Legal Arrow Weight?

[RadSav]

So are the Gamies going to be running around the woods with a bow scale and grain scale? 

Seems the industry standard is 5 grains per pound isnt it?

Just silly. Glad I saw this post. I hadnt heard of this before, or I forgot I had.

Oregon Gamies have in the past.  Don't think I have ever seen a Washington Gamie do it.  Though with my luck the first time I tried to get away with it would be the first time they checked.  I can not afford even a scratch on my record.  So I'll just shoot the heavier arrow here in the state.  Plenty of time to shoot how I like in Canada and Wyoming.

[Johnb317]

Problem is that arrow manufacturers keep going lighter. Beenan no longer makes the camo hunter at 10 gpi.  At 68 lb with a 27.5 arrow, 100 gr broad head and 4 fletch  i'm legal with a little buffer.  If you go heavier broad head and lighter shaft the foc changes.   But  don't want to give the game warden any chance to question.  Have heard that they ask what your poundage is and weigh the arrow, anyone been weighed? 

[Oneshot1Kill]

Really! Only 6gpi? My arrows I used last year were 14.8 gpi. My broadheads were 175 grains. Shot amazing up to 30 yards. Than fell like rocks.

[et1702]

Really! Only 6gpi? My arrows I used last year were 14.8 gpi. My broadheads were 175 grains. Shot amazing up to 30 yards. Than fell like rocks.

No, not 6gpi.  6gr per pound of bow draw (e.g., 70lb draw weight x 6gr = 420gr minimum arrow weight).  This includes BH, insert, nock, plus fletching & wraps.

ET

[Oneshot1Kill]

I got ya. Well it seems I'm still pretty high than. Still about double. I shoot traditional though so I need to be way up there.

[jechicdr]

With most arrows, if you shoot a stiffer spine, the gpi's go up as well.  If you optimize FOC, and shoot the proper spine for your draw weight, you will almost always be legal.  If you are shooting 65 lb draw, then the 340 with a 100 or 125 grain broadhead will probably get you legal.  If you shoot 73 lb draw, you probably want to go with 300 spine and a 125 grain (or even 150 grain) broadhead.  Not just to be legal, but to be able to tune your bow properly and shoot consistently.  Lot of people want a lighter arrow for speed to shoot further, but at the cost of energy downrange.

[carpsniperg2]

Washington wardens will enforce the law of 6 grains per pound of draw weight. They will carry a scale to weigh the arrow and you draw weight. I know people who have been checked.

[deleted BGS]

No, not 6gpi.  6gr per pound of bow draw (e.g., 70lb draw weight x 6gr = 420gr minimum arrow weight).  This includes BH, insert, nock, plus fletching & wraps.

ET
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So how much do Bh, inserts, nocks and fletching usually weigh? Blazer vanes in particular 3 vane

[bowhunterty]

A 400 Easton FMJ -10.2 grains per inch, insert 16 grains, 3 blazers weigh 18 grains (6 grains per fletch), X nock 9 grains.
 

[deleted BGS]

Dumb question my bad, brain fart 

[carpsniperg2]

Not dumb and better safe then sorry