High poundages are great and some go for them but its best to back off a little from your max. I shoot 68# & could go for perhaps 15# more. BUT I couldn't hold that for what i consider a minimum(5 minutes with 65% letoff). It payed off two years ago when a buck froze up behind a tree and I held for 5 and a half minutes (I kept glancing at my wristwatch by my cheek) before getting a shot. Yes I was shaking at the end but I made it. To me a 140" 9 pnt is worth it