Will a 60lb do the Job??

[Conductor Tex]

I'm looking at bows and found some used ones,but the best priced one is a 50-60lb. Would that do to kill big animals( Deer,and maybe an Elk one day) I know shot placement kills,not speed. Just wanted a 60-70 to bump it up past 60 though. Thanks David

[The Rev]

I shoot a 58 pound bowtech 543 grain arrow at 250 FPS, will kill anything in North America.

[Roskoe]

I have two 61 lb. bows; and am going Bison hunting in January. Not the least bit concerned.

[SouthDakotaHunter]

I'm currently shooting around 54 lbs (245 FPS) and I've never had any issues. This year I took my deer (a fairly large bodied whitetail buck) at 35 yards with a complete pass through...

Used to shoot closer to 70lb but some old sports injuries to my shoulders started acting up - so I backed it off and have never looked back.

[ijimmy]

It did a number on my elk this year , 62 pounds , 28 inch draw , 525 grain arrow , g5 strikers , he went 40 yards and fell in sight after a complete passthru

[PABuck_HNTR]

I'm on the same page as everyone else..... 60 pounds is more than enough bow.

[JoshKeller]

Ive gone from 80, down to 70, down to 60, back to 70, and next year I'm going back down to 60. Dont need anything more.

[Conductor Tex]

"THANK YOU" all so much for the replys,I"m sold on it. May even save my shoulder so I can shoot longer too! Also never killed a deer and always heard that when you draw back on one the excitement makes it hard to pull back what you thought you could do with a breeze when not shooting at a deer! Thanks again,David

[MeanV2]

60# Bows will more than Git-R-Done!My Wife shot a Doe last year with her 40# Equalizer and got a Pass throughMy 60# Allegiance is producing over 68# KE plenty of power to spare

Dan

[ArrowMike]

60Lbs bows are all I buy. I have never had a problem with penetration. If you can"™t take down critters with it, it"™s not the bows poundage that"™s the problem.