Quiksilver and I were talking and I would like to know??

twildasin · 04-09-2008, 05:04 PM

Have you ever had problems or experienced any problems with a light set-up? (ex. bow blow up, arrow blow up...) Just wandering I to am shooting light and fast like quik (not as fast as him nor as light) but I was just sitting here wondering. My bow is shooting great and Im on the minimum for arrow weight. I heard some guys say some arrows will fly erratic at times? I have not noticed. I think my bow is tuned real well and shooting great. I know alot of guys frown upon a light set-up.

Rob/PA Bowyer · 04-09-2008, 05:24 PM

Your at a minumum but your not underspined, there is a huge difference.

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but I was just sitting here wandering. My bow is shooting great

And how do you wander sitting still? If your wandering, you can't be sitting. Oh wondering?

Washington Hunter · 04-09-2008, 05:24 PM

Negative.

But then I haven't purposely pushed the envelope on weight.

I've had a heavy arrow blow up on me though. Not fun. [&:]

twildasin · 04-09-2008, 06:40 PM

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ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer

Your at a minumum but your not underspined, there is a huge difference.

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but I was just sitting here wandering. My bow is shooting great

And how do you wander sitting still? If your wandering, you can't be sitting. Oh wondering?

Always got to be a smart a** in the crowd!!

HuntingBry · 04-09-2008, 06:45 PM

I have never had any issues, but I have seen some spectacular explosions during the mid to late 90's when everyone was pushing the light arrow, high draw weight envelope with hatchet cams for 3d.

rybohunter · 04-09-2008, 07:16 PM

Yea I was only going to say I had some friends back in the day that would blow bows up once a month. THey went real extreme.

Rob/PA Bowyer · 04-09-2008, 07:20 PM

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ORIGINAL: twildasin

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ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer

Your at a minumum but your not underspined, there is a huge difference.

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but I was just sitting here wandering. My bow is shooting great

And how do you wander sitting still? If your wandering, you can't be sitting. Oh wondering?

Always got to be a smart a** in the crowd!!

Tis better to be a smart ass, then be a dumb ass. [8D] Where you shooting Sunday?

Vabowman · 04-09-2008, 07:26 PM

Nope never had one do it, but Im shocked it didn't happen this yr when the pro shop had me shooting a 309 gr arrow out of my X force at 73#!!!

James Vee · 04-09-2008, 08:16 PM

Never had anything explode on me, but I did lose a pope and young buck in full velvet because of low poundage paired up with a bad shot.
Shoulder shot
+
low poundage
=
no recovery.

*as a side note; it's wOndering, not wAndering. I've seen this come up a few times recently.

buckmaster · 04-09-2008, 08:23 PM

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ORIGINAL: James Vee

Never had anything explode on me, but I did lose a pope and young buck in full velvet because of low poundage paired up with a bad shot.
Shoulder shot
+
low poundage
=
no recovery.

*as a side note; it's wOndering, not wAndering. I've seen this come up a few times recently.

I think he's talking about a light arrow, not light poundage. I thought my hunting arrow weighed 375 but after a weigh in at the shop yesterday.... 350grns. I guess you could say thats pretty light for a hunting arrow.