G'day all,
One thing I've noticed different about bow hunting and our continents are arrow weights.
In aus we have what I'm now starting to think are pretty hefty arrow weights compared to you guys. We have a legal minimum of 450gn but I don't actually know anyone off the top of my head that's under 500gn.
I had an idea of mine (well at least I thought) until I actually figured it out last night. I come in at 548.6gn. There are upsides, we get a lot of penetration but it comes at a cost I spose.
our chrony is broken so I haven't tested it but going off theoretical data my Bear Mauler is flinging sticks at like 235fps. Would people here be happy with that hunting a jumpy animal like a whitetail from say 40-50yds?
I'm thinking about them in comparison to our fallow which are a similar size,
Obviously when I upgrade my bow setup I'll get a little more speed but not a lot.
To boot, the micro diameter shafts I use, aussie made ones called RUSH I just found out shut down due to family health reasons. There were no warnings or messages, one day the website was just gone. Found out through a friend it was shut for good.
So I then would go to another aussie one Zelor but my mate who prostaffs for another new aussie one talked me up to the owner of that brand and now they're sending me some shafts. I'm really not interested in getting into the prostaffing side of things but I feel obliged to for at least the duration of these shafts now. The problem is I'm being gifted 300 spine shafts that are 11.7gpi with 100gn outserts. That's like another 100gn on my current setup!
What do you guys think is a good arrow weight for hunting big game? I'm after one to suit it all, rabbits up to a 1200lb sambar stag.
Also I'm just knocking off for xmas, about to head out and set up a TC so I'll check this later on today when I can but if I don't speak to anyone before then have a very merry christmas from Australia!
JP
One thing I've noticed different about bow hunting and our continents are arrow weights.
In aus we have what I'm now starting to think are pretty hefty arrow weights compared to you guys. We have a legal minimum of 450gn but I don't actually know anyone off the top of my head that's under 500gn.
I had an idea of mine (well at least I thought) until I actually figured it out last night. I come in at 548.6gn. There are upsides, we get a lot of penetration but it comes at a cost I spose.
our chrony is broken so I haven't tested it but going off theoretical data my Bear Mauler is flinging sticks at like 235fps. Would people here be happy with that hunting a jumpy animal like a whitetail from say 40-50yds?
I'm thinking about them in comparison to our fallow which are a similar size,
Obviously when I upgrade my bow setup I'll get a little more speed but not a lot.
To boot, the micro diameter shafts I use, aussie made ones called RUSH I just found out shut down due to family health reasons. There were no warnings or messages, one day the website was just gone. Found out through a friend it was shut for good.
So I then would go to another aussie one Zelor but my mate who prostaffs for another new aussie one talked me up to the owner of that brand and now they're sending me some shafts. I'm really not interested in getting into the prostaffing side of things but I feel obliged to for at least the duration of these shafts now. The problem is I'm being gifted 300 spine shafts that are 11.7gpi with 100gn outserts. That's like another 100gn on my current setup!
What do you guys think is a good arrow weight for hunting big game? I'm after one to suit it all, rabbits up to a 1200lb sambar stag.
Also I'm just knocking off for xmas, about to head out and set up a TC so I'll check this later on today when I can but if I don't speak to anyone before then have a very merry christmas from Australia!
JP
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