good point tembry. Im just trying figure out if a guy can reach 360 fps with a hunting set up is it advantageous or actually counter-productive..we always here that a fast arrow is less accurate, but Im not sure..

A fast arrow is no more or less accurate as a slow arrow. The accuracy part comes from the technology needed to obtain the speed, ie. short brace heights, higher poundages, lighter arrows. All of these make the bow harder to shoot, harder to maintain.

Accuracy comes in the form of the shooter with repetition. I am no more or less accurate with my 330 fps set up as I am with my older 275 fps set ups.

As for broadhead flight, accuracy comes in the setup, tuning and fletch. The quicker you get your arrow spinning out of your bow, the sooner and quicker it stabilizes in flight regardless of it's flight speed.

Point A (bow) to point B (target) is what it is regardless of how fast the arrow is flying. It's what it takes to get it there is where accuracy is deteriorated.

I know I couldn't ask for any better accuracy than I got this year from the fastest setup I've ever packed in the woods.

I hunted with my 82nd in 80 degree temps all the way down to 24 degrees below zero. Dry dusty weather, Snow, and steady rain.

It was always spot on in all conditions with no tinkering during the season.

Dan

Just my experience with a fast bow, I could not shoot one...well, to me it was fast @ 310 fps.. however Im only shooting a 26.5" draw...either way, I think it was the short brace height perhaps...the Ally I have is far more accurate, or either Im just a better shooter with that bow than the X force. I used to shoot faster bows back in the day...3 in overdraw and superlight arrows, thing was, fast back then was 280 fps!! that's what i shoot now!

Not all Speed Bows are created equalLots of things come into play shooting high speed arrows consistent. Not the least of which is the arrows themselves, proper spine, adequate FOC, adequate fletching, etc., etc. The list is endless.

I Loved the Ally and it's undoubtedly one of the best hunting bows ever built. My 82nd is No less consistent nor is it any less accurate.

Dan

When hunting at close range, when you have enough kinetic energy to kill the animal either way, the only advantage I can see to a fast bow is that it will give the animal less time to drop, run, or move in any way, and therefore it would make it more accurate in that respect. But we are talking fractions of a second here.
just my .02

its a novelty imo, no need for it but if its what you like then its what you like.. i personally like the absence of shock and the quietness of my admiral, im guessing it will be close to 300... which is more than enough... my tomkat shot 292 and it passed through both deer i killed with it

If aarcher buys a speed bow but does not practice then its the archers fault not the technology if his shot goes astray. My son got an 82nd last year and he is deadly with it, our main problem is finding the arrows after the shot as they don't seem to slow down at all.

I was warned that the short brace height would cause him problems but I think the brace height issue was more pronounced on early compounds that where basically longbows with wheels on them, the newer parallel limb bows with the long riser and short braceseem to be not as sensitive to form error as I was lead to believe. Either that or he has perfect form.

The main thing I like about the new technology is that I can put my 70lb luncker away and shot 60lb and end up with the same or greater arrow speeds and energy with the same arrow specs, so I would not be buying the speed bow for greater speed but so I can shoot a lower poundage bow and achieve my existing speeds. Due to the lower poundageI can hold the bow steadier resulting ina more accurate shot placement.

The speeds I am talking about are 500g arrow at around 275-280fps.

My motto is accuracy before all else.

But,you do agree that all little imperfection become much more magnified at greater speeds,therefore,forgiveness has been compromised at greater speeds?

One thing is for sure,arrow spines better start getting stiffer than what the majority are offering right now because they are way underspined for 30" 70#ers.