Granted you need BOTH, but whats more important when your hole goal is penetrating an animal, a high KE or high Mom? ON whitetails, it really shouldnt matter, even with my longbow I can drive through shoulders on whitetails.
....now it is my turn to say " Well said" Lilhunter.
Arthur,
I do not doubt your personal experiences with those proficiency tests and believe that I would find the same thing if they were conducted at some of the clubs that I belong to.
But that' s not really the point. If bows get to the point where only experienced and skilled shooters can be proficient with them, then it' s going to be awful tough for newcomers to get into the sport.
I think you might have read too much into my reference about bows that shoot 600 grain arrows at 270 fps.
I was not implying that they needed to have a short brace height or a stiff draw force curve to achieve this but rather an advancement in the materials we use, etc... would allow these type of numbers to be achieved relatively easily without having to resort to factors that would make it difficult for the newcomer to participate in our sport.
A miss is a miss, no matter how fast the arrow is flying.
Ahh, the age-old quote of the fast miss.
Just for the sake of playing devil' s advocate the opposite could also be a true....
A miss is a miss no matter how much momentum or kinetic energy the arrow is carrying. [:-]