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I know with the archery tournaments there is a limit on arrow speed. How important is speed to you for hunting. My bow is shooting 316 FPS. I don't have the option to have a tournament bow and I am leary of backing it off just to be able to compete in the hunters division.
 
not that important as long as the bow is tuned good and the arrow is shooting as it should. you'll good imo. my bow shooting 297 fps still pretty dang fast and fast enough for me.
 
outdoors crazy said:
I know with the archery tournaments there is a limit on arrow speed. How important is speed to you for hunting. My bow is shooting 316 FPS. I don't have the option to have a tournament bow and I am leary of backing it off just to be able to compete in the hunters division.
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solution= big fat heavy target arrows if you want to shoot the same bow and get under the speed limit .
 
KE and momentum are bigger factors than speed when it comes to hunting IMO. Although I wouldn't shoot a 5,000 grain piece of rebarb 50 fps to hit some magical KE number, I don't see the need to shoot blazing fast. With that said I shoot a 380 grain Gold Tip Velocity arrow cause its got speed and its not ultralight. I get respectable numbers with my current set up.I've shot the Gold Tip Kinetics in the past and they are a great arrow as well.

I'd rather shoot a "speed" bow to launch heavy arrows faster to boost KE than shoot a "speed" bow to get max fps.

I got new limbs so now I'm drawing 59 lbs so I'm gaining comfort at the expense of some fps and KE but I'm loving it.
 
As far as speed while hunting�I want a balanced arrow. It takes some time to find it but with all of the choices out there, there is that one or two arrows that will give you a good balance of downrange speed, momentum, trajectory and k/e�taking the time to do the research is the hard part.
 
For my bow, I went with how quiet it shoots. I'm shooting in the area of 275-280 fps, but it hardly makes a sound.
 
Hey guys new to the site, and competition shooting. Is there a standard speed that you have to be below in order to compete? Even in the hunters division? Or is this based on each individual comp?
 
tree_ghost said:
Hey guys new to the site, and competition shooting. Is there a standard speed that you have to be below in order to compete? Even in the hunters division? Or is this based on each individual comp?
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Yes.

If you are shooting ASA sanctioned shoots, the speeds will vary for the classes. If you are shooting hunter class, it will be 280 fps limit with a "liberal" window of 8 fps...so anything over 288 is disqualified. Some push it to the limit...I don't like chancing it, because even little things can make an arrow read faster through them...and the fact that each chrony is different. I set mine on about 282 and no faster.

If you are shooting IBO events...the limit is simply 5 grains of arrow weight per pound of draw weight you are shooting. IBO is the place for the speedsters but IBO is not big in the southern US.

Local shoots....usually it doesn't matter. Each club is different. Some adhere to ASA rules...others say bring what you got and have fun.
 

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