ORIGINAL: Straightarrow
That being said, I don't subscribe to Arthur's ban on 400 gr or less arrows. That just seems to be putting the responsibility in the wrong place. It is the hunter who needs to decide which arrow weight works best for their setup.
State game departments regulate practically all aspects of weapon use. Why do they do this? Because there are thousands of people out there who don't have a clue that cetain configurations of weapons are not totally reliable for taking game.
I'd be willing to bet that not 1 in 10 bowhunters would know that a 600 grain arrow has a much greater penetration potential than a 300 grain arrow. Many would think the faster arrow would penetrate further.
In fact, the average bowhunter doesn't spine tune their arrows, they don't purposely shoot high FOC arrows with their fixed blade broadheads. Almost none tune the dynamic spine of the arrows to the setup they're shooting. I've watched many dozens purchase arrows at bow shops and I never hear anyone ask anything other than "how fast will these shoot?".
Leave up to the hunter? Kind of like letting them decide when deer season opens and closes.
In an earlier post someone stated that the antihunters would use the ligher arrow less momentum deal as an excuse to ban hunting. I'd bet that they'd use a post like this much quicker. When you have fellow shooters arguing over something like this it's a black eye to the whole sport and to all hunters. In most cases the arguement in a small diffrence in momentum. I wonder how the little person shooting the 45 lb bow feels about this?This is the first time in 20+ yrs of hunting I've heard fellow shooters and hunters arguing over something so stupid.
Also, comparing a 600 gr arrow to a 300 gr arrow is a rediculous comparison. And when you make as statement like the last one I start to question of you a really are even a hunter at all.
I ate an apple the other day. For some reason it tasted nothing like an orange.