I am still trying to figure out how
" using those bows to shoot 350 gn arrows at 525 fps. Frankly, it' s going to be the end of bowhunting when we get to that point."
I' ll bet that was said when the first compound was invented!
How does BETTER equipment " KILL BOWHUNTING" ???
We have NO lack of deer!!! and our success ratios are starting to ligitimate bowhunting as a method of population control.
Don' t like all this " excessive mechanization" ??? Get rid of that hoity toity bow and grab a pointed stick to kill your bison!!!
PERSONALLY, I LOVE shooting my bow for both hunting AND target shooting...the target guys think I' m shooting spots with my hunting bow...and others think I' m hunting with my target bow...FINE WITH ME!!! I LIKE being able to put an arrow exactly where I want (yeah...the deer might move...but I can still pick my spot to within an inch or two and KNOW the arrow with be there...I can' t do that with trad stuff)
back to the beginning...as far as the tests go. they are there to tell only one story. What happens to penetration when you compare something light and fast to something heavy and slow that have the same KE. Hell, it doesn' t even have to be arrows! The FACT remains, that a fast light arrow with the same KE as a slow heavy arrow can/will penetrate just as well or better. No matter the media (foam, water, or deer) KE is simply the best gauge for judging penetration. One can bury one' s head in the sand all he/she wants, that doesn' t change it. calling it names won' t change it, saying it will kill bowhunting won' t change it.
As for philosophy (which I rather do enjoy...though this was a scientific discussion) I' ll leave you with these.
" a hit with a pellet gun is infinatly more effective than a miss from a canon"
" perception trumps reality...but doesn' t change it"
" the future of bowhunting is not it' s past...but it' s future"
" sticks and stones may break my bones...but only if you hit me"
" don' t fear the future...or in the future you' ll be feared"
" it' s hard to see where you going when your always looking back"
Excerpted quotes by me " Speed or Weight"
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