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Originally posted by MADDOG:
My arrow of choice is:

PSE Carbon Force X weave 400
Cut to 31"
2" Blazers set at a full Right Helical
7" wraps
100 gr 4 Blade Mugnus Stinger Buzz cut.
Weight is 435 Grs @ 277 FPS
From a 65# Hoyt

Nothing so far has survived this combo from my bow (well ok, I've missed a couple of times).

Largest was a Alaskan Barren ground Caribou at 30 yards. Complete pass through.

How Larg of animal would you take with this combo in Africa Gerhard? <>< Marc

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Originally posted by adamhunter:
Gerhard,
I'm old school, so here is some vintage info:

Easton XX75 2413 27.5"
100 gr. Muzzy 3 blade
4" Gateway feathers @ 11 degs right IIRC

I shoot this set up on both my Matthews and Parker. Both are set @ 70lbs. I guess when I finally lose/break/bend all my aluminum arrows, I'll switch to carbon. But for now it ain't broke, so I ain't fixing it.

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Originally posted by Mke / Tx:
Well I am with the bow and arrow like I am with the rifle and loads. Having gotten back into this year before last I got set up at a shop where the fellas knew way more than I did about it.

My first bow was the Bowtech Tomkat which I still shoot and shoot very accurately. For it I went with some Carbon Express 6075's due to finances at the time. These were cut to 28.5" as my bow was set to a 28" draw and I liked them a bit further out with the blades on the end. I shot these until I managed to get hold of some Easton 340 FMJ's and what a difference. These I ahd cut to 29" due to it being a nice round number and giving me a tad more weight for the hogs we hunt year round.

Then last July I picked up the Admiral, For it I am shooting the same FMJ's and using the Slick Trick line up. I pick some out and go to the woods for the weekend. With them I know that I just have to screw them on and go hunt. To dat I have dropped several hogs with the Razor Tricks and also this ram a few weeks back with both the Magnum and the Razor for a finisher. He probably didn't need it, but I wanted him down and not in the gulch where he was headed.



For fletching I for the most part use the Blazers, but I have been playing with some of the Easton Diamond 235's and also some of the Vane Tec Super Spine series.

I am not so much looking for speed as quiet. The Admiral is whisper quiet but the arrows give off the tell tale swoosh as they come in and I am trying to cut that down some. The lower the noise, the less signature the other hogs will have to clue in on. The Razors go through most of them so fast they simply grunt and run a few yards then fall over. IF I can cut the noise down some more I am hoping to be able to get more than one from a sounder.

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Originally posted by TheBigGuy:
Bowtech Extreme Solo

31 inch Draw
68.5 draw weight
455 gr PSE X Weave 300s (total weight with 125gr heads)
125gr Slicktrick Standards and Rocket Stricknines.
278fps
2in blazers and QAD Tune-a-nocks

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Originally posted by ted thorn:
4" RH feathers (white) also a white knock

Easton C2 340 29" for arrows (I still like 2216's though)

Muzzy 3 blade 100's total arrow is about 430 grns.

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Originally posted by calgarychef1:
Heritage express 250's, 50 grain brass insert, 240 grain heads, natural feathers. They bareshaft well out of the 53 lb longbow and hit like a hammer.

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Originally posted by loboga:
Front Of Center, its how far forward of the center of the arrow does it balance. Historically it was considered to be perfect at 12% and I never found a reason to disagree with all that experience.

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Front Of Center, its how far forward of the center of the arrow does it balance. Historically it was considered to be perfect at 12% and I never found a reason to disagree with all that experience.

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Originally posted by drwes:
Gerhardt,, I have used the same arrow as you for years now,, since they came out 350 carbon express maxima hunters or their latest version when I need more shafts,,,,, I shoot a Matthews Switchback at 70lbs,,, Steelforce 2 blade with bleeders at 125 gn,, 4 inch fletching..... I usually take 3-4 dozen arrows when I go to Africa,, and usually leave most with Ph on my return including broadheads,,,

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Originally posted by fgulla:
I am using a Gold Tip XT hunter, 4" plastic vanes with a offset instead of helical twist, cut to around 27" and weight around 420grs with a 100gr slick trick. Bow is a Diamond Black Ice shooting 70lbs

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Originally posted by drwes:
My shaft length is 30.5 inches long,, the total weight is just over 450gn if my memory is correct, if I add luminocks it goes up slightly as well sometime I add a Zebra pattern wrap under the fletching. The added white helps me follow the flight of the arrow better and I like the looks,,,,