RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

Martin still does it. 45-60, 50-65, 55-70, etc.

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

Guys, I thought that you might find this interesting. I read this today in the Bowtech Guardian thread in the bowhuntinggear review forum. Here isa quote from GoGoGadgetGuardian pretty well solidifying the facts on speed with a 70# bow verse a 60# bow.

quote:

ORIGINAL: GoGoGadgetGuardian
I have it set at 71# and 28" dl. i am shooting 26"maxima hunters 350's and I am getting 274 fps.
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My 29"Guardian is peaked and registered 62# on the bow scale. My A/C/C 28" hunting arrow with a 100 gr head weighs 394 gr. My bow averaged 273 fps on a $600 chrono at Buck Hollow Sports in Pella, IA. These new efficient bows are so good at what they do. GoGo is pulling back9 more pounds than me and my bow is only slower by 1 fps. We both have way more than the required kinetic energy for any big game that walks North America. I would like to thank these forums and several of the pro shops I frequentfor teaching me these facts.:D

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

why don't you just set up a poll 70 to 60 lbs buya pound different and see how many votes you get.

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

Other facts towards a decision but I'm not saying there is misinformation in this thread.....

Fact, 60 lb Allegiance at 29" shot MY ACC at 279 fps.......see last years thread: http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1419597

Fact my 70 lb Allegiance at 28.5" shoots MY ACC at 301 fps.....22 fps isn't really any noticable difference in whitetail ranges however,

After so many years of shooting competition I have learned one thing that makes me purchase a 70 lb bow over an 60 lb bow and that is simply, I hold a 70 lb bow steadier than I do a lighter one...that's just me and I don't have problem holding her at full draw, at least on my elk trip, never had to hold her that long on a whitetail.

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

To heck with I am buying an 80# bow:D

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

I agree 110%.

My #1 concern with limb weight is holding weight, peak weight is an afterthought. I shoot my best when holding between 18-22lbs at full draw. These days a 60lb bow at 80% letoff will only give you 12lbs.......it's so easy to get sloppy shooting that low of a holding weight.

I really like shooting lower poundage, I am at 53lbs on my indoor/field/fita bow and 63lbs on my 3D bow, but both of them are holding right around 20-21lbs at full draw. I don't know what bow I am going to hunt with this year but I can guarantee it will have 17-20ish lbs of holding weight at full draw.

Wish more bow companies made bows with 65% or 75% letoff..........

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

60lb Mathews, 29in draw, 377 gr. arrow = 264-166fps

70lb Mathews, 29in draw, 377 gr. arrow = 284fps.

It's noticable to me and I am glad I got rid of the lower weight limbs.

70lb limbs (85% let off) is easier for me to hold.

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

I use to shoot 90# bows hunting, but I have learned all that weight is not necessary at all. I moved to 80#, then 70#, and I now shoot a 60# bow. I won't be going back. I shotcompletely through everything I hit last year including a pretty nice Mule Deer at 51 yards.;)

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

Not to mention that I have never heard a 70# bow shoot as quiet as 60 # bow. Since speed travels at 1128 ft per second, I 'll go with the quiet just as fast setup.

According to this Kinetic energy chart, I am 16 ft pounds over the recommended energy needed for elk, caribou, and bear. Probably90% or more of the bowhunters in America will never hunt anything larger than a whitetail deer.

http://www.archeryexchange.com/information/info_pages/kinetic/kinteic-calculator.shtml

RE: 60# or 70# ?
 

I have had no problem with 60Lbs bows. I have been shooting 60s for at least 10 yrs. It’s not that I can’t shoot 70 or even an 80, but why? I found out a long time ago that 60 were easy to shoot for a long period of time accurately. In cold weather when your mussels are stiff it’s still easy to draw with out a lot of movement. Has enough K.E. for anything in North America. Long term advantages less chance of shoulder problems.
In fact I bought a new Vectrix 28” 60 lbs to day for hunting this year. I know for a fact that there is not a deer in the woods that will stop an arrow from this bow! I don’t think there is any thing in North America that I would worry about shooting with 60 Lbs. I’ll admit that if I was going after something moose size I would use heaver arrows, but not heaver bow.
Look at some other bow hunters that use 60 or less and have no problems taking large game. Like Vickie from Archers Choice (short draw & low lbs)26.5” draw 57Lbs bow took a bull moose w/62” spread. And many black bear, deer, ect @55 lbs. This is just one example of what a 60 lbs. or less can and does do.
When does a guy need 70lbs? When he thinks he needs it (Because you have to believe in what you shoot).