ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr
Will he benefit? Most likely not. What I mean is this. Speed will increase, KE will increase, momentum will increase and bad shoulders will also increase. You reach a point of diminishing returns here. If you're shooting 70# and producing let's say 73 pounds of KE......yer gonna blow through most anything you shoot. How much more could you possibly benefit from shooting 80#?
There's some financial reasons as well. When you go to trade that 70 #'er in, you'll have a much easier time finding someone to buy it. Only very few people shoot 80's making them an item not in much demand.
I agree 100 %..
There isn't a big game animal in North America that 50 # won't bring down with proper shot placement. I got into that macho thing about a year ago. I am fifty six years old, and can draw that weight, but what would happen if I blew out something. ( too old to recover) I just sold a bow that was set on 75 #, too much.. My bow is set on 64 # shoots 288 with 370 grain arrow what more do you want. Plenty of K.E.