RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

Umm, the bow limb says Limbsaver, not High Country. Thought that top pic looked familiar.

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

Actually, the bow says "Quiksilver" - and yes... I'm so vein that I actually put stickers with my username on my bow. LOL It gives it character.

I can assure you that it's a 2007High Country Iron Mace.

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

My bad[&o]. Please accept my apologies to you, Quick. I'm sorry. Good shooting and beautiful bucks.

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

I agree with Roskoe 100 %. When the carbon arrow came out in the mid 80s to late 80's they where very small. They looked like pencil leads and the weight was more than most carbons arrows of to day. The penetration was unbelievable. When the Gold tip came out and the carbon arrow started becoming bigger around and lighter we lost a lot of the penetration. The arrow was still penetrating great, but not anything like the first ones. The axes arrow came out and now the carbon arrow are smaller diameter and some of the weight is back and guess what. I have always shot carbons not for the lighter weight, but for the way they penetrate. I have shot a lot of aluminum's and had lots of pass through s with them. It's the way that the lighter carbons pass through game with out braking are bending. Its almost like you missed and just shot the arrow in the ground. I have had them blow through the shoulder blades before. I do like the the speed of the newer bows, but not for the same reasons of most bowhunters and think if you have a bow shooting in the 260 to 280s you have a fast hard hitting bow and it's putting out lots of energy for bowhunting. The harder the bow is hitting the more likely your going to get a pass through and if you make a bad shot a bow hitting hard and has good penetration can some times turn it into a good shot.

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

If I am 99% sure my shot will be 25 yards or less I have no problems shooting a relative heavy arrow. To me that would be 450 to 500 grains. I would never shoot anything heavier for the hunting I do. IBowhunt areas a lot of the time where I know there is a really good chance my shot will be 35 to 45 yards that's when I prefer a lighter arrow, 340/350 grains.

I have hunted with arrows as light as 320 grains out of a 60# bow and got complete pass throughs;)

Dan

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

quicksilver shot a buck w/ a 290 grain arrow and got a complete pass through. How much more penetration are we talking about here? What, his arrow didn't stick in the mud as far as the first ones? [8D]

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

I have a relatively light set up being that I only shoot 26 inches of draw and only use about 55 lbs of draw weight. I can shoot arrows with 200 grns of difference from arrow to arrow and not have to change my 20 yard pin setting.

Paul

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

How small a target are you shooting at??[8D]

Dan

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

RE: Light arrow (fast) Heavy arrow(slow)
 

i shoot a 285 grain arrow out of my xi at 52 #and a 289.4 grain arrow out of my 60#guardian,at fifty yards you will still have total pass thru on a white tail,my buddy that guides up in alaska shoots a guardian as well and shoots 300 grain arrows out of his,he told me no reason to go heavy,if300 grain will take out a brown bear it will take out any other animal in north america.