I've lived in tornado alley my whole life and have seen some pretty incredible things, including the pine needle in the bark thing. Well, actually a piece of straw stuck in a phone pole. Pretty impressive until you look at the next phone pole and see a 2x4 stuck clean thru it.

Even assuming that pine needle did arrive with enough force to bury itself 2" deep in tree bark, have you compared the sectional density and frontal area of a pine needle vs an ACC fronted with a 100 gn Muzzy?

I do agree that KE goes up with velocity IF, and only if, you maintain the same weight and mass. Crank up the bow's draw weight, take energy robbing doodads off the string, make sure the bow is clean, well tuned and well lubed and do all you can to make it operate flawlessly.


Edited by - Arthur P on 08/23/2002 08:23:45