ARROW BALLISTICS

I had someone tell me once, “An arrow is an arrow.” Not true. While arrows may not receive the accolades bows, sights and broadheads often do, the truth is, no accessory is more important. The arrow/broadhead combo is the only part of your archery arsenal that travels through the air and contacts the animal.

Shift your stick-and-string focus for a moment and think about the rifle crowd. These guys and gals are obsessed with ballistics. Why? They want precision accuracy, and when that bullet reaches its target, they want to know, based on its weight, design and speed, exactly how it will perform. Bowhunters should be no different.

Arrow design is a science. During my archery tenure, I’ve watched manufacturers go to great lengths to make arrows smaller in diameter, improve spine consistency, develop front of center (FOC) and the list goes on. Why? Because these savvy guys and gals know that different arrows are needed to suit different bowhunting situations. In addition, they know that if an archer with a 29-inch draw pulling 70 pounds of draw weight lets a 500-spine arrow go,