heavy arrows questions

[Renacs]

 I've been on a arrow making  kick lately. And I'm really leaning towards  heavy weight forward tapered shafts. They shoot great out of my bow and the penetration seems the same as my lighter faster arrows.  I guess my question is at what point do you start to see diminished returns in heavyweight arrows.  (Shooting from a 50-55#,bow). When it comes to deer hunting? And from your experience would using a target be a fairly accurate gauge to compare penetration?

[Pat B]

It would depend on how well you shoot the heavy arrows. I shoot bows in the 55# range and some of my hardwood shoot arrows can be 600gr to 700r. At hunting range they are as accurate as they need to be. Using your quarry will be the only way to accurately test penetration but It doesn't take much to punch through a deer.

[Badger]

  At 20 yards I would want at least about 150 fps to keep my trajectory relatively flat. When my arrow weight got me below this I woud stp adding weight. Your penetration gets better as arrow weight go up but you only need so much then keeping your trajectory up becomes more important.

[PEARL DRUMS]

  At 20 yards I would want at least about 150 fps to keep my trajectory relatively flat. When my arrow weight got me below this I woud stp adding weight. Your penetration gets better as arrow weight go up but you only need so much then keeping your trajectory up becomes more important.

Couldn't agree more. My hunting arrows for my 28" draw, 50-52# bows usually weigh up around 560-570 and they penetrate and fly flat. Im confident as all get out with them. Matter of fact, Ive never left an arrow in a deer with any bow, all passed through.

[Buckeye Guy]

A rule of thumb is 10 -12 grains per pound of draw weight
but most of us shoot fairly close up so we can go a bit more if we want to and especially with tapered shafts

[Danzn Bar]

Guys,
If my math is close to being right................A 570 grain arrow @ 150 ft/sec is like.............. taking a can of coke and have a pitcher hurling it at 95 miles an hour (typ. fastball).  I wouldn't want to get hit by it, much less a razor sharp broadhead.  .....  what more do you need?
DBar

[Badger]

DBar, the coke can full of coke would have about 8 times the energy of the arrow.

[Danzn Bar]

Yes your right .............my math wasn't correct..............I retract my comment more like a tennis ball  ...............Thanks Badger
DBar

[PEARL DRUMS]

Still don't want to get hit by a 95 mph tennis ball either.