WHY YOU SHOULD USE MEDIUM WEIGHT ARROWS

Decades ago, before the compound bowhunting explosion, one of the great debates in the hunting community focused on rifle cartridges for big game hunting. The two key personalities in the debate were Jack O’Connor and Elmer Keith. O’Conner was a big believer in small, fast cartridges, while Keith believed in slower, larger-diameter bullets. Later came Roy Weatherby and his Weatherby magnum rounds, which took the smaller, faster bullet theory to another level.

NOT TOO LIGHT, NOT TOO HEAVY — THAT’S THE TICKET FOR CONSISTENT ACCURACY AND MORE BOWHUNTING SUCCESS.

There was no clear-cut winner in this debate. After all, if you place a bullet in the vitals of a big game animal it will get the job done regardless. But it’s one that I think of often when the topic of arrow weight for bowhunting comes up. Because even the fastest arrows have a horribly arcing trajectory, at first blush most archers believe they need to do whatever needs doing so they can shoot a lightning-fast arrow. To do this they think they need to shoot the lightest arrow they can pump through a bow that’s been cranked up to maximum poundage.

If you’re one of them,