Hunting Poundage
 

I am planning on doing several types of hunts with my bow. Could someone help me out with the poundage for the listed game.

Squirrel/rabbit
Deer
boar
Turkey
Bear

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

Zak ! I would set your bow to your comfy wieght for the largest animal that you plan on hunting and leave it there.What I suggest is that you get some judo's for broadheads for the squirrel's and rabbit's and some 100 grain gobbler getters for turkey's and thenthe broadheads you plan on using for boar deer and what ever other animal you plan on hunting.This is all I would do just change your Broadheads and that's it.

nubo

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

I'll practice all winter and summer in the 50's, then about a month before the season starts, I switch to broadheads and increase the poundage to the upper 50's low 60's. Either way, low 50's to low 60's will harvest all the animals you have listed.

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

I set my bow up for killing whitetails. Anything else I hunt will die with that same setting, whether it be chipmunk, moose or foam. I'm a deer hunter.... everything else is practice. Some people turn them down to hunt turkeys so they can hold longer and all that. The problem with that is you've set it up and when you turn it down you change arrow spine, impact point etc. You should beable to draw smoothly with your bow held out in front of you without going through all kinds of gyrations. I say to be sure you can draw it under extremely cold conditions you should beable to sit on the floor with you feet straight out, raise you bow tp shoulder height and draw in one smooth fluid motion without busting a gut.

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

davidmil r chipmunks legal game or just a pain in the a$$.:D

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

in Illinois you must use a bow with at least a 40 pound draw, my mathews is set just above 60 pounds, enough for the game you have listed up to whitetails; not sure about bears.

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

A modern 60# bow will take anything that you mentioned,good luck:D

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

I don't know what type of broadheads you are planning on using for the deer but if you are shooting mechanicals from what I understand and have heard from other hunters you would want to shoot about 65lbs so that they open correctly. I use SPITFIRE mechanicals and I shoot 65lbs.

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

50-60 pounds will take all of them.

RE: Hunting Poundage
 

My bow goes to 72 pounds that is where it stays for everything.