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What bow are you hunting with this year?

will4554 said:
Darton 3800, my only complaint is the length. Before I started tinkering with it I was gettting 322 fps from a 412 grain arrow with a 28 inch draw. That was at 70 pounds, I now shoot 60. Darton is severely under-represented IMO.
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You are not kidding about Darton's being underrepresented!!! Great build quality and bow efficiency. I am shooting both a Darton Spectra E and a Matthews Chill R this year. Most likely I will be using 430grain XX75's with 100 grain heads. Not sure what Broadhead I've been using NAP Spitfire's for several years but don't get the penetration I would really like. I may go back to my Muzzy 100's or perhaps some kind of a cut to the tip head. I was thinking of taking a page from the Trad Guys playbook and trying the Bod Kin glue-ons with 75 grain steel inserts for 200grains up front. My arrow weight would go up to 530. Both bows are about the same performance- wise but I can gain another 6-7fps out of the Darton with the limbs cranked all the way its pulling 62.4 lbs. The Matthews is at 60.2 lbs. I'm getting speeds of 256 fps with the Darton and 245 with the Chill R. If I lower my arrow weight to 373 grains using a GT XT Hunter the speed jumps to 275 for the Spectra E and 268 for the Chill R. ChillRSpectraE2.jpg
 
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woodsdog2 said:
You are not kidding about Darton's being underrepresented!!! Great build quality and bow efficiency. I am shooting both a Darton Spectra E and a Matthews Chill R this year. Most likely I will be using 430grain XX75's with 100 grain heads. Not sure what Broadhead I've been using NAP Spitfire's for several years but don't get the penetration I would really like. I may go back to my Muzzy 100's or perhaps some kind of a cut to the tip head. I was thinking of taking a page from the Trad Guys playbook and trying the Bod Kin glue-ons with 75 grain steel inserts for 200grains up front. My arrow weight would go up to 530. Both bows are about the same performance- wise but I can gain another 6-7fps out of the Darton with the limbs cranked all the way its pulling 62.4 lbs. The Matthews is at 60.2 lbs. I'm getting speeds of 256 fps with the Darton and 245 with the Chill R. If I lower my arrow weight to 373 grains using a GT XT Hunter the speed jumps to 275 for the Spectra E and 268 for the Chill R. View attachment 15476
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I need to call the factory and see if they will send me a set of spectra cams for my 3800. Seeing as the Daquistos did exactly that for the lobo. That bow has to be lights out! Good looking setups you have there.
 
2015 Bear Arena 30, bought it off ebay for $300 after I accidentally dry fired my 2016..... amazing how you can get a 345 ibo bow for so cheap. They have some Kumas on Ebay for $399 right now.
 
Triax, ABB platinum strings, HHA optimizer king pin single .010, Tight spot quiver, slinging Black eagle Zombie Slayers and Magnus Stinger buzzcuts.144683BF-23D3-4D3B-8EAD-AD5291E56F14.jpeg
 
I wanted to hunt with my 2017 Bear Moment this year but it got sent off to Bear Archery to investigate a weird limb deflection problem. Unfortunately it turns out there was damage to the limb pocket, since they don't make those limb pockets anymore they went ahead and sent me a brand new Bear Kuma 30! Still in the tuning process:
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