<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> one more thought,, the deer is going to hear any bow shoot, but the arrow getting there before he reacts is where speed plays the roll. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

Without allowing for wind drag... Arrow A @ 280 fps will go 30 yards in .321 second. Arrow B @ 250 fps will go 30 yards in .360 second. I'd rather have the quieter bow, gambling on keeping the deer from reacting at all instead of gambling that 39 milliseconds will make up for the extra noise.


But, not all bows give extra noise with carbons. Like Silentassassin says, if your bow makes noise with lightweight carbons, then you sinply need to buy a different bow. (Actually, after exhaustive research, I've found that a dozen heavy aluminum arrows is much less expensive than a new bow.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>)