Draw weight
#13
RE: Draw weight
35 pounds is the legal minimum weight in PA if that means anything. As the others stated though I would try to utilize a moderate to heavy arrow weight to get your momentum numbers up there. Couple that with a good cut on contact head and you should be fine.
#15
RE: Draw weight
My sister killed her first deer (150# doe) with 37# and 24" draw. There is a woman in our club who shoots about 42# and 23" draw and gets complete passthroughs. The trick is to get the arrow flying as true as possible, use a good sharp broadhea, and limit the length of your shots. With 50# that means pretty much 30 yards max, which is going to end up being 90% of all shots at whitetails anyway.
You can do your homework and find that people still kill deer with 35# recurves which don't generate anything close to a 50# compound for energy. It's all in arrow flight and arrow placement.
You can do your homework and find that people still kill deer with 35# recurves which don't generate anything close to a 50# compound for energy. It's all in arrow flight and arrow placement.