Somthing yes ,but somtime no with my old 65 lb recurve and 2117s back years ago. I always remimber hitting one in the shoulder with this set up and the arrow bouncing out of a deers shoulder and one time shooting one at 30 yard and only getting one lung because only got about 4 or 5 inchs pentrationand can go on and on. I shot a lot of recurves in my day,shot lots of target and taken tons of deer and elk with one and know recurves and not with 45 lbs. most of us shot more than that for outdoor target not for hunting, so don't say things like that to me your telling the the wrong person a story like that.