I’ve been shooting Easton Aftermath .300 spine arrows for about 7 years now, have killed bull elk, cow elk, deer, coyotes, antelope, just about everything with them out of my 68lb 29.5” draw Mathews Drenalin. They are very durable and come out of critters ready to be shot again.. I stuck a nice bull at 58 yards with an Exodus on the end of the Aftermath last year, hit right where I squeezed it off and got a complete pass through.
I upgraded to a Mathews V3X this year at 75.8lbs draw and 31” draw length. The cheap .300 Aftermaths shoot great at 30” length, and the little broadhead shooting I’ve done with them and the new bow have performed well and even cut fletchings and split arrows… hell I shoot field tips out to 130 yards 2 or 3 times a week and at any distance when I make a bad shot, I usually can attribute it to poor shot execution or wind, and not the arrow. I try to always shoot at least a BMOA group (Bow-MOA, not a real thing, but 1” at 10 yards, 3” at 30, 10” at 100 etc), and often see tighter groups than this with the Aftermaths. I worry that I’m a little underspined for my draw length and weight and the speed I’m shooting with about 440 total grains and 12% FOC.
Anyway, I guess my question is, would I expect or see even better groups, especially with broadheads or at extended ranges, if I upgraded to a more expensive arrow with tighter tolerances, or is what I’m seeing for groups and accuracy about as good as it gets for an amateur hunting archer, and should I feel good about continuing to run the Easton Aftermaths? I want to take as much error out of equipment and put it all on me, the shooter, but it’s very difficult to tell what error is equipment and what is shooter.
Thank you for any advice or recommendations. This is something I’ve been pondering for a few months but can’t get myself to buy new, more expensive arrows and keep shooting the Aftermath with good results… want to make the switch soon though if needed, to get ready for the fall.
thanks again
I upgraded to a Mathews V3X this year at 75.8lbs draw and 31” draw length. The cheap .300 Aftermaths shoot great at 30” length, and the little broadhead shooting I’ve done with them and the new bow have performed well and even cut fletchings and split arrows… hell I shoot field tips out to 130 yards 2 or 3 times a week and at any distance when I make a bad shot, I usually can attribute it to poor shot execution or wind, and not the arrow. I try to always shoot at least a BMOA group (Bow-MOA, not a real thing, but 1” at 10 yards, 3” at 30, 10” at 100 etc), and often see tighter groups than this with the Aftermaths. I worry that I’m a little underspined for my draw length and weight and the speed I’m shooting with about 440 total grains and 12% FOC.
Anyway, I guess my question is, would I expect or see even better groups, especially with broadheads or at extended ranges, if I upgraded to a more expensive arrow with tighter tolerances, or is what I’m seeing for groups and accuracy about as good as it gets for an amateur hunting archer, and should I feel good about continuing to run the Easton Aftermaths? I want to take as much error out of equipment and put it all on me, the shooter, but it’s very difficult to tell what error is equipment and what is shooter.
Thank you for any advice or recommendations. This is something I’ve been pondering for a few months but can’t get myself to buy new, more expensive arrows and keep shooting the Aftermath with good results… want to make the switch soon though if needed, to get ready for the fall.
thanks again
