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What's everyone slinging arrows with?

Gamover06

Gamover06

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I always find it fun to hear and see what everyone's setup is for a bow. I figure most people that saddle hunt use a bow and I did a search but the function kept saying Ooop's.

Bow: Bear Arena 34, Ripcord Ace Micro, CBE TekHybrid 2 pin, 10/8 B Stinger
Arrows: Black Eagle Carnivore 582 grains with a Magnus Buzzcut.

I personally like heavy arrows for multiple reason: quiets the bow, tuned better, and penetration.


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Gamover06 said:
I always find it fun to hear and see what everyone's setup is for a bow. I figure most people that saddle hunt use a bow and I did a search but the function kept saying Ooop's.

Bow: Bear Arena 34, Ripcord Ace Micro, CBE TekHybrid 2 pin, 10/8 B Stinger
Arrows: Black Eagle Carnivore 582 grains with a Magnus Buzzcut.

I personally like heavy arrows for multiple reason: quiets the bow, tuned better, and penetration.


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Nice setup...

My main bow is the bear arena 30... QAD hdx, spot hogg single pin. Arrows are easton hexx with 75 grain inserts, tipped with rage extreme...

The bow is compact, lazer accurate, and extremely quiet... everything I would want in a hunting bow...

I also have a ravin r20 crossbow, but I've never shot it out of the saddle...
 
bubba g said:
Nice setup...

My main bow is the bear arena 30... QAD hdx, spot hogg single pin. Arrows are easton hexx with 75 grain inserts, tipped with rage extreme...

The bow is compact, lazer accurate, and extremely quiet... everything I would want in a hunting bow...

I also have a ravin r20 crossbow, but I've never shot it out of the saddle...
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Nice. I think the Arena was a very underappreciated bow.....actually I think that for the most part Bear as a whole is also.
 
Mathews Q2XL, Quickeequiver foam light quiver, Whisker Bisket. EZV Sight, Carbon Express Pile drivers, 125 Steel force broadheads

Love my old bow.
 
I've been shooting the same ole bow since 2008. Diamond Justice, Whisker Biscuit, Trophy Ridge single pin pendulum sight. ProTec Hunter 5mm arrows tipped by NAP Blood Runner 2 blade. She is simple and plain, not super fast, but she is quiet and deadly. Been thinking of upgrading, but why fix what is not broke.IMG_0215.jpg
 
I am switching to (bow is on order and should be arriving this week):

Gearhead B20 with Kuiu Verde 2.0 riser
31” draw with either 60 or 70lbs draw weight
whisker biscuit rest
EzV sight
Tight spot Rise 5 arrow quiver in the same Kuiu finish

Excited to have a more compact system. I’m switching over from a Bear Instinct that’s about 6-8yrs old which I bought used, shot great just wanted something that is my own which I plan on using for a long time.
 
kmleach said:
I am switching to (bow is on order and should be arriving this week):

Gearhead B20 with Kuiu Verde 2.0 riser
31” draw with either 60 or 70lbs draw weight
whisker biscuit rest
EzV sight
Tight spot Rise 5 arrow quiver in the same Kuiu finish

Excited to have a more compact system. I’m switching over from a Bear Instinct that’s about 6-8yrs old which I bought used, shot great just wanted something that is my own which I plan on using for a long time.
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I was about 30 seconds away from buying a Gearhead when the guy on Archerytalk said he'd sell me his 2018 Triax for 600.00. I couldn't pass it up.

I was just getting back into compound shooting as I had surgery on both shoulders and thought I needed a 40-50 lb bow. I then went to an archery shop and shot a 40 lb bow. I then shot a 45 lb bow and knew that i could work my way back into a 50-60 lb bow. Physical therapy really helped me...I was able to draw back 51lbs and decided to buy that Triax. Bought it and was able to outfit it. I now have it at 61lbs.

26" draw @ 61lbs.
GT Platinum 400 cut to 25" and a 20 grain weight completes my arrow at 400 grains.
258 fps on the shop chronograph and 264 on my chronograph. Either way that's good enough for me. What I love about the GT Kinetic Platinum's is that they are 400 grains and shoot at least 258 fps. I have Easton Axis 400's that are 400 grains and shoot right at 242 fps. The only thing I can think of that has an advantage is that the GT are the micro arrows and have less drag.
 
2009 darton pro 3800 Mach 1
27/60
Carter 2 special release
Schaffer rest
Extreme sight
Cbe Torx stabilizers
Axis arrows
Broadhead TBD
 
Newhunter1 said:
I was about 30 seconds away from buying a Gearhead when the guy on Archerytalk said he'd sell me his 2018 Triax for 600.00. I couldn't pass it up.

I was just getting back into compound shooting as I had surgery on both shoulders and thought I needed a 40-50 lb bow. I then went to an archery shop and shot a 40 lb bow. I then shot a 45 lb bow and knew that i could work my way back into a 50-60 lb bow. Physical therapy really helped me...I was able to draw back 51lbs and decided to buy that Triax. Bought it and was able to outfit it. I now have it at 61lbs.

26" draw @ 61lbs.
GT Platinum 400 cut to 25" and a 20 grain weight completes my arrow at 400 grains.
258 fps on the shop chronograph and 264 on my chronograph. Either way that's good enough for me. What I love about the GT Kinetic Platinum's is that they are 400 grains and shoot at least 258 fps. I have Easton Axis 400's that are 400 grains and shoot right at 242 fps. The only thing I can think of that has an advantage is that the GT are the micro arrows and have less drag.
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Interesting you would think weight is weight. I wouldn't think that the micro would drag that much less indoors?
 
92 PSE Carrol Intruder and a Samick Sage. Don’t laugh at the Carrol, it still shoots 290 with my hunting arrows.
 
Gamover06 said:
Interesting you would think weight is weight. I wouldn't think that the micro would drag that much less indoors?
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I am just saying what I observed. I weighed each shaft and both are 400 grains with the axis longer and fatter. The GT shot 264 and the Axis shot 242. I'll check again this evening, but to be honest I am surprised that there is that much difference.
 
Newhunter1 said:
I am just saying what I observed. I weighed each shaft and both are 400 grains with the axis longer and fatter. The GT shot 264 and the Axis shot 242. I'll check again this evening, but to be honest I am surprised that there is that much difference.
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How much longer? to me that would show weaker shaft and that could slow it down because of it not efficient with the bow set up. Its going to come out of the bow with more flexing and it would slow the arrow down. You want the arrow to recover/stabilize as quick as possible so it will keep up its momentum. This is part of the reason people like arrows on the stiff side.
 
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Mathews SQ2 65lbs and NAP Spitfires for my broadheads. Off the top of my head, I can't think of the arrows I use. I know they're 400 grains and carbon arrows(I got them with the bow). Both deer I've shot with this set up were total pass throughs and were dead within 50 yards. My buck was dead within about 20. The doe was about 50 yards away, double lung.
 
I want to say 27.5" for the axis. I know 25" for the GT...however with the GT the outserts make it longer. I'll measure both to night and shoot both though my chronograph. I had the axis for my Elite judge which was at 70lbs. I called GT when I got the bow and gave them my specs...I was told the 400.
 
I left my tradtech Titan 3 and Dryad legend limbs for a Triax. I loved shooting a modern recurve and did only that for 6 years. I didn’t even own a compound.

A trip out west had me itching for something with a greater effective range. Since I bought that bow I haven’t had much interest with trad gear.

Shooting it at 69lbs 28.5” draw, hha sight, 518grn Axis 300’s with 75grn insert and 100grn slick trick.
 
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Hoyt Powermax #65 @ 28.5in draw
Knock On Elevate limb driven rest
Trophy Ridge React H5 sight
Fuse Stabilizer
Easton Axis 6mm 340 spine arrows cut to 27”
50 grains of brass up front with 100 grain Magnus Stinger Buzzcuts or Rage Hypodermic
4 fletch AEE Max Stealth vanes 2 degrees offset with right helical
Arrow set up comes in right at 495 grains
 
2015 Elite Synergy #60
Hha sight
QAD rest
GT 340
QAD Exodus

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Just switched to a bowtech realm with single pin spot Hogg sight,whisker biscuit rest,tight spot quiver,Easton acc arrows and 125gr. 4 blade muzzy



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