[Aaron Rushton]

in reply to: Small game points? #15724

lyagooshka wrote: Aaron,

I am by no means a pro at this, but I believe a 40# bow shooting blunts is more than enough for small game (fur not feathers, birds are a bit different). I will probably get yelled at for this, but I think this is one situation where you can forget about weight and FOC and just get a really light arrow that shoots fast and accurate. Reasoning is, unlike a deer that requires penetration, here (as you stated about the judos and blunts) it is more of the shock that kills. I have heard of people killing squirrels and rabbits with thrown stones. Again, I am no expert by any means. Be well.

Alex

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Thanks alex 🙂 i just really wanted to make sure as i’ve heard a lot of stories about guys shooting squirrels with blunts and watchign them just shake it off and run awya or even worse run away with the arrow inthem. i really don’t want this situation, people don’t seem to care so much with small game, but in my mind all hunters should show there quarry enough respect to kill them cleanly. how about the idea of blunting off some field points (so they don’t get stuck in the tree trunk) and mounting a wingnut behind it?

[Aaron Rushton]

in reply to: Switching to carbon help #20007

Smithhammer wrote: Aaron – my bad; I think I was confusing what poundage you were shooting with Lygooshka’s. But if you are thinking of hunting with a #40lb. bow, all the more reason, in my opinion, to dial in the heaviest arrows (or, more specifically, the highest FOC arrows) that your bow will still shoot accurately and consistently, within your desired hunting range. A light bow and light arrows is not a winning combo, imo, unless you’re only planning on using it for small game.

There are those that will tell you that they have taken larger animals, maybe even on a regular basis, with such light setups. But the other side of the coin that doesn’t tend to get mentioned is the many animals that get wounded and have a prolonged death, or even worse – are wounded and not retrieved, as a result of light setups combined with a less than perfect shot.

I understand it’s hard, and can be a little costly, to play around with a bunch of different spines and weights to find what you need. Can you give a little more detail on the bow that you’re shooting, and how the shelf is cut? A center-cut shelf will tend to accommodate a wider spectrum of spine than one cut before center.

i’m shooting a bear kodiak magnum, 1973 i think, 52″ AMO, 1t’s cut just a little less than 1/16″ past centre.

[Aaron Rushton]

in reply to: Switching to carbon help #19832

smithhammer- i am shooting a 40lb bow, and i will be definitely reading more of the ashby reports, there’s some things i don’t completely understand but they’re good reading.

When i was deciding on point/spine weight for my wood arrows i started by buying 35-40, 40-45 5/16 and 40-45 11/32 spine rated poc arrows and bought point weights from 75-145 grain and found i got best arrows flight with a 100grain and 40-45 5/16 rates arrows bareshaft testing. I would usually do the same here, but there are no places near me which sell carbon arrows (other than the low diameter. ultralight compound ones) so i am having to ship from 3 rivers and i’d kind of like to be able to only buy what i need. I can’t buy testkits then go back, i just don’t have the money.

[Aaron Rushton]

in reply to: Switching to carbon help #19055

thanks for all your help guys! especially Mr. Wesbrock, the message was very helpful. So, having looked at the spine calculator, do you think a 1535 shaft cut to 29″ with a 145 grain point do the trick? the only reason i’m going for a heavier point than 125 is that as i said i’d maybe like to hunt with these arrows next year and 360 grains (spine calculator) is a bit under 10 g.p.p which i thought was the minimum for a hunting arrow? although with the 145 grain point i’m still 8 grains under 10g.p.p

[Aaron Rushton]

in reply to: Apache or medatranian #18783

i was introduced to archery shooting target style recurves and using 2 below 1 above style and with points of contact on the face and all but since i started doing traditional arhceyr i have found three under feels a lot more natural. i have experimented with over grips, and none of them feel as ‘right’ as three under.

[Aaron Rushton]

in reply to: Squirrels of 2012 #17752

Great shooting! Grey squirrels taste pretty good i’ve found, i take off the back legs and grill em, taste a bit like rabbit.

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