I'm going to state my opinion and experiance about this problem
First I see lots of comments about penitartion problems. I just saw one on another forum where he stated 35 yrs experiance. But he is confused. shot large buck with no penitartion. And he doesn't understane because his k.e is 69. And that's all you need for large animals according to the charts. Oh yes he was also shooting a 2 in cut rage. He was also hunting in the Midwest.
The market has done a great job saleing us on k.e. The bigger the better.
But in that example of the guys arrow his momentum was .47.
Let me just say yes everyone here can kill with a light arrow. And yes as long as you don't hit anything major you will get a passsthru.
But the whole ideal to hunting is try to get the best shot and the fastest kill possible. A lite arrow will not always do that for you.
I can tell you I build my arrows to have an .56 momentum at a minimum. I can also tell you I donot always get a passsthru on a large hog with that setup.
When I'm building arrows. I only work on speed as to keep it above 250 fps. After that I don't care. My goal is to build .56 momentum or better.
If people would look at that instead of speed. There would be a lot less lost deer do to penetration problems.
Now all this only works if everything is in tune and arrow is shooting straight.
Never forget shot placement.
First I see lots of comments about penitartion problems. I just saw one on another forum where he stated 35 yrs experiance. But he is confused. shot large buck with no penitartion. And he doesn't understane because his k.e is 69. And that's all you need for large animals according to the charts. Oh yes he was also shooting a 2 in cut rage. He was also hunting in the Midwest.
The market has done a great job saleing us on k.e. The bigger the better.
But in that example of the guys arrow his momentum was .47.
Let me just say yes everyone here can kill with a light arrow. And yes as long as you don't hit anything major you will get a passsthru.
But the whole ideal to hunting is try to get the best shot and the fastest kill possible. A lite arrow will not always do that for you.
I can tell you I build my arrows to have an .56 momentum at a minimum. I can also tell you I donot always get a passsthru on a large hog with that setup.
When I'm building arrows. I only work on speed as to keep it above 250 fps. After that I don't care. My goal is to build .56 momentum or better.
If people would look at that instead of speed. There would be a lot less lost deer do to penetration problems.
Now all this only works if everything is in tune and arrow is shooting straight.
Never forget shot placement.
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