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30lbs for Deerhunting
Minnesota dropped the legal poundage necessary to bowhunt with to 30lbs for this season. What is the legal poundage elsewhere and what do you think of 30lbs as a legal minimum?
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
In maryland its 30 pounds also. I think it can get the job done.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
Ohio is 40#
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
Right compound or recurve, with right wieght arrrow and razorsharp BH, cut on contact, and all else perfect, I believe it has a good chance. But think it should be 40lb min.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
I think it's pathetic, but that's just me.
But then again, I'm guessing the guys writing the legislation have never had a Thunderhead jammed 3" deep into their shoulder or gutsand had to live witha resulting festering, gangrenouswound or wander around the woods with their intestines hanging out. Maybe we should just legalize bows made out of paperclips and rubber bands, that way EVERYBODY can hunt! It will be great! Imagine, you could take your 3-year old out there and get to watch him draw back on that monster buck... |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
Manitoba has a 45lb minimum draw weight....... a little on the heavy side I think. 30lb will do but its a little on the low side. Shot placement has to be perfect and the range should be kept to a minimum, I'd go about 15-20yds max.
On a side note my wife(a first yr bow shooter) has to sit this year out b/c she can still only draw 40lbs:( |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
I think 40 should be the limit. If you have ever watched someone shoot a 30lb bow, I don't trust that arrow going in to a deer, or any animal for that matter. Even at 15 yards, everything would have to be PERFECT for it to turn out well.
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WI is 35lbs. I believe that to be a good weight.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
TEXAS IS 40# I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
ORIGINAL: quiksilver I think it's pathetic, but that's just me. But then again, I'm guessing the guys writing the legislation have never had a Thunderhead jammed 3" deep into their shoulder or gutsand had to live witha resulting festering, gangrenouswound or wander around the woods with their intestines hanging out. Maybe we should just legalize bows made out of paperclips and rubber bands, that way EVERYBODY can hunt! It will be great! Imagine, you could take your 3-year old out there and get to watch him draw back on that monster buck... |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
ORIGINAL: bigjim12 TEXAS IS 40# I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE MINIMUM |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
40 lbs here in oklahoma - shouldn't be lower than that!
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
40lbs here in South Dakota. I think 30lbs is getting a little low, but thats only my opinion.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
40 here in NH, 50 for Moose.
If you think about it, the minimum weight hasn't changed in years, meanwhile the speed that bows spit out arrows has gone up. So the speed todays 30lb bow can shoot are probably close to or greater than previous years 40lb bows, resulting in same or higher KE and Momentum. Of course this ignores traditional bows, but a 30 lb compound is probably faster than a 40 lb recurve. |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
it surprised me but then I found out it is in an effort to get more women and children into hunting
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
ORIGINAL: rankbull it surprised me but then I found out it is in an effort to get more women and children into hunting |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
30lbs is fine. Ive heard of people killing deer with less than that.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
ORIGINAL: kdsberman 30lbs is fine. Ive heard of people killing deer with less than that. |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
You mean there are people out there that dont have a 70lb draw weight? Seriously everyone I know Shoots theirs at 70. Including me.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
When I was 14 in Wyoming it was 45#'s. I could pull about 52 #'s then. In Nebraska it is 40# as well. My wifes 40# bow shoots pretty darn good at 40#. I have her using magnus stinger 4 blades and I am hoping to get her on a deer this year to see what that will do.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
30 pounds is enough to cleanly kill a deer inside 20 yards or so. The thing is that it is up to the hunter to have the proper set up and to know their effective range and stick to it.
It doesn't matter if you are pulling 30 pounds or 80 pounds a slob hunter is a slob hunter and they will take risky shots regardless of how much weight they are pulling. |
RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
Ditto what bigbulls said. I personally think it is a great idea if it means getting more women and children into the field bowhunting. BUT, I think the DNR here could do a better job educating of what a shot at 30 pounds should entail. They could inform the public through accompanying text that shots under 20 yards or whatever it is will not be as effective and therefore no recommend taking them, etc. And talk about proper shot placement. Such a diagram would be a wonderful addition to the reg book in general.
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RE: 30lbs for Deerhunting
Maybe for modern compounds 30 pounds will be okay. I wouldn't shoot anything bigger than a cottontail with a 30 pound recurve.
BUT THEY SAY THAT WAS THE POUNDAGE A AVERAGE NATIVE AMERICANS BOW WOULD DO . |
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