Poundage?

[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.