Just an observation for anyone interested.

Saturday I shot at a local 3-D tournament (as local as it gets for me anyhow). My buddy was shooting a 35# bow--it's about all he can handle due to arthritus in his wrist. He missed a target--the penetration was something to talk about.

He wasn't shoot 1,000 grain arrows, or single-bevel broadheads, or extrememe FOC. With his 35# bow, he penetrated 4-5" of dirt and another 3" into a tree root with a standard "bullet" point. I don't think he would have any problem shooting clean through a whitetail. The bow had a Trad Tech riser and a set of "Black Max" wood/glass limbs that retail for $130 a set.

Chad