ORIGINAL: kdsberman
On the big game part (not including whitetail), i pretty much agree. We're talking big game. Thats why theyre called big game. I think thats great someone shot that moose with 55#...i definetly wouldnt doubt that story at all. But like quiksilver said, a minimum of 55# should be considered for stuff like Buffalo, Moose...etc. Like you said about no one using .22 for deer, why use a slingshot for moose??
What my point is, is that i think that unless you can comfortably draw the huge draw weights, it really isnt that neccessary for DEER. But for a lot bigger game, more energy shots should be considered.
I completely see your point, but for well over half of the big game species in North America, a 45#-50# bow would be plenty. Caribou are easier to kill than deer and those two alone are about 1/3 of the species, then you have antelope, black bear, etc, etc that all could be hunted quite ethically and lethallywith those poundage bows.