Bowshopper, I don't think your friend was missing that doe because she <BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>could see my arrow <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote> or his arrow. I wasn't there so I can't say for sure and there is no way to prove it, but I would bet that she was hearing his bow. When deer "dodge arrows" they don't see there is an arrow coming at them and use super powers to see and dodge it like in the movie The Matrix. They are hearing a sound and reacting to it. Their natural reaction is to drop into their springing position for escape and that is when the arrow soars over their back. Sound travels at over 1000 fps and the fastest bows (even that 400 fps) bow don't even come close. To say you want a fast bow to keep a deer from dodging is your choice. Me, I'll take the quiet bow any day.
I went and checked the KE of the arrows in Big Country's test and they were all within 3 ft.lb.s of each other and would be closer if you bumped up the draw weight of the slowest bow. I do find it interesting that the discrepancies between the different speeds and their trajectories are so little. I don't shoot a light arrow for speed, I shoot one because I only have a 28' draw length and prefer the strength of carbon for my set up. I am planning on getting some weight tubes and seeing what difference if any they would make on my current sights.
As far as speed selling me a bow, I gave up on that years ago because of my short draw length and the corresponding noise. Now if you could get a bow producing 400+ fps, that was whisper quiet, and still shot a 450 grain arrow, then I'd be interested. But then again, who wouldn't?
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Edited by - huntingbry on 09/17/2002 10:34:32