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Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6579954
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3 Togo is correct... your production bows will be measured at 28'', custom bows will vary because you can order them at what ever you want. I have a black widow that's 53# @29'' I have a custom longbow that I ordered 47# at @28''. I would highly recommend not going over 50# and 45# would probably be better. too heavy and your form will suffer.easier to learn the right way than to unlearn the wrong way...whatever you get practice,practice,practice. if your only comfortable to 15 yards so be it, don't feel handicapped cause you could shoot you compound at 40.. I will guarantee when your out there this fall and you've practiced a bunch and that deer comes down the trail and gives you that broadside at 10 or 12 yards and you feel the grace and simplicity of the limbs flex and see that arrow disappear exactly where you were looking you'll wonder why you didn't do this a long time ago! good luck this fall and don't forget to post some pics when it all comes together!

Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6580426
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Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6580635
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I see no one said what the weight of broad head to be used with the 45 lbs recuve 28" arrow. I was wonder about that .


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Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6580666
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Coydog2 brought up a good point. Broadhead/fieldpoint weight. This is how you “tune” a traditional bow. I’d suggest ordering a test kit from someone such as 3 rivers. This will come with several different weight heads, and you will then judge arrow flight, arrow impacts from a bare shaft to see what your bow likes. There is no reason in the world to do this step, until your form is spot on.

For example. I’m shooting a 50# @ 28” Bodnik Slick Stick, I’m pulling 29.5”, shooting 31” Easton XX75 2016s, with 175gr up front.

A 45@28 I’d be running a 170+ up front if it was me.

Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6580779
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I have two different arrow setups for my 65 lb. longbow. The first is a 2419 aluminum, 34.5 inches long with 250 grains up front. Total arrow weight about 820 grains. The second is an 80-85 spine doug fir shaft, 32 inches long, self nock, and an approx. 200 grain sharp rocks up front. Both arrows kill stuff just fine.


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Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: coydog2] #6580783
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Doesn't matter. Shoot whatever weight broadhead that shoots best. Likely won't be a nickels worth of difference in flight between weights. Studies show that penetration increases when the weight is forward in the arrow, ie more weight at the tip than at the rear of the arrow. I've shot 125 gr to well over 200 grains without noticeable difference. What is interesting about that, is that I can shoot them all at the same target and notice no difference in impact. Maybe because I use heavy arrows anyway. Made many hundreds of thousands of Douglas fir and larch arrows when I was in the biz.

Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6581011
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Would it matter on the weight of the broad head for the impact on the animal beside shot placement ?


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Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: TurkeyTime] #6581095
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More weight up front helps penetration. 125gr broadheads are easy to find, not special. If you want more weight up front, like I said, you can use a brass insert, they come in different weights. With that said, my Predator shoots 2016's with that weight head really well. But the bow will shoot 2018's and 2020's (if you can find them.) It also shoots cedars well, and carbon arrows. Aluminums are cheap for starting practice. I run 5" feathers on all arrow sizes. And also like previously noted, any good cut on contact head will work with lower draw weights. I've used Steel Force for years with good success, even out of a compound. There are also many good cut on contact replaceable blade heads if you don't want to try to sharpen your own. G5 makes one, NAP, etc. There's a bunch.
I think going the moderate route weight wise is a good choice. Anywhere in the 8 to 9gr per inch range. The bow will shoot quieter and you will achieve adequate penetration. Just attempt to shoot at non alert deer unless they are less than 10yds.

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Re: Recurve draw weight for deer? [Re: 3togo] #6581267
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Originally Posted by 3togo
More weight up front helps penetration. 125gr broadheads are easy to find, not special. If you want more weight up front, like I said, you can use a brass insert, they come in different weights. With that said, my Predator shoots 2016's with that weight head really well. But the bow will shoot 2018's and 2020's (if you can find them.) It also shoots cedars well, and carbon arrows. Aluminums are cheap for starting practice. I run 5" feathers on all arrow sizes. And also like previously noted, any good cut on contact head will work with lower draw weights. I've used Steel Force for years with good success, even out of a compound. There are also many good cut on contact replaceable blade heads if you don't want to try to sharpen your own. G5 makes one, NAP, etc. There's a bunch.
I think going the moderate route weight wise is a good choice. Anywhere in the 8 to 9gr per inch range. The bow will shoot quieter and you will achieve adequate penetration. Just attempt to shoot at non alert deer unless they are less than 10yds.

Thank you for explain better for me to understand and you help to what I was thinking about more weight on the broadheads.


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