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Old 12-17-2007, 02:55 PM
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Draw length is a killer. I bought one of those 328 fps Guardians. By the time you put in in my short little arms 27 1/2, throw on some string add ons like whiskers and loops and then shoot a 475 grain arrow,..... well I got it dumbed down to about 260 give or take a couple pounds. MY Darton at the same weight with 50 grain lighter arrows is a tad faster....but not by more than 2 or 3 fps. I suspect that if everyone shot the correct draw length and didn't push the envelope on arrow weight most people would fall in the 235-265 fps in the woods. Speed freaks, well they're their own animal. They got to have the fastest. LOL Long arms make up for a lot.
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Old 12-17-2007, 02:59 PM
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There is nothing wrong with a 260 fps hunting rig. Most folks I know are right around that mark with arrows in the low to mid 400 grain weight range.
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Old 12-17-2007, 03:22 PM
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I'm thinking, that Indian"s bows didn't even come close to the speed of todays bow. They still got deer.
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Old 12-17-2007, 04:44 PM
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...and they weren't penned in either. LOL
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