Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: tommyhydro on July 07, 2011, 05:24:06 PM
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wifey is gonna buy me a new dozen, but i cant decide, i plan on hunting for bear, elk, and deer next year when i move back to WA, any thoughts/opinions?
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as long as the spines match your set up you should be good togo. I dont like carbon extreme's due to the fact that they are made in korea.
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I think either of those are excellent choices. I know this isn't one of the options you listed but you might also take a peek at the new gold tip kinetic pros. They have better straightness and weight tolerance and an even smaller diameter than either of those. Just a thought.
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The maxima hunter 350 would be my choice. Just as straight and from my experience tuffer than the gold tips. I have not shot the nanos.
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fmj
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FMJ nano? Are you talking about the Axis nano's or the Axis FMJ's? It doesn't matter either way though as both are far superior to Maximas when is comes to hunting. The higher weight and slimmer shafts of the Easton arrows lead to much more penetration. The Eastons arrows are much, much stronger than the Maximas. The dozen Maxima Hunter 350 Mathews edition arrows I bought were very fragile and a great disappointment. They are nice and straight and fly well, but they do not survive impacts as well as the Axis arrows do. Also the claim that they have "built in weight forward" is bogus as far as I can tell. Axis nano's have a better FOC than Maximas when cut to 28".
Even if someone can convince you that the Maximas are as good as the Axis arrows are, just the pure fact that they are made in Korea and the Axis arrows are made in the USA should be enough to sway your decision.
Keep Americans working by buying American made products.
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sounds good, thanks for the thoughts.....guess im gonna go with the FMJ's
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The Maxima shaft is very nice. I usually will not shoot all carbon shafts due to their lack of radial uniform spine. However, the Maxima has been one of the few exceptions. I now use them when hunting outside Washington state. You will need to be very careful when using them here in Washington. They can be hard to get to 6 GPI if you are shooting higher than 65 pounds. I've never been checked in the field here, but I'd sure hate for the first time to be with a nonlegal arrow. ACC Pro Hunters and FMJ's meet weight rather easily for me and have put the hurt on many a poor little critter. A few big critters too!! All good choices in my book.
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tommyhydro, I too use to shoot the Beman MFX Team Realtree 400's as well. 9.6 gpi in black arrow shaft that was tough as hell. I wish they wouldn't have stopped making them. I should have bought 4 dozen of them when Cabelas had them on sale for $50 a dozen fletched with Blazers. :bash:
ST Axis camo wrapped or FMJ's for me now.
