I have a pse bruin L3 that has an ibo speed of 290. Is this to slow?

bigbuck!

Your bow has no problem if it's shooting 290 most bow's don't shoot this kind of speed .

nubo

What nubo said!

I don't think your bow shoots 290, it has an IBO speed of 290. What is your draw length, draw weight and arrow weight. Most bows will not achieve any where near the IBO spec in a hunting configuration.

However, your question was is it fast enough? Fast enough for what? How fast does it need to be? People take whitetails with recurves that shoot 160 fps. I'm sure your bow will do at least that. My darton had an IBO speed of 298. Unfortunately I am little and have a 26" draw and shoot around 60 lbs of draw weight. I see speeds closer to 200-230 fps. It's plenty for deer at 30 yards and in. You just need to know where the arrow is going to go at what yardage is all.

Up until about 6 or 7 years ago 290 fps was pretty common, even on the fast side. I don't recall the deer population suddenly dwindling when bows reached the 300 fps mark, so I think it should work just fine. Just practice and learn how the bow shoots.

Paul

Too slow for what? For hunting? I've rarely hunted with bows that shot much over 200 fps and they've all done just fine.

Too slow for 3D? It depends on how well you judge yardage but, just like hunting, if you know what you're doing and how to shoot, then you'll be in the running for a trophy. You could just shoot ASA where they've got a speed limit of 285 anyway.

Is it too slow to impress your friends with the numbers it can flash on the chronograph screen? Probably, but you're the only one who can decide if that's going to cause you to doubt your manhood and to have other feelings of inadequacy. (That comment is probably about as far down that road as I dare go. [8D])

My draw length is 28 I shoot 55lb with 450 grain arrows.

I would say you are shooting about 210-220fps at your specs

Nice hunting set up though, with good shot placement you should have no problems with pass throughs, not to mentions it should be quiet as well.

Paul

I started out with a bow ( Jennings whitail 2 ) that shot at speeds your does or less. I killed 9 deer with it before I bought another one. You have all you need to hunt, Go for it!

Ask a traditional bowhunter who shoots speeds of 160 fps if your speed is fast enough. The World Record Archery kill was taken with a bow that probably didn't hit 175 fps. Speed is a very overrated part of bowhunting.