sestoppelman
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Thats a nice bull Phil!
Thats a nice bull Phil!
Moose meat is my favorite meat bar none. I have moose hunted in Ontario, Canada in three different area's over the last 17 years. All were bow hunts and I have been lucky enough to shoot 14 bulls with my bow. I have using Dwayne Bolen at Thousand Lakes Outposts - Hunting @ Thousand Lakes Outposts
I personally always do a DIY hunt but you can do a guided hunt for $200 a day extra if you want to. Dwayne provides a wilderness tent camp complete with hot showers. He provides the tags and maps, accommodations and a good area to hunt. Dwayne is a pilot and is flying over the area looking for moose all summer long. He is a good guy and will tell it to you straight up.
If you contact Dwayne tell him Stretch (Mike) sent you.
Your right Diamondhitch. I used the info he provided and plugged it into a speed calculator which allows you to use the IBO as the base. After I plugging in all the required info his Martin sabre mag should shoot at 262 ft/sec thus generating 61 ft/lbs of KE. This arrow speed calculator can be seen at: Archery Calculators-Calculate Arrow Speed, Kinectic Energy,Front of Center % It is fun to play with and gives you some real numbers to see where your bows performance is at. I agree Wolverines set-up should prove more than ample.
Good to hear from a fellow moose hunter. I have been an avid if not obsessed with moose hunting.
Diamondhitch,
Most chronographs are very accurate so I would tend to believe yours. Your arrows may be a little heavier than estimated. Some inserts, nocks, wraps or even a camo finish can vary. FYI- I just weighted some arrows at 463 grains yet the calculator estimates 477 grains. Yet when I weight Packsy's arrows the calculator is with-in 1 grain. I think they had to use a "mean average" to write the calculator software because of variables plus some bow's store and transfer energy better than others.
At any rate it sounds like you have a good set-up to pop some animal air bags.
I have measured my speed with a chrono today and also tried this calculator.
I have not been able to weigh my arrow yet, but if I have estimated correctly, then it should be around 550 grain.
Then according to the calculator, should my speed be around 275 fps.
But the chrono measured my speed to be 260 fps.
So then the question is if my chrono measures correctly(I think it is and the speed measured was very consistent), or if my arrows are heavier than estimated or if my bow doesn't perform as well as the calculator think it should
I guess I will get some answers when I get a good scale to weigh my arrow.
The KE and momentum should be plenty anyway
My FOC is 13%.
I finally got to weigh my finished arrow today and it was heavier than I thought.
It is a tad heavier than 600 grain.
That also fits much better with the calculator
So my set up for my PG spot and stalk hunt this year will be:
Bowtech Destroyer 340
70 lbs dw
31" dl
175 Xbow Trick broad head giving a total arrow weight of 600 grain.
260 fps
90 KE
0.69 momentum
13% foc
I think it all looks good and ready to go![]()