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Bob,

I agree, stuff does happen, but from what I understand, going from a very heavy arrow to a very light arrow does not decrease KE by much. What, maybe 10%? Since everything is a trade-off, for that minimal gain in KE, do you want to make range estimation more critical, or moving deer less easy to hit?

This is why I say weight is probably not too important, unless you cannot hit what you're aiming at. If a new archer is asking for advise and he is shooting fairly accurately, it would seem to me, that the best advise would be to tune the bow so the arrow is flying as straight as possible and use the sharpest broadheads you can get your hands on.

Buckskin, I like your teflon idea. Who knows? Reduce friction enough and if you don't hit hard bone, you can probably take deer with a KE of 10 or less.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>