Charlie Brown posted this a while back>>>>>
I have a Home Made Recurve that pulls 42lbs at my draw length of 27"
My arrows are cut to 28" right now (some that were given to me), which are 2114's. The total weight of the arrow with a 125 grain bullet type tip on them are 484 grains.
I am going to apply for antelope here in Nevada thisyear, and want to apply for archery because it allows me to apply for a tag every yearuntil I harvest a goat. I have to wait 5 years if I draw a rifle tag, or harvest one at all.
I was thinking of working with these 2114's and possibly some 1916's to see what is most accurate. Will most likely work with a Magnus or Zwickey 100 grain broad head. Will also try a couple different of them also.
The regs say a bow has to be able to throw a 400 grain arrow at least 150 yards over level terrain to be legal for biggame. Broadheads have to be 7/8" across. That is about it.
I will most likely not apply for deer archery, but who knows. I mainly want to hunt antelope archery to take advantage of being able to hunt rather than having to wait 5 years if I get a tag.
I guess my question is. Have people here had experience with this type of rule and know if this will work. Not sure how I can set up an arrow to 400 grains to be able to test it.
Also, as a thought, I chronographed some today to be sure I was getting consistent accuracies, to be sure my hold was the same, etc, and I was getting 120 fps average. About 118-124 was the spread.
So would this be an adequete combo for antelope? I figured if I dropped down weight by changing to a different arrow and maybe going to a 100 grain broadhead, I may be able to increase speed some, but not sure how much. Any thoughts.
Thanks,
Marcial
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i did my own experiment today with a 50@28 Martin Mamba drawn to about 30 inches(as far as i could draw the arrow back without a clearance prob) arrows were some old carbon and wieghed in at probably 375 guess with 100 grain tips and 4 inch feathers.
I had a pretty big wind behind me id say 15-20 gusts probably 8mph steady...
boy was i suprised after2 shotsifigured the right angle to raise my bow arm....i measured by eye and i can guarantee the arrow was atleast 220 downrange. with that bieng said the arrow was shot from a spot that was higher than were it touched down by about 30 feet...but i dont think not being level made too much a diff because once the arrow runs out of gass it dropsdown rapidlynot unlike a homerun hit....
now i did cheat and drew back to almostmy ear my arrow wasnt 400 grains....and the wind probably helpeda bit, my fletching was strait feathers instead of offset ....butit was fun to see how far i could get an arrow to fly in 5 tries.the last3 arrows i shot were roughly the same distance... i think Charlie browns bow could very well cast a 400 grain arrow 150yards...next time i try this maybee ill sneak onto the driving range at night and test out some Luminocks
and get an accurate measurement on flat ground ( i was shootingthe arrows over avalley and i know they flew what very well could have been 250 yards, it was hard to judge over a grass valley with not much to reference yardage with..
...it was a fun experiment.... not the most accurate, but very fun. i was surprised. ....almost forgot that the last arrow i shot was a 2018 game getter with a 90 grain tip and it flew just as far as the others(i think it was my best release and arm angle definately plays a huge factor) alsoi cant see the arrow at all against the sky....my buddy was watchin and he could only see the arrows right out of the bow for about 40 yards
how far an arrow will fly
