ORIGINAL: huntingson
First question is why are you so disrespectful? Yes, 55ft-lbsis plenty of KE. Thank you for helping my argument.My wife's bow at 41# (and it will be at 50# by the time season rolls around) is shooting 48 ftlbs of KE. That is plenty, especially with fixed blade broadheads. She also will only be shooting 20 yards and less. That bow at 50# will havealmost the sameKEas the 60# recurve, and that is with a 24" draw length!

My bottom line is that the draw weight does not have to be what it used to be for most big game species. Restrictions on KE make a lot more sense. If your argument were that no one should hunt with less than 50ft-lbs of KE, then at least I could see where you were coming from.Your current argument is like saying "If your biceps aren't X" in circumference you shouldn't be able to hunt." A rather weak argument indeed.