How fast will you hunt?
07-27-2003, 12:58 PM
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 115
How fast will you hunt?
I see some shooters post their bow speeds. But, I was wondering what speeds people with hunt with? More or Less? If most of your shots are within 30 yards what speed is enough. I would rather be able to pull back easier and less strain thatn have too much speed.
07-27-2003, 01:08 PM
#3
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 115
RE: How fast will you hunt?
Honestly though, How much KE is enough. On some places I read that 40 ft/lbs is enogh for whitetail. Average sized whitetail is pretty much all I am going to be hunting. Right now i am getting 62ft/lbs. But wouldn' t mind turning my draw weight down just a hair. I know some peole are speed freaks and think that the faster the better but, there has to be a happy medium somewhere.
07-27-2003, 02:23 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 439
RE: How fast will you hunt?
Cottonfarmer, go ahead and turn it down a littlte - you have plenty of KE to spare. I doubt that 3 lbs of DW will have a detrimental effect on your POI at 20 yds. I too like to draw smoothly - at 64 lbs.
07-27-2003, 08:11 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rockford Michigan USA
Posts: 1,344
RE: How fast will you hunt?
I think im getting like 220 but my friends dad gets like 180 out of his recurve and he takes deer every year. I don' t think it makes that much of a difference I like my bow at 55 and i can shoot it hundreds of times a day w/o fatigue.
07-27-2003, 11:55 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Savoy Texas USA
Posts: 219
RE: How fast will you hunt?
I just bought my new bow a couple monthes ago.......it' s rated for 319fps.
I chronoed it at the bow shop with the same arrow I' ll hunt with...265fps....I was shocked it was that low but.......those arrows sure are flying alot faster than from my old bow.....500 grain arrow @265fps.....not sure what the KE is but I think it' ll work....
I chronoed it at the bow shop with the same arrow I' ll hunt with...265fps....I was shocked it was that low but.......those arrows sure are flying alot faster than from my old bow.....500 grain arrow @265fps.....not sure what the KE is but I think it' ll work....
07-28-2003, 12:14 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: How fast will you hunt?
I' ll probably get 250 fps or so for my hunting set-up and feel that' s fine--this is my fastest bow. My first bow maxed out at 173 fps and I always got pass-thru' s.