will 35-40lb draw drop a white tail?
05-11-2009, 08:00 AM
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Kuna Idaho
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RE: will 35-40lb draw drop a white tail?
You bet!!! Idaho has a 40# weight minimum and people shoot bear and mules with them all the time. Just like anything in bow hunting it is all about shot placement and sharp broadheads.
05-11-2009, 08:09 AM
#14
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RE: will 35-40lb draw drop a white tail?
I hunt deer with a 48lb osage, and feel confident. I have not dropped a deer yet with it. But I am shooting a 500gr arrow at 150fps.
A modern compound at 40lb would smoke those numbers. Only thing I have over you is, I am dead quiet on the shot.
A modern compound at 40lb would smoke those numbers. Only thing I have over you is, I am dead quiet on the shot.
05-11-2009, 01:10 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
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RE: will 35-40lb draw drop a white tail?
Here in IL, 40# is our minimum and it is more than capable of killing any whitetail cleanly. In fact, todays 40 lbs compounds have considerably more energy that a lot of traiditional bows that many hunters still hunt with. It's all about shot placement of a razor sharp b-head. Best of luck to your lil' youth hunter.
05-11-2009, 09:09 PM
#18
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 105
RE: will 35-40lb draw drop a white tail?
thanks a lot guys.. a girl friend of mine wanted to shoot my bow @ 55# and it's impossible for her considering she's only 5'2" @ 105lbs.. hahaha.. Small chick. She enjoys the outdoors a lot and i just wanna make sure she get some of the action too.
05-12-2009, 02:07 AM
#19
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
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RE: will 35-40lb draw drop a white tail?
Up here in Maine the law is no less than35 lbs. So it wouldn't be any problem provided a razor sharp 7/8 inch or greaterbroadhead is used.. But as others have stated check your local laws first..