ORIGINAL: Straightarrow
ORIGINAL: nodog
So he's no where near your average Joe. What about theaverage Joes that make up most of the hunting industry, how much help do they need?
I'd say speed would be a big advantagefor them on smaller more reactive animals like a whitetail.
That's the point. The "average Joe" thinks that speed is everything. In reality, the attempt to increase their arrow's speed, causes it to become more difficult to fly straight. The ever-so-tiny advantage that speed gives in trajectory, is lost 10 fold in accuracy decreases, and penetration problems. If trajectory is a problem in a person's hunting ranges, they should get a rangefinder or start marking known distances at their stands.
If deer are reacting to the shot and actually getting out of harms way, then the person would be better off getting closer, or concentrating on being more quiet. If a deer is capable of dropping 5" in the .17 seconds it takes the arrow to get there at 20 yards, then increasing arrow speed by 10% will only cause the distance a deer drops to decrease by 1/2". A phenomenal 20% increase in speed would only gain them an inch. This is nothing in comparison with the decreases in accuracy that occur from shooting arrows that are configured less than ideal.
As long as the shaft is spined stiff enough, there is enough weight up front, and enough drag in the rear, it doesn't matter what the arrow speed is. When building hunting arrows, you design them for best flight, not highest speed. That is, if you want the most hunting success. Speed should never enter the equation.
Come on now. Maybe it's been a while since you were average so take a look at many of the post here. Average Joe would be better at getting better, but that takes seasons to accomplish in the mean time they need an edge and is the reason so many of them now connect. Speed has helped. Just think about all the things Joe does to tip off game if you can remember that far back.
A faster arrow can make the difference between failure and his loved ones being proud of their provider. You wouldn't want to make him wait seasons to experience that, now would you?
Many say speed was never an issue in the past,true but so are many other things grandpa.
I do believe hunting with a bow was not so much talked about either.
There are peoplewho would and do laugh at people who shoot bows and arrows and not take game much bigger in size with the knife and spear.
It's not that black and white of an issue and both have some advantages such as a guy getting on in years and not being able to pull the big bows anymore. The good news is by then he doesn't have to if he's learned, likethe nah sayers here.
Expected and enjoyed by myself. I wouldn't want them to change andif I ever did hunt with them I'd be sure to have a dead animal at my feet before they would tell me I can't.