RE: Are we drawing too much?
I think we are...for some reason this year I' ve been reading lots of posts of guys having to get lower range draw weights because of shoulder injuries. I' m only 20 and I can easily handle my Razortec at 72#. However, a couple of weeks ago I broke out the old PSE Baby-G with only a 5.5 inch brace hieght. I cranked it down to 63#, tuned it with some old carobns I had laying around(CX Terminator 4560) and couldn' t believe how accurate I was shooting. It drew back so easy and I was able to hold on target far more easier. I have no idea how fast it' s shooting or how much my arrows for it weigh, but I sighted it in from an elevated platform at 23 yards...This is right on from 15-30 yards for this setup. It was raining all day here in MI on Friday evening so I decided to take the old PSE out and leave the new razortec in the case. I threaded on some rocket sidewinder 100' s onto two arrows and proceeded to my stand. While in stand I made a nicely placed shot on a doe at 28 yards with a near full passthrough in which the arrow was just dangling by the fletch on the exit side. The blood trail was massive and the tracking job was easy. Upon further inspection, I hit a rib going in and sliced two on the way out...Now if I would missed that first rib on penetration then I would most likely have been digging my arrow out of the molic epipedon of the soil profile below.
These recent events have persuaded me to change my Hoyt setup after this season. I don' t have to get new limbs because of those nice limb pocket lockdowns, and I' m getting a new set of aftermarket strings and cables which should add a few fps just for insurance.
So I figured, might as well draw low now instead of being forced draw low a few years down the road. I enjoy bowhunting and shooting and I want to continue doing it for a long time.