This year I am using an 80# Hoyt Katera to hunt with. I have had people ridicule me, claim speed doesn't kill animals because of KE, blah, blah, blah.

Here is my point, I want to shoot a 410-450 grain arrow and not have a lot of drop from 20-40 yards. Speed and the correct arrow setup will take the arch out of my shot and I will still have enough KE to take down a Rhino or Giraffe. Oh, and for the record I can pull back this setup without my pancreas hurting or whatever other jacked up claim I'll hear next.

I for one have shot my 440 gr. arrows at 258 fps for too long. I have had a couple of deer jump the string at 20 yards or less and had to track them longer than I'd like since I only clipped one lung or hit the liver when the turned on me. Does speed kill? Yes, if your arrow gets there faster you stand a greater chance of reducing the animal reacting to the sound of the bow. A 300 grain arrow can go through a deer as can a 500 grain arrow, I want a setup that will blow through the shoulder but still be whizzing over 300fps.

VIVA LE SPEED!!