Proper Arrow Selection for Bow Hunting

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  1. Joseph Robinson

    Ok I am shooting traditional style at 45 pounds. Does this mean I would
    pick a 270 grain arrow? All the archery shops around here know nothing
    about traditional its all compound for them.

     
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  2. santafearchery

    Great question! You really need to tune your bow with a bare shaft if your
    shooting off the shelf. Using a 270 arrow is a bit light try a 350-400
    range arrow. I would recommend the tune to get the right weight for your
    bow.

     
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  3. MarsTalionis

    Forgive my ignorance. Does making the fletching left or right really make
    that much of a difference? does it hit the rest if I make them that way or
    does it go into effect while in flight?

     
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  4. Eclipse Star

    @josephrobinson1976 then you shouldnt worry about it as you dont really
    care about the compound that were designed for them

     
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  5. Megan Mattingly

    a big important factor left out is to match spine to the bow befor anything
    else the proper spine will make it easier to tune a bow

     
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  6. CCornelius

    I’m thinking of buying a long bow. Folks say the stiffness of the arrow
    should be right. Why not just use the stiffest arrows?

     
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  7. santafearchery

    @JesusDillinger Because in a recurve or a long bow to stiff or a to weak of
    an arrow effects arrow flight. The draw length and the weight of the draw
    will help determine the arrow spine. To select the proper arrow for the bow
    you have to shoot different arrow spines to get the best flight and
    trajectory off of the bow.

     
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  8. ripfletching

    Thanks can u do a video of bare shaft tuning for compound bows now days Ppl
    just don’t tune it’s crazy !!!

     
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  9. santafearchery

    @ripfletching Thanks for the idea this week we will be doing the pros and
    cons of bare shaft tuning your compound bow.

     
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  10. JimCWeatherford

    When you were talking about weight of an arrow ,does this include the broad
    head weight also? Or 45 lbs draw X 6 = 270 + broadhead 100 grains total
    weight 370 ?? Please explain and thanks

     
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  11. santafearchery

    Are you shooting a recurve or compound bow? Compound bow would be total
    weight including broadhead. Recurve bow would be more about the deflection
    of the spine. You may have to go a little heavier or little lighter

     
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  12. Classicalguitarist22

    It depends, you can have your arrow come to just in front of your rest, i
    prefer the arrow to come about an inch off the front of the riser.

     
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  13. L2fish

    This has always had me wondering. I still shoot aluminum 2217 arrows, 60
    lbs 29 inch draw. My friends call them logs when looking at a carbon. I
    have an older 50 percent letoff compound and want all the kinetic energy I
    can get vs speed

     
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  14. CHEROKEEBROWN70

    Hi, I’m new in bowhunting. I would like to hunt wild boars.I have aHoyt
    Vector 32 at 80lbs draw weight and using Easton Powerflight 300 9.5gpi. and
    using 125grain broadheads. Is this the right set up or do i need to change?
    Please, i need your help.

     
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