ORIGINAL: strutnbuck
My wife has taken up shooting archery the past 5 months. She loves to hunt and is now intrested in taking deer with her bow. She's only about 100 lbs and slender! Most state laws require 40 lbs on the bow. Right nows she's at 36 lbs and shooting awesome out to 30 yards! She now is pulling her bow back 4-5 times, 4 timesa day trying to get to 40 lbs. I was wondering how everybody felt if she was still only pulling 36 lbs and kept her max. distance at 20 yards, would that be ethical?
First off look into what your state requires, her 36lbs. could be legal ( I know that's NYs' minimum). I think some are going to read this as if you are willing to go against the law (shoot 36 when 40 is reg.) but I'm going to assume you just are wanting opinionsas to whether 36lbs. will do the job efficiently and effectively. A well placed shot (in the vitals) should be no problem.