Mike,

That sufficiently answers my question. I've had two neck and one lower back surgery so I can relate. Been out of town for a while so didn't catch your other posts.

I laud you for wanting to be "ethical". I guess you'll be hunting whitetails so frankly you should still have enough peak weight. In fact I hunt with about 56# myself.

I know most guys get all hyped up about the speed that most modern bows get and the resultant KE, but believe me, I was hunting with compounds when 200 fps was a very fast setup and still managed to get complete pass throughs 30 years ago. It's mostly about good arrow flight and sharp broadheads. Of course, accuracy still being key.

One thing I just caught from your first post here is that you are using Blazer vanes. Because of the drastic weight change this might be part of the problem. You might refletch a couple with 4" vanes or feathers and see if this helps--if you have a fletching jig. If not then maybe buy a couple arrows already fletched with same and try them. Could be you just need a little more stabilization on the back end of the arrow.

I'll be keeping up with this thread and I wish you luck with the neck. By the way, was it a laminectomy or what?