How fast is fast enough?
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: How fast is fast enough?
Although I now get 260fps out of my razortec, I used to get pass thru's every year shooting an old Darton SL50 that flung arrows at a chrongraphed 173fps. Shot placement is everything.
#13
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Staples, MN USA
Posts: 76
RE: How fast is fast enough?
I can remember when my bow was the fastest thing out there - advertised AMO 197 FPS, and they figured that there just wasn't any way they could get the bows to shoot get faster!! I shot 62# in those days, but with the arrows I shot I probably was getting around 180. The arrows went thru the deer and stuck in the ground. Once you've gone thru the deer the extra speed just means you have to search a larger area to find your arrow, or it is stuck deeper in the ground. (They can only be so dead).[img] I'm with the "quieter is better" crowd these days, and at 77 years of age I'm down to 47# shooting about a 430 gr arrow w/100 gr. pts. I haven't chronographed it lately, but while I was shooting 51# I was getting around 236 FPS, which I figured was good enough. I do limit my shots to under 30 yds and they have to be facing just right. Also, I hunt from the ground more than I used to, and find it is a "little" harder to get close shots. As mentioned before, shot placement is the key.
#14
RE: How fast is fast enough?
I fall in line with most all of you. I remember back about 20 yr ago when i shot a old browning cobra talk about slow? but i did take a few deer with it and every thing else that run crawled jumped or flyed, It`s kinda funny know i look back i don`t know why the animal`s just did not step out of the way of the arrow when they seen it commin
#16
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: baltimore,md
Posts: 547
RE: How fast is fast enough?
I'm just as guilty as anyone when it comes to speed,I thought it would "make" me a better archer.Well,I was wrong,again.I've owned bows that were much faster than my LX,but I could'nt shoot them with the comfort and accuracy that I enjoy with the LX.To me,thats what it's all about...Bob