yankytrash
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I just bought a used compound bow at the last gunshow. Being a lefty, I never got to borrow a friend's bow and try it out, and thus never got into the sport. Actually, the guy that was selling the bow at his table of, well, junk didn't even know it was a lefty. After much flipping, turning and twirling we figured out it was a lefty. $60 with 8 arrows, Whitetail Hunter 50-60lb bow that only needed sights and an arrow holder.
A friend of mine helped me put the sights, arrow holder, and nock points on. Luckily, with bow season coming in only 2 short weeks, it seems I'm a natural behind a bow. Hitting pie plates at 40yd from a mock-up deer stand, which I'm told is sufficient.
Now that you know where I'm coming from, I've got a question on broadhead selection...
I'm told I'll have to re-sightin the bow if I change weights of arrowheads. Makes sense to me. With deer season fast approaching, I decided I better weigh these broadheads that came on the arrows, so I could buy me some cool-lookin expanding tips for the season.
My broadheads weigh 150gr. Does that sound right? I ask because the Cabella's catalog, which although I realize doesn't have EVERYTHING under the sun for every sport, only lists heads up to 125gr. Wal-Mart and my two local gun shops only have up to 125gr in stock too, and this is a big bow-hunting area.
Is the 150gr too much? Should I continue my search for 150gr heads, or ditch the idea and go for the typical 125's? Any suggestions on specific brands/type of heads I should use for goat-sized Virginia whitetail and blackies through open woods?
Maybe I messed up when I measured the heads? I just unscrewed them and weighed them individually. Should I subtract some amount for the screw-in part?
A friend of mine helped me put the sights, arrow holder, and nock points on. Luckily, with bow season coming in only 2 short weeks, it seems I'm a natural behind a bow. Hitting pie plates at 40yd from a mock-up deer stand, which I'm told is sufficient.
Now that you know where I'm coming from, I've got a question on broadhead selection...
I'm told I'll have to re-sightin the bow if I change weights of arrowheads. Makes sense to me. With deer season fast approaching, I decided I better weigh these broadheads that came on the arrows, so I could buy me some cool-lookin expanding tips for the season.
My broadheads weigh 150gr. Does that sound right? I ask because the Cabella's catalog, which although I realize doesn't have EVERYTHING under the sun for every sport, only lists heads up to 125gr. Wal-Mart and my two local gun shops only have up to 125gr in stock too, and this is a big bow-hunting area.
Is the 150gr too much? Should I continue my search for 150gr heads, or ditch the idea and go for the typical 125's? Any suggestions on specific brands/type of heads I should use for goat-sized Virginia whitetail and blackies through open woods?
Maybe I messed up when I measured the heads? I just unscrewed them and weighed them individually. Should I subtract some amount for the screw-in part?