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Arrows Suitable for Big Game or not Good Enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="D$tring" data-source="post: 2012149" data-attributes="member: 114263"><p>Your question of light and fast vs heavy and high kinetic energy is the right question. Every year that I don't draw a controlled hunt tag for elk, (every year of my life so far<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😢" title="Crying face :cry:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f622.png" data-shortname=":cry:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" />), I elect to hunt them in a local general OTC archery only unit. I have been on both sides of this debate and I have harvested many bulls both ways. However, the two I have lost were both with light and fast arrows, that don't penetrate as well, especially at extended ranges that the west often requires. I learned the hard way that I needed an arrow "with a higher BC". </p><p></p><p>FOC (front of center) is the archery hunters equivalent heavy for caliber high BC/SD bullets. There is a sweet spot that is totally dependent upon draw length/weight, arrow weight, broadhead selection, desired/expected shot distances, style of hunting (stand vs spot and stalk) etc.—Just like there is a sweet spot for bullet weight/BC/SD for a given caliber, barrel length, desired range, desired terminal performance etc. </p><p></p><p>You can kill with either philosophy just like you can kill with energy retaining monolithics or frangible. Honestly there is nothing like experience to develop your own personal preferences, but you are asking the right questions to get a good head start. There are a lot of articles and forums like this one there, with every opinion under the sun, but as you read more you will see a trend—shorter known ranges like stand hunting or in heavy cover=fast and flat is your friend. Longer ranges with more open terrain where you have to buck the wind = heavier arrows with higher FOC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D$tring, post: 2012149, member: 114263"] Your question of light and fast vs heavy and high kinetic energy is the right question. Every year that I don’t draw a controlled hunt tag for elk, (every year of my life so far😢😂), I elect to hunt them in a local general OTC archery only unit. I have been on both sides of this debate and I have harvested many bulls both ways. However, the two I have lost were both with light and fast arrows, that don’t penetrate as well, especially at extended ranges that the west often requires. I learned the hard way that I needed an arrow “with a higher BC”. FOC (front of center) is the archery hunters equivalent heavy for caliber high BC/SD bullets. There is a sweet spot that is totally dependent upon draw length/weight, arrow weight, broadhead selection, desired/expected shot distances, style of hunting (stand vs spot and stalk) etc.—Just like there is a sweet spot for bullet weight/BC/SD for a given caliber, barrel length, desired range, desired terminal performance etc. You can kill with either philosophy just like you can kill with energy retaining monolithics or frangible. Honestly there is nothing like experience to develop your own personal preferences, but you are asking the right questions to get a good head start. There are a lot of articles and forums like this one there, with every opinion under the sun, but as you read more you will see a trend—shorter known ranges like stand hunting or in heavy cover=fast and flat is your friend. Longer ranges with more open terrain where you have to buck the wind = heavier arrows with higher FOC. [/QUOTE]
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