Bow poundage question - 70 vs 80
05-14-2006, 10:57 PM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
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RE: Bow poundage question - 70 vs 80
Well I have shoot many many deer.I can pound though 2 sholder baldes with no problem. I have allso shoot pigs. Every arrow passed though them. But elk are a dif story. I never shoot long shots . I shoot angled away shots.And never have had a pass though . For that matter not any of the hunters I hunt with Have hade pass though UNLESS they shoot to far back. Than they blow right though the elk. maby tuch 1 lung or the liver and we have to track it. Mine we never have to track. I think most of the elk hunters shoot to far back.This is what i have saw.I allso shoot black bears most every year.They are eazyer to kill than than deer or elk with ever be.
05-15-2006, 03:50 AM
#23
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Alabama but live in Maryland
Posts: 438
RE: Bow poundage question - 70 vs 80
I shoot 61 lbs and get 64 in KE according to a my local pro.. we just kept working with different arrow til we got matvhed perfect for the bow... also I get a flat trajectory out til 30 yards..
05-19-2006, 03:14 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: IA/WI/IL
Posts: 1,482
RE: Bow poundage question - 70 vs 80
High poundages are great and some go for them but its best to back off a little from your max. I shoot 68# & could go for perhaps 15# more. BUT I couldn't hold that for what i consider a minimum(5 minutes with 65% letoff). It payed off two years ago when a buck froze up behind a tree and I held for 5 and a half minutes (I kept glancing at my wristwatch by my cheek) before getting a shot. Yes I was shaking at the end but I made it. To me a 140" 9 pnt is worth it
