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For those of you who hunt with a recurve, how heavy do you go with your arrows? Everything I've read leads me to think that something in the neighborhood of 500 grains is about right, to keep energy and penetration up with a slower bow. I am used to hunting with medium weight fiberglass shafts and a compound bow.
I don't aim for a certain weight, but they seem to land in the 9 to 12 grains per pound of bow weight. Many shooters feel 10 grains of arrow weight per pound of bow draw weight is a good combo.
I make my arrows with 23/64th or 11/32nd cedar shafts. They are around 30 to 31 inches long. Arrow nock is usually a Bjorn or similar type. Feathers are full length applied at 5 1/2 to 6 inches long and shaped with a feather burner. Broadhead will be a two blade from 125 to 190 grainer. I use arrow length and broadhead weight as primary arrow flight tuning aspects, but brace height and arrow rest/center point adjustments also play a part. String nock position of course goes without saying.
So, short answer to your question (guess it's too late for that! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif) is that the arrow weight will take care of itself with cedar shafts. If you shoot alluminum or carbon from your recurve or longbow, you may have to make other adjustments to bring the weight up.
It's heresy in the compound speed world to say this, but most compound hunters would be better served shoot heavier arrows too!
