Grains Per Pound What do you shoot?

[coyote2]

I just thought I would see what every one els shoots for hunting arrows my arrows come in 12.5 grains per pound 700gr CX Heritage shot out of my #56 @28.5" A&H ACS CX not sure how fast but got pass through on everything so far any way whats your set up? thanks,Coyote2<><

[Mike Burch]

Mine seems to always come out around 9.5-11 grains per pound.

Right now, I'm shooting 580 grains out of a 58# @ 29.5" Kim Sha longbow.

Mike

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Ash Shafts 60-65#@27"BOP 160grn points with 3-5.5" nana's total weight 627grn

Shrew 54" 52#@26"( my draw )= 12.06grn per pound

[Dave2old]

I'm a low-tech, math-challenged hunter, but I can say that I shoot the heaviest arrows I can shoot accurately from a given bow out to 20 yards, and try to make them as front-heavy as possible. Since I build wood longbows, which rarely come out the same weight and rarely stay that weight after a few hundred shots, I wind up with many-dozen arrows. Just more pointless "information," like the daily news. dave

[Steelhead]

I hunt with 12 grains per pound.I like a heavy arrow and close shots.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Somewhere between 8 and 10 gpp.

[snag]

55#@28" recurve shooting 600gr arrows= 10.9 gpp. I shoot targets with the same arrow weight so when I hunt with them there isn't any adjusting. The old K.I.S.S. theory.

[mcgroundstalker]

I shoot 10 to 12 grains per pound of bow draw weight with carbon, wood and/or aluminum shafts. A heavy arrow is quiet and great for hunting.

... mike ...

[Stone Knife]

Same as Mike I like them around 10-12 GPP, my shots are close any ways.

[DEERSLAYER1961]

Between 10.5-11.5 grains per pound depending on the bow I'm shooting.

[cjones]

My arrows normaly weigh between 7.5 and 8.0 GPP.

[Shawn Leonard]

I like a few above am on the low end,, I like 8-9.5 grains perpound. right now I am shooting 9gpp. on the button and I like the way they hit. It has been proven as of late that an arrow with a lot of weight up front will penetrate better than the same weight arrow without the heavy load up front, so a 9gpp. arrow with 175-225 upfront will penetrate as well as another arrow weighing 10-11gpp with only 125 grain heads. Shawn

[LazerRay]

I shoot just under 11 grains per pound I Shoot 590gr out of a 54# BW PSA it is a sweet shooter. I went up from 570gr to a bareshaft tuned arrow weighing 590gr and I shoot between 185 and 187 fps from a lighter untuned arrow at 178 to 183fps. So a tuned arrow will help penetration.

[Mike Bolin]

I try to stay at around 10-12 grains per pound of bow weight. Mike

[huntnut]

I'm setting at 13.25gpp shooting a 625gr 31"bop POC arrow out of a 47# recurve. Now when I get my FF string I should be able to shorten my arrow, and that will drop my gpp. but I like 10-14gpp w/heavy foc.

[pseman]

Currently shooting Heritage 150s @ 11gr/lb but I also have some Bemans that are just under 9gr/lb. I can't really tell much difference in trajectory until I'm further away than I can shoot accurately anyway so I'm hunting with the heavier ones.

Mark

[Terry Green]

Although I'm sure its a good guide....I've never really worried too much about it.  I care more about arrow weight.  

I have been shooting right around 530 grains for years for whitetails and small game whether I'm shooting 60 to 70 pounds.  I really like 630 grains for hogs and big game, whether I'm shooting 60 to 70#s.  Has worked for me for over 2 decades, and way before I heard about 'grains per pound', with 4 blade Zwickeys...and as of late, the bruiser buck I shot with the Zephry Sasquatch AK 'The Flying Hatchet'.

If I had to shoot a 40# bow, I'd still want the 530 grain arrow....not the 400 grainer....and I'd probably switch heads as well to a narrower 4 blade for deer and a narrower 2 blade for bigger game.

[Pete W]

been shooting about 13.5 gr/# out of 46 to 48# bows at my draw. These have 400 gr up front 300 gr Asgir heads and 100 gr brass inserts.

[Lefty]

Currently shooting 630 grain arrows out of my 50# PLGA, so it is around 12.6 GPP.

[Jason Kendall]

480 grains out of my 52# bow, seems to work just fine!