Poundage?

[remingtonboy]

I would love to persue my passion for hunting deer with a recurve but my kodiak special is 60lbs @28 and i have a 29inch draw. i'm in good shape but i find my release a little rough at that poundage. whats a good poundage for whitetails? i'm thinkin i could shoot a 50 pounder much more acurate.

[skeet]

Don't take it wrong but too many people think that they need a really high poundage bow. It just ain't so. I used to shoot my Bear Super Kodiak quite a bit. Was the easiest bow to shoot for a recurve. Dispatched more than 40 deer with it. Pull weight at 28" was 42 lbs..Pulled about a 31 inch arrow so was doing about 48..I actually figured 46 because I didn't draw to the arrow point. Every deer I shot was clean through except 1 and it was hanging out the other side. Longest shot I made with it was right at 40 yds...which was a loooonnnngggg way for me. Most were under 25 yds...quite a few at 10 or less. And when I got some aluminum arrows oh my.. Try a 42-44 lb bow..You'll be surprised. Hunting with a real bow is so much more rewarding..JMO So many hunters today have never shot a real bow with no sights no letoff no release..more's the pity and so many of them claim that a crossbow isn't a bow..

[blacktail]

as stated try a 40 to 45 pound bow
nicer to shoot and less strain
kill any whitetail you shoot at if you do your part

[remingtonboy]

i agree. the old man (rest his sole) was stong as an ox, but not sure why he needed a 60 pounder. i've downed 49 whitetails with a compound, 6 of which made to the wall. but i'm ready to take a step back in time. took i doe with a recurve one evening about 4 years ago. it was 10 below, wat a rush!

[wrenchman]

I started with a recurve i still have it my mom bought it for me frome wards i still shoot fingers and instinctive with a compound a dartin viper.
The problim with all these new hi let off bows now days are you have to use a release.

[buckhunter]

I shoot my compounds at about 55 lbs. The "Younger" crowd manages to get them up to 65-70 lbs. I just don't see that. Anything 45-50 lbs is ample.

[remingtonboy]

well not to contridict ya buckhunter, i shoot 70# from my coumpound but the reason us yung guys shoot more poundage is because a faster arrow brings flater trajectery resulting in less pin gap in turn making range estimation mistakes less critical. i agree with you once your through the animal, your through im, the rest is wasted. anybody crankin up there coumpounds for any other reason probly doesn't fully understand the concept of the equipment they are using.

[skeet]

All of y'all gotta try shooting without sights..That'll shorten your ranges..hehehehe..course it's all about having fun though..LOL...

[GoodOlBoy]

I shoot my compound like I did my "real" bow. No sights, fingers, etc. Problem is ever since that CT scan when the "medical tech" blew the vein out in my right arm pulling that 65lb bear compound is a . . . . well a bear. . . . it hurts. I am in the market for a lower poundage bow right now, even considering going left handed (I am left eye dominant as was born left handed but attended a perocial school as a kid) Skeet is dead on, you don't need a heavy pound bow to take a deer, and if going a few pounds less makes you more comfortable and your shots more on then by all means thats what you should do.

GoodOlBoy

[skeet]

Parochial School?? How does a Born Agin baptist get into parochial school?? LOL...hahahaha

[GoodOlBoy]

it was a Baptist parochial school

GoodOlBoy

[buckhunter]

I've seen it happen many times when someone has their bow cranked up for that flat arrow flight then the big buck appears out of nowhere. Buck fever takes over and they cannot pull the bow back. In New England a lot of our hunting is in cold weather and heavy coats. A little less poundage certainally will help you anchor a bow.

Then again if you feel you need the speed, go for it. JMO but 55 is fine.

[remingtonboy]

well in my opinion we are talkin about two different tools. i love my coumpound, believe me i do and it is shot with all the bells and whistles. sights, release, ect. i will put a broadhead in your coffee cup at forty yrds. i will..but a recurve, in my opinion (again) is to b shot with fingers and instinctive..period. i love both tools believe me but they are from two different eras. both should be enjoyed for what they are but not confused for each other. Kinda like catfishin and walleye fishin.....blessed is the man who can enjoy both worlds

[wrenchman]

I beleave what works for you is great lots of the younger guys now days have grown up with compounds and pins and a release and it is how they learned how to shoot i started with a recurve moved to a compound and still shoot the way i did with a recurve.
There are guys trying to go old school now days and are haveing a hard time learning to shoot instinctive.
I can shoot with pins and have shot other bows with pins i choose not to i like to keep my shots about 30 yards and under yes it has cost me deer but thats hunting .
I have killed deer at 5 yards on the ground with a 50 pound martin tiger to me it is all about geting the deer close.

[DON WALKUP]

i once shot an arrow thru the door of a car with a 55 pound compound using a bodkin point...that's been 20 or more years ago...i now use a 40 pound recurve.

i shoot 30", 3555 carbons, 3, 5" helical, feathers, with two blade fixed b'heads sharpened with a KME system, no sights, off the shelf and use a release aid, too boot...