weight of hunting arrows

[hunting_mainiac]

how much do your hunting arrows weigh????????????????? :D :D :D :D :D

[hunting_mainiac]

the ones i will be shooting will be around 530grn :lol:

[Russell]

Mine are around 400 grains.

[Glenn]

I shoot between 600 to 700 grains...Glenn...

[Mozza]

my arrows are 430 grains :)

[hunting_mainiac]

i would think that anything under 500grains would be too light.

what are your opinions on this , do u get good penetration/passthroughs ? :lol:

[Glenn]

I have always considered anything under 500 grains too light for hunting especially for pigs, but I suppose there are a lot of varaibles to be considered...Glenn...

[adam]

I think under 500 is too light for trad gear or older compounds or poundages under 50#. Most of the guys I know that shoot the newer range or compounds 60-70# are using 400 to 500 grains in carbon and are pushing arrows easily thru boars.

[Kimall]

Ok in the name of sciense and nothing to do with having fun I took it upon myself to do some arrow testing of the heavier kind.
The first stage was to test rinos which weigh in at 11.5grns on some game.This they did very well at with complete pass through on a nice bill at about 25 yards.Next was to shoot it through a car door with a broard head attached from about 15 yards and this it also passed with flying colours.At this stage I was grinning like a fool about these arrows they did it all so well they where worth the extra dollars.
The final stage of testing came at the range with a ABA shoot in a comp the other weekend.This I must say was a bit of a disapointment.Why you may ask and I will try to explain.
The drop on the heavier arrows over distance more than 20 mtrs made it much harder to judge the aiming point as with a lighter arrow you could missread the range by five mtrs and still get it in the scoring zone not so with the heavier arrows as if you shot a 25 mtr target with the 20 mtr pin it was out of the scoring zone with the arrow droping a few inches.
People have spoken at length before about using lighter arrows for three d and I thought this was crap but having tried both types of arrows I feel that most of the time the lighter(no I mean standard) weight arrows work better for most people most of the time.The other thing that was shown very clearly was that the heavier arrows where not going into the butt any deeper than the normal weight ones.
After this I strongly believe that heavier arrows might be better in very paticular situations but for the most part a normal weight arrow near 450-500 is the go out of a modern compound bow for target or hunting.If you use a laser rangefinder then the rinos would be the top choice I feel as they are VERY tuff(just ask the truck door)but for unknown distance a normal weight arrow is the best.
I know this will prob start the arguments flying but the testing I have done has been real life and not some theory I read in a bow mag as is often the case when people talk about stuff like light v heavy.
Cheers and bring on critics................. :wink: KIM
Ps These Rinos are now for sale so if interested drop me a line.

[hunting_mainiac]

but if ur used to using alloys , the rhino sounds like it will do the job :shock: :D :lol:

[hunting_mainiac]

also thanks for posting ti kimall :D :) :o :lol: :D