draw weight

[huntin nut]

I have hunted with 70 pd for years. I am think of switching to 60 pd hunting and 3/Dhow many of you shoot 60 pd for hunting. how do you like it

[Pope94/IA]

What do you hunt for?

[Huntinman23]

i shoot 60# with my bow and love it. it is good for target shooting and i know it will kill a deer... [align=left] [/align]

[Bowtech 360]

My uncle did the switch from 70 to 60 and he likes it more. Im hunting at 54# right now.

[Pope94/IA]

Im hunting at 50. In 4 or 5 years I plan to get a 60-70 pound bow and set it at 60 so then I will get prepared for my dream elk hunt.

I would say 30 pounds is enough to kill a deer. You just gotta have a sharp tip.

[huntin nut]

deer and turkeys some day elk. and what speed are you guys getting out of
60pd

[JeramyK]

60lb is plenty for any North American animal. I don't know how accurate it is but many guys say you lose about 10-12 fps when you drop down 10lbs. Just remember you will likely have to get new arrows and retune the bow.

[im ocd]

I've hunted with 60# bows for several years (typically producing about 60 LB of KE), penetration on deer has not been a problem.
My current bows are 60# peak weight. One is maxed at 58# and the other is backed off to 56#.
My 58# bow with a 29'' draw is producing 74 LB of KE with a 390 gr. arrow.
An average 70# 29'' draw bowmight make about the same power (74 LB KE) as my bow pulling 58#
The power of A 60# bow with an IBO of 315 fps is quite different from one with an IBO of 340+
I can use some of the bows I owned in the past as an example: Mathews LX, Mathews Switchback, Switchback XT, those bows had IBO ratings around 315 and they produced 60-62 LB of KE when set on 60# 29'' draw.
If the 60# bow is producing 60 LB of KE you will haveplenty ofpower.

[Steven McBee]

i have my bow set at 64.5 and it works fine, the only reason i have it on this is because, i will be going on a elk and a mule deer hunt next year and 3 years from now my dad and i are getting a moose hunt scheduled............................before this bow i used a bow set at 60 and it worked great with deer

[robbcayman]

ORIGINAL: Pope94/IA

Im hunting at 50. In 4 or 5 years I plan to get a 60-70 pound bow and set it at 60 so then I will get prepared for my dream elk hunt.

I would say 30 pounds is enough to kill a deer. You just gotta have a sharp tip.

In the state of Oklahoma the minimum is 40 pounds, so I wouldn't ever drop below that. I have also read in several articles that 40 pounds is the minimum you should go.

Personally, I shoot 54 pounds and it's perfect for me. I can shoot 54 all day long andI have never had a problem with it getting the job done.