ORIGINAL: quiksilver
Just my humble opinion here, but if you're not drawing at least 55#, you have no business bowhunting any kind of big game.
Sure, a 50# bow can deliver a lethal blow to a whitetail. So can a .22 Hornet, but you don't see many guys out there toting .22's on opening day. Why? Because it's ridiculous.
I just get so sick of hearing guys talk about taking their 11 year oldkids/wives out bowhunting with 40 pound bows, then talking to them 4 months later and getting the sob story about how Billy Bob Junior plugged an arrow in a doe's shoulder, or how Misses Billy Bob bounced an arrow off a scrub buck and couldn't recover it.
Bowhunting isn't a sissy sport. Sorry. IMO, if you can't man-up and draw enough bow to cut through some bone or generate significant penetration, you should stick to lead projectiles or playing with Barbies.
Face it, people get old, bones get brittle, joints go bad, most women aren't She-ra, and your kid isn't Little Hercules. There's a time to hunt and a time to hang it up. When you feel like you're having to bend the rules or cut corners just to meet the threshold physical requirements, then it's probably time to admit defeat and focus on rifle season.
Just my .02.
You have just completely discredited yourself about efficiency of bows and their capabilities to the point of being laughable.
Why don't you go ahead and put a 30" draw length minimum in their too.That would would do more for energy than a few pounds.
Accuracy is first and foremost,then followed CLOSELY bytune.Poundage and draw length come way down the list.
I agree with germ,your 2 cents isn't worth that.
