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What poundage are you shooting for hunting?
01-03-2006, 05:30 PM
#3
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: South Central PA
Posts: 253
RE: What poundage are you shooting for hunting?
I'm pulling 54 lbs. Why? Because I'm a rooking female and that's the best I could do for this year. I saw 21 dear in 1 day while hunting and didn't even pull back at any of them because I didn't want to make a bad shot. I'm working towards 60 for next year.
01-03-2006, 06:24 PM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
Posts: 7,103
RE: What poundage are you shooting for hunting?
70 pounds. Why? Why else does anyone shoot 70#, because I am an ego maniac chest thumper who lives for nothing other than tooting my own virtues and basking in my own righteous aura, all so I can come on the internet and tell everyone how great of a hunter I am.
(Can you tell who I was thinking of when I wrote this one up?????)Tongue in cheek fellas, tounge in cheek. That means "just kidding"also
OK.....Really because I do not change my poundage from 3D to hunting. I keep it at 70# year around. It is my comfort zone so to speak. Alsopacking 83ft-lbs of KE leaves no worries that I won't find my arrow on the far side of a deer after the shot.
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01-03-2006, 06:29 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Fairbanks, AK
Posts: 3,132
RE: What poundage are you shooting for hunting?
I actually have my bow maxed out at 72 lbs. Why....because I shoot heavy arrows, 529 grains to be exact, and I like throwing them down there with enough "umph" that if I screw up and don't hit the spot perfect I know there will be more than enough arrow to help me out. I don't use this an excuse to take bad shots, I just have the extra power there as a safety net.
Plus the fact that I am young and strapping means that 72 lbs feels like nothing to me
Plus the fact that I am young and strapping means that 72 lbs feels like nothing to me
01-03-2006, 07:18 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Pa
Posts: 459
RE: What poundage are you shooting for hunting?
my Hoyt is 50-60 but I'm actually getting 62 out of it that weight works good for me my friends go to 70 but half way shootin indoor or 3-d they are complaining their arms and shoulder are getting tired and I'm still shootin.