LOL I'd like to see you chunk a spear that fast. I'll have the orthopedic surgeon on speed dial for ya.

You know what I've witnessed in IBO that proves to me that speed is not nearly the killing advantage youclaim it is?Back in the early days of IBO, the longest distance for thestakes was 'about' 60 yards. Which meant they were often closer to 70.This is in the days before carbon arrows, when 95% of us shot fingers,and when it was a rare compound that could shoot anywhere close to making 220 fps.

Well, over the years, we got carbon arrows. We got higher and higher performance from our bows. We got nearly everybody and their dog to using mechanical releases. We got very high letoff bows for aiming with no strain. We got fiber optic sights. We got dropaway rests that actually work for more than two weeks before they break. We gotall kinds of fancy stabilizers instead of a steelor aluminum rodwith a brass ballthreaded onto the end.We gots all kinds of stuff that wasn't even possible back then.

BUT... If these are really IMPROVEMENTS, then why is the longest distance shot nowadays only 50 yards, and even that is only for the open class. The compound release classDEMANDED the rules committe to change the stake distance so they onlyshoot 40 yards max. THAT'S A MERE TEN YARDS FURTHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL GUYS SHOOT!

All that high rollin', fast shootin' equipment and they can't outdo the trads by more than THAT? Now I don'tcare whoya are,that's funny right there.

If the speed was such a 'big advantage', like you claim it is,wouldn't they be extending the yardages even further in order to maintain the competitive level? Instead, the distances are getting shorter and shorter!??!

So, either today's IBO shooters completely suck when compared to the old timers. Or they gots no cajones and are afraid to shoot any real distance. Or, their super fast equipment is a severe handicap when compared to the slower, but more stable and easier to tune and shoot bows ofnearly 20 years ago.

I think it's likely the latter.