Help with arrow length for new Hoyt Katera XL
03-05-2010, 06:34 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
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I likewise shoot a Katera XL at 29" DL. For optimal spine, use a .400 arrow and cut it at 29-29.5" and tip it w/ a 125gr. tip. If you're looking for SPEED, at 55#, you coul get into a SHORT 27.5 .450-.500 spine arrow and tip it w/ a 75-90gr tip (I'd have to run the numbers, but I know something in this range should/would work). At 68-72#, I ease of in the later season when it gets cold, I shoot a .340 spined arrow that is 29.5" long, and has a 125gr tip on it. These are actually a touch stiff for the lower weight setting, but still fly quite well even w/ a BH on the fore-end. Hope some of that helps.
03-06-2010, 01:18 AM
#13
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I likewise shoot a Katera XL at 29" DL. For optimal spine, use a .400 arrow and cut it at 29-29.5" and tip it w/ a 125gr. tip. If you're looking for SPEED, at 55#, you coul get into a SHORT 27.5 .450-.500 spine arrow and tip it w/ a 75-90gr tip (I'd have to run the numbers, but I know something in this range should/would work). At 68-72#, I ease of in the later season when it gets cold, I shoot a .340 spined arrow that is 29.5" long, and has a 125gr tip on it. These are actually a touch stiff for the lower weight setting, but still fly quite well even w/ a BH on the fore-end. Hope some of that helps.
Any thoughts on the Duravane Predator vanes ?
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03-06-2010, 08:03 AM
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The Predators are pretty much the same vane under a different name or it would appear as so.
