RE: brand new bowhunter. need beginner advice
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.... i have decided its time to take on the challenge of bowhunting. ...
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"A turning point in Fred's thinking about deer hunting came in the winter of 1933, when he shot a monster buck - dressing out at 285 pounds - with his rifle in upper Michigan. That year Michigan hunters harvested 25,500 bucks, but few in that weight category. 'It was so easy that there was no challenge, no thrill,' Bear recalls, 'I decided that from then on I would do it with the bow.' "
This from "Deer and Deer Hunting, the Serious Hunters's Guide" which I got from amazon.com's used books for about $5.00!
And - 9 grains per pound of draw weight - every grain per pound decrease in arrow weight is a loss of 8% in penetration for a gain of 1 yard in effective distance. ( IMHO, I'm going to start a thread to get some discussion going.)