Your plains Game Archery set up for 2025

[wysongdog]

Mathews lift, bridgelock stabilizer, trophy taker canyon pounder sight. 80# 300’s victory vap ss, with 25 grain iron will Snyder core hit, with 25 grn collar, with 135 grain sb broadheads, total weight 505. For buf same bow set same arrow except 250 spine, 100 grain insert and 25 grain collar, 200 grain broad head, should put my total arrow weight to somewhere around 750 grain. Still trying to figure out what to do about sight tape and pin gaps between the 2 setups

 

[FlyGuy]

I haven’t tried it in Africa, but since 2016 I’ve been shooting a PSE StingerX at 70# and 30” draw (I actually need a 32” draw if anyone has recommendations). I’m currently running RIP TKO arrows with aluminum inserts and 200gr VPA single bevels. I’m in at 553gr with at 21% FOC.

Plan is to go to RSA next year for plains game, and I was planning on renting a rifle (we’re going to vic falls after the hunt). However, I might take my bow instead. That said, I may upgrade my bow and get my arrow weight up to 650 gr. Although I prefer PSE, I’ve been looking at the Mathews Lift XD for my upgrade based on draw length. Potentially a used PSE Bow Madness 32 could save me some pesos for more trophy

I haven’t tried it in Africa, but since 2016 I’ve been shooting a PSE StingerX at 70# and 30” draw (I actually need a 32” draw if anyone has recommendations). I’m currently running RIP TKO arrows with aluminum inserts and 200gr VPA single bevels. I’m in at 553gr with at 21% FOC.

Plan is to go to RSA next year for plains game, and I was planning on renting a rifle (we’re going to vic falls after the hunt). However, I might take my bow instead. That said, I may upgrade my bow and get my arrow weight up to 650 gr. Although I prefer PSE, I’ve been looking at the Mathews Lift XD for my upgrade based on draw length. Potentially a used PSE Bow Madness 32 could save me some pesos for more trophy fees.

There’s no plains game animal in Africa that you cannot kill with that PSE setup.

 

[FlyGuy]

I am a fixed blade guy also. I can say I have never actually even shot an expandable out of my bow.

Mechanical broadheads only have two advantages.

1: You’re too lazy to broadhead tune your setup.
2: Your I.Q isn’t high enough to broadhead tune your setup.

Today’s fixed blades have come a looong way from the old Thunderheads and Muzzy’s from back in the day.

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

I haven’t tried it in Africa, but since 2016 I’ve been shooting a PSE StingerX at 70# and 30” draw (I actually need a 32” draw if anyone has recommendations). I’m currently running RIP TKO arrows with aluminum inserts and 200gr VPA single bevels. I’m in at 553gr with at 21% FOC.

Plan is to go to RSA next year for plains game, and I was planning on renting a rifle (we’re going to vic falls after the hunt). However, I might take my bow instead. That said, I may upgrade my bow and get my arrow weight up to 650 gr. Although I prefer PSE, I’ve been looking at the Mathews Lift XD for my upgrade based on draw length. Potentially a used PSE Bow Madness 32 could save me some pesos for more trophy fees.

The new Bowtech Proven 34 LD has a 33” Max Draw Length. There are only a couple of long draw bows on the market.

 

[Adipose]

I haven’t tried it in Africa, but since 2016 I’ve been shooting a PSE StingerX at 70# and 30” draw (I actually need a 32” draw if anyone has recommendations). I’m currently running RIP TKO arrows with aluminum inserts and 200gr VPA single bevels. I’m in at 553gr with at 21% FOC.

Plan is to go to RSA next year for plains game, and I was planning on renting a rifle (we’re going to vic falls after the hunt). However, I might take my bow instead. That said, I may upgrade my bow and get my arrow weight up to 650 gr. Although I prefer PSE, I’ve been looking at the Mathews Lift XD for my upgrade based on draw length. Potentially a used PSE Bow Madness 32 could save me some pesos for more trophy fees.

In the 70's and 80's we were all PSE guys. Pete was the man of innovation back then, and I am sure I shot more arrows thru a PSE bow than anything else. I would actually think getting a bow to fit correctly is much more important than what type it is or newer features. A 2" draw difference is huge, and I know I certainly could not shoot consistently with that handicap.
I hope you get a chance to find a 32" and give Africa a try with a bow, you will be pleased for sure.

 

[Adipose]

Already booked for Sept of this year… undecided about the bow right now… but I’d say “probably” at this point… when I take it, I typically take a rifle too and split the hunt days up a bit between rifle and bow

Can I ask where you are going? We will be there for three weeks in Sept this year.

 

[Bowfisher]

Iron Wills and VPA Omega's. Slung by a PSE Fortis and a XF33. Love the draw cycle and performance of the EC2 cam. The grips on these PSE's provide me with very consistent POI's, lefts and rights are greatly minimized. Still have to finalize the shafts, have GoldTip Airsrikes, Axis, and Day Six XD's.

 

[JCharp391]

I'll be shooting a Hoyt Ventum 33 at 65ish pounds. I am down to 3 broadheads and will probably only take 2 ultimately. I have some 200 grain 3 blade RMS cutthroats, a 200 grain Grizzlystik Bison Overkill, and a 300 grain steelforce single bevel. The Steelforce and Cutthroats fly great out to 50. I really like the Grizzlystik's but they just don't fly as well. They are also the widest of the 3 so I would have to do some additional tuning. Setting these up and tinkering around with them has definitely been a lot of fun.

 

[rookhawk]

I haven’t tried it in Africa, but since 2016 I’ve been shooting a PSE StingerX at 70# and 30” draw (I actually need a 32” draw if anyone has recommendations). I’m currently running RIP TKO arrows with aluminum inserts and 200gr VPA single bevels. I’m in at 553gr with at 21% FOC.

Plan is to go to RSA next year for plains game, and I was planning on renting a rifle (we’re going to vic falls after the hunt). However, I might take my bow instead. That said, I may upgrade my bow and get my arrow weight up to 650 gr. Although I prefer PSE, I’ve been looking at the Mathews Lift XD for my upgrade based on draw length. Potentially a used PSE Bow Madness 32 could save me some pesos for more trophy fees.

Check out Gearhead archery out of Wisconsin. I have a few of their bows and shoot 32” including d-loop. They will make you older models no longer on their site. For certain the B-24 and B-36 will fit you. (Former is a tiny 24” ATA stalking bow, the latter a large 36” ATA target/blind bow). With a lot of tuning and gimmicks I also got an M30 to work but that is a very rare, expensive bow made about 8-10 years ago.