we take a look at all things hunting arrows. What makes a good hunting arrow. What makes the best hunting arrow and what steps need to be taken in setting up a hunting arrow.
Interesting information. I never really thought much about all that. Make arrows, paper tune, sight in and broadhead tune. No issue getting large fixed heads and field points hitting the same out to 40. My max is 20 - 25 yards. It's a higher percentage shot.
Really great info! I already purchased my dozen for the year but next year I will give Exodus a try. Side note to his topic, if the spine value increases the thickness has to increase. It’s the only way the arrow can stiffen up, become more rigid. The best part of this was, someone called out how to actually spine index your/you/them/they arrows ONCE THEY ARE CUT TO FIT YOUR RIG! Nock tuning every single arrow and learning FOC for MY BOW, well let’s just say I can not only be laser accurate but when it hits, 💥! IMO, to many people are spined incorrectly, not nock tuned and the bow itself is out of tune. It takes some damn work to get it beat down. When the sun sets and all the people in the house are fast asleep, take your butt in the garage and get to work! I guarantee the results will blow your hat off! 😂
can you show the data you are seeing to show the recovery rate and how you are seeing it at what distance? then can you take a full shaft and spine aline on the paps then cut it and show there is a difference?
Interesting thought but it brings up lots of questions. If it takes 19yrds to stabilize then how can you get bullet holes while paper tuning at 10 feet? So does that mean all his data is from an untuned bow? If so why is the data being collected on arrow flight characteristics coming from an untuned bow?
Paper tuning is taking a screenshot of the arrows flight at one moment in time. Your arrow is straight at 10 feet, but move the paper back and see what your tear is like. It will be different because the arrow is flexing
Look at Dan Infault , spends all his hours on scouting and bedding. When it comes to his bow and archery he’s the worst in the biz. Wounds more than not.
@@thewhitetailexperience6055 not really. I still shoot Easton Axis 400s from my two 11-year-old Bowtech Destroyer 350s, and it still shoots lights out. They're 385 grains, shoots 280 fps, and the perfect weight for whitetail to 40 yards. My Quest Thrive target/crossover bow shoots those same arrows. The Easton Axis arrows are my go-to and they are so easy to nock-tune. My current Solution SS is paired with Victory RIP XV Xtreme Velocity Elite V1 350 arrows at 350 grains. Haven't chronoed the Thrive or the Solution yet, but I estimate they're both shooting them their respective arrows at 270+ fps. My play-around bow is a Diamond Infinite Edge Pro that also shoots lights out. I have this one paired with Easton Axis 500 arrows. I'm a 26.5" short draw and all my bows are set at 65#. I also true up all my arrows so when I slap on fixed blade broadheads and they spin perfectly, I know that they'll hit with my field points. On my Victory arrows, I actually took out the stock SHOK outserts and installed Easton Axis HIT aluminum inserts with Ethics Archery ballistic aluminum collars with 125 grain points. I also changed the Solution SS from Comfort to Performance to compensate for the 16 grain increase in arrow weight. Hopefully, I won't have to change my sight tape. The SHOK outserts kepts pulling out of the shaft whether I used Gorilla glue or epoxy. I switched over to Bob Smith Industries glue with the HIT inserts and haven't had any issue at all. Arrows also shoot so much better with the slightly higher FOC. They were 334 grains before I switched them over to the HIT and E.A. collars. I love archery and I love tinkering.
Yeah just like that arrow bump will make you shoot further with one pin! Don’t believe everything you hear folks! It’s not real difficult to get two holes in a deer! you don’t have to spend a ton of money on the latest and greatest all you have to do is know your equipment and be able to tune a bow decently with a good fixed blade reliable Broadhead! I’ve been blasting through the big deer with 166 shafts for years from 5 yards to 40 yards and now all sudden they’re not recovering right out of the bow fast enough!
In general, this is just Firenock Kool Aid. There's many factors that aren't discussed or explained and this isn't the conversation we need to have as bow hunters. How does different target media affect the arrow on impact? When does the trade-off of high FOC/longer recovery flip in the other direction? Basically, the Firenock system is about trying to reduce the negative effect of arrow shaft's properties on flight and penetration. The high FOC gang is about negating the mass of the arrow shaft, so it's properties don't matter. Same goal, different ways to get there. The problem is that the Firenock Kool Aid includes broadheads that can't survive hard impacts, and vanes that can't steer regular broadheads. Dorge's designs require 100% commitment to the system or it all falls apart. If you're missing any one piece, it's basically irrelevant. The end result is that you pay a bunch of money to still get an arrow that doesn't pass through a hog or survive a bad shot on an elk. Conversely, the high FOC gang is full of their own idiots that send spears at deer and have a maximum range of 50 yards before fletching contact. This isn't optimized arrow design. This is a sales pitch from people on one side of the market. On a side note, the actual nocks are badass and if you're not using them you are missing out. They're expensive as shit but IMHO worth it.
@@lawrencefranck9417 I wasn't making that point. Ethics of hunting at distance aside, because that's very skill dependent, my point was reduced range overall. If you're shooting a broadhead heavier than most ordinary arrows, you won't be able to reach out that far. Whether you can keep an arrow in the 10 ring at that distance isn't my lane. If you can keep a baseball sized group, with broadheads, at 60 yards then why would I care?
That’s 20hrs a week which is half your work week time times 52 weeks a year. I highly doubt you’re putting that much time into arrows. That’s just a lot of waisted time. Perfect arrows can miss, and worst arrows still can kill. Just imagine what you could do with 1000 hours spread out across other things or your family.
They only talk about this number, but they never show the data or the footage. Like which arrow, which bow, what components, etc. There's an argument to be made, but Dorge hasn't published his data. Don't blindly trust it. It might be true, but we don't have the raw data, only the sales pitch for his components.
This is all BS, this is all FIRENOCK product pushing. The same guy that said if you 4 Fletch you dont know how to shoot a bow. Its all product pushing crap.
