bigtim6656

i drawed my bow on a squrril to help me get better at holding it at draw for sighting in on the kill zone
had it drawn for a min or so and now my shoulder is killing me

kdsberman

I cant even imagine how fast bows will be. And to top that, imagine how expensive those fast bows will be. Lol and how ugly bowtechs will be (very great bows, but ugly in my opinion) haha.

heavy hitter

does it really matter how fast it is if you can't hit anything. speed doesn't kill deer. guys who know how to hunt and shoot well kill deer. period.

Sylvan

At 70 pounds, an 8" brace height,a 350 grain arrow and a 100% efficient energy transfer from the bow to the arrow (not possible by the way) then the maximum possible speed would be 389.82 ft/sec.

The only way to go faster would be for the hunter to do more work or go to a lighter arrow.

DEATH FROM ABOVE

Having shot many bows for 40 years, it's incredable how far technology has come. I only buy a new bow when I can increase speed without increasing the pounds I'm pullingand withoutreducing my brace height. So in the last 5 years, I've bought a few. I've dropped down to 65 poundsafter shooting 70 pounds for a loooong time. I can easily manage 70 pounds as I'm not a small guy, but getting 298 feet from a hunting rig at 65 pounds is plenty fast and very satisfying. I think the future market for us "baby boomers" will beto findthe fastest rig possible with the least amount of draw weight and a brace height of 7 1/2 inches or more. I could invision in ten years a 60 pound rig with a 7 1/2 inch BH pushing 300 ft. That rig would have my money ponied up. Probably Bowtech or Mathews will lead the charge. DFA

Arthur P

I've got this thing about being able to see my arrows in flight, so I know that in another 10 years MY bows won't be any faster than they are now. Of course, as much damage as my shoulders had taken from the ridiculously hard cams I shot a few years back, it's highly probable I won't be shooting in another 10 years anyway.

Also, I reckon Bowtech will have run Mathews clean out of the market by then.

NEW61375

1,000,000 fps. (in my best Dr. Evil voice)

BarnesX.308

We'll have 500fps bows. In PA they will only be allowed for does.

BIGBUCK17

i think they will be able to shoot faster at a lower draw weight and be more accurate.

YooperMike

The efficiency is an interesting one, as far as how the bow will be able to produce those speeds. Have to be more poundage or lighter arrows. Either way, bows are definitely getting faster. If the speeds do increase to the 350 being the norm, the discussion will change to braodheads IMO, especially fixed blade heads flying good at those speeds.