...yeah, and I read about a few guys who were headshooting deer with a .22 long rifle. Should we all start buck hunting with .22's? Maybe BB guns? Slingshots? Maybe we should just throw rocks at them, b/c a well-placed brick to the head could be lethal.

Huntingson - I think you're grosslyunderestimating a 60# recurve. 55# KE isn't too shabby.
http://www.bowhunting.net/evaluation/GrovesBows-Mag2.html Besides, the number of people actually successfully shooting deer with primitive weapons is abyssmally low. That argument is like peeing into the wind.

...and anybody who would ever let a child hunt deer with a 29# bow should permanently be stripped of his license. He'd never hunt with me, that's fo' shizzle. Matter of fact, if anybody ever thought they were hunting with me with a 45-pound peashooter, they'd have another thing coming. Stay home and play with your Cabbage Patch Kids.

The key here is shot placement - and I've been hunting long enough to know that there are a lot ofclueless idiotsout there who are lucky to hit the deer. Hitting the vitals -Ha - that'sa bonus. Next thing you know, you've got some poor schlep in rifle season shooting a doe with gangrene in its hind quarter from where Mrs. Billy Bob pinwheeleda Muzzy 4" deep,square in the steaks.

Seriously, if you don't have enough physicalstrength to draw a 55# bow, you probably won't have enough strength to catch yourself if you'd slip from the stand. I really wouldn't want that on my conscience.