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Old 10-25-2007 | 07:08 AM
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PAstew
 
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Default RE: Is my set up adequate for whitetail?

Unfortunately the guy that sold you those arrows is not familiar with traditional archery. 212 grain arrows out of a 55# bow is only giving you less than 4 grains per pound of draw weight. Not even safe for a compound let alone a recurve. A traditional bow is more effeciant when shooting 9 to 12 grains per pound. Besides that, shooting less than 4 gpp will more than likely cause damage to your limbs.
Jump to those 2114 with 125 up front.

Next time you are looking for arrows remember, when an arrow is too light, it is incapable of receiving the stored energy from the bows limbs on release. If the arrow cannot absorb that energy, it transferes back to the bow. That's what causes hand shock and noise. This holds true for compounds as well. When a compound archer shoots 5 gpp then has to put on all the silencing gadgets to make the bow quieter it is because of this same reason. All you have to do is increase the arrow weight and achieve the same result.
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