I have a Martin " Firecat" wheel bow that is 11 years old. I forget the average speed, but it is still shooting, totally reliable, sweet shooting, and has " lobbed-dropped" its share of whitetails. This bow even took down a side-running buck.

I also have a 9-year old Martin " Bengal" Sonic-Wheel that I do not know what the speed is, but it is built like a tank, reliable, very nice to pull, and will lob a shaft and knock the socks off any deer. This bow has dropped a very nice black bear.

My old American " Cheeta" recurve is about a 170fps bow. It lobbed several wood and glass shafts into several nice deer. Especially the 240lb 8-pointer in 1973.

My old PSE " Pacer" probably punches out at 180fps, maybe 190, I don' t really know. It has brought down several deer. Most impressive was the 250lb boar that wanted to punch my ticket. However, that old PSE lobbed a Savora through his chest and punched his ticket instead.

60 minutes earlier, my brother dropped a 300 lb boar with an same type " Pacer." He lobbed a shaft into that boar at 35 yards, and took the pig' s heart out.

Etc..............

I' ll take a slow hit over a fast miss!