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Ok so I use to be registered as huntn4life on this site, but managed to forget all my log in info, so here I am now. lol. Anyway, last year I didn't get to bow hunt a lot because of going to school too far from the farm. Well after this years transfer I've decided that the one thing I still have yet to do is shoot a nice buck with my bow. So that's my new goal and I'm going to hunt my hardest for that whitetail when it use to be almost pure waterfowl for me (although I'll admit its still my favorite).

Ok on with my question. I shoot a Hoyt Ultra tech that is about 5 years old. I'm shooting roughly 66-68 lbs I'm guessing with a 30" draw (I'm 6'6"). Right now I shoot Beaman ICS hunter 340's with 2" blazers that I just put on. My question is, with the shorter veins should I go with 100 grain tips or stick with the 125? Would you rather have speed, or weight in your opinion?

I know this is kind of a stupid question, but I really fell out of bow hunting the last 2-3 years so now I really want to catch back up sicne I have the opertunity to do so.

Thanks in advance guys!
 
if it were me, id go with the 125's, they will prlly drive your arrows better, but in all honesty, both will prlly work just fine....

jmo
 
My first thought is with a 30" draw then your arrows are probably around 30" as well?

If that is true then you are borderline underspined on your arrows for 68lbs of draw weight.

With the added weight of the 125 grain heads they will probably push you over this line.

I would shot the 100 grain heads with your current arrows, or get some .300 spine arrows to shoot the 125 grain heads.
 
Regardless of bow make... 30in draw, 60lbs-70lbs, Beamans Hunter 340s and 2in blazers.

If it was me I would do some research on what nacho is saying. I couldnt get 340s to shoot out of my bow for crap. I started with 400s and shot them for several years. One spring I tried going to some 340s that a friend gave to me. Had to go buy a new dozen 400s. I have always shot 100grain tips.

Dean
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bowhuntr311</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Regardless of bow make... 30in draw, 60lbs-70lbs, Beamans Hunter 340s and 2in blazers.

If it was me I would do some research on what nacho is saying. I couldnt get 340s to shoot out of my bow for crap. I started with 400s and shot them for several years. One spring I tried going to some 340s that a friend gave to me. Had to go buy a new dozen 400s. I have always shot 100grain tips.

Dean </div></div>

Had the same exact problem, switched arrows completely and was fine.

KRatz
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nacho</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My first thought is with a 30" draw then your arrows are probably around 30" as well?

If that is true then you are borderline underspined on your arrows for 68lbs of draw weight.

With the added weight of the 125 grain heads they will probably push you over this line.

I would shot the 100 grain heads with your current arrows, or get some .300 spine arrows to shoot the 125 grain heads. </div></div>


A 340 spine Beman ICS is a stiffer spine than a 400. Your not underspined at all with the specs you gave. 30" draw and shooting 66-68lbs. Beman ICS Hunters don't even come in a 300 spine.

Bearcat,

Do you have access to a grain scale?
What is the weight of your arrow(without tip in it)?

Shorter veins have nothing to do with tip weight. It all has to do with a balanced arrow. Get me the weight of your arrow and I'll dig up specs and weights on the rest of your arrow components.
 
A 340 spine Beman ICS is a stiffer spine than a 400. Your not underspined at all with the specs you gave. 30" draw and shooting 66-68lbs. Beman ICS Hunters don't even come in a 300 spine.

Bearcat,

Do you have access to a grain scale?
What is the weight of your arrow(without tip in it)?

Shorter veins have nothing to do with tip weight. It all has to do with a balanced arrow. Get me the weight of your arrow and I'll dig up specs and weights on the rest of your arrow components. [/quote]


HHMMMMMMM!!!

The Beman website will disagree with you about not having .300 spine arrows in ICS Hunter.

http://www.beman.com/products/product/47

Here is the spine calculator for your bow and it shows it it right at the threshold of needing a .300 shaft.

http://www.beman.com/products/shaft-selector
 
I stand corrected. I was going off info shown from a couple online retail stores. They didn't even show a 300 spine. Which I would believe are for guys shooting 70-80lb setups.

Even so....

Unless he likes 2"-3" of arrow hanging out over his rest, he's not shooting a 30" arrow. More like 29" at most. His 340 spine is more than in line with where he needs to be. His FOC could be way off depending on the entire setup, but that's a whole other thing. ha, ha If Bearcat can chime in with some stats, we could get it all figured out.
 
If Bearcat can chime in with some stats, we could get it all figured out.





Agreed! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif
 
Haha sorry guys. Been running around a lot lately with trying to still get a summer job, playing a lot of baseball, going to class, while still shooting some. I will see if I can get to a grain scale tomorrow.

I've shot the 340's for some time and got them to group really well. My dad shoots the 300's since he has a little longer draw (actually the 340's were his, then he switched to the 300's) and he seems to like them. I've shot the blazers, with wraps, and 100 grains the last two days and have gotten them to tune pretty well and are hitting where I'm aiming at....which is all I could ask for /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif
 
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