Most bows are around the 60-pound mark, so it only makes sense to know what the best arrow weight for that poundage is. After this article, you will know what the best arrow weight is and how to choose a different arrow weight for different situations.
Here is the short answer:
With a 60-pound bow, your total arrow weight should be between 450 to 600 grains. This weight will offer the right balance between speed and energy. Depending on your draw length, what you will be hunting, and your bow’s speed you may want to go higher or lower in grain weight.
450-600 grains is a big gap, so we will want to do some narrowing down. to narrow down the right arrow weight we will consider some factors like speed, draw length, and how big of an animal you will be hunting.
How to narrow the weight down
There are a lot of considerations you have to make when you choose the right arrow weight. lucky for you I have done some calculations and made the chart below
Draw length total arrow weight in grains
| 26 | 450-480 |
| 27 | 475-500 |
| 28 | 500-530 |
| 29 | 530-550 |
| 30 | 550-600 |
| 31+ | 600+ |
How big of an animal you will be hunting can affect what arrow weight you choose. If you are hunting deer-sized animals, you will want to stay toward the low end of the arrow weights listed above. If you are hunting elk, then you will want to stay toward the high end. And if you are hunting moose, then you will want to read this article here.
Bow speed. Bow speed is not a huge consideration, but it is still a consideration. If your bow has an IBO Speed of 330 FPS or faster, then you will want to stick with the same advice earlier. But if your bow shoots below 330 FPS, then you will want to stay lower on grain weight.
Target shooting. If you are primarily target shooting, and not hunting, then you will want to change your setup. If you are doing target shooting of any kind, you will want an arrow around 400 grains, no matter the draw length. This will give you lots of speed which you will want in a target setup.
Conclusion
As long as you follow the chart, then you should have good success hunting. You should get the right balance of weight and speed which the grain weight listed for the draw weight will help with.
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