Actually dough boy, for whitetail sized animals it' s recommended to be shooting 40 ftlbs and for elk sized animals a minimum of 50 ftlbs. They are recommendations only and many animals have been taken through the years with much less. More important is shot placement and personal limitations. The bow itself is more than adequate.


Josh Keller, is it your draw length that is limiting your speed with that light arrow...something seems odd to me as well. If you could give us more information such as draw length, poundage, bow makeup...etc.

Your 47 ftlbs is more than adequate for whitetail deer, remember shot placement and limit your distance.

I was trying to help Josh the other night....here' s his first post with my reply: Should help to iron things out.......

Josh:
Matt:

Josh if you are saying now that your draw length is actually 30" you can jump that speed up close to 260fps. You did say that you just chrono' d it and got close to my first estimate tho at 238fps?

My guess for that set-up is:
28" Draw= 235-240 fps
29" Draw= 245-250 fps
30" Draw = 255-260 fps
(I' ll err a little on the hide side simply because I' m not sure exactly what that bow' s IBO rating really is, but I know it' s not a burner)

If you can figure out your draw length for sure this might give you a better idea of what that bow should be shooting.
If your draw length is 30" then that should change all of your numbers for the better.

Sorry for the confusion Matt. 28" arrow, 30" draw. I should have paid more attention to my post. Also, ZR200 limbs if that makes a difference. My neighbors chronograph read in at 238 fps, so im actually going to have to assume its correct. The one at the local joke of a shop here read at 160 and some change. I' m actually beginning to beleive it is only going at 238 fps, even though I am at 30" draw length. Basically what it boils down to, is if I do me part, that arrow is going to go through that deer and that makes me happy...until next season at least