrows, the latter being around 125 grains lighter. Both carbon.

If you shoot some kind of aiming method and you can memorize the gap difference in how your arrows fly, then it should be relatively easy to switch between. Otherwise, shooting instinctive out to 15-20 yards or so the adjustment is not that bad, but as Mark said above, you gotta put in the practice. This is especially true as you get out there to 25 and 30.  125 grains makes a huge difference for me at 30+ yards and I really prefer the small, fast arrows for 3D because that's where I take those longer shots.  
-Paul