small game hunting!
Why not, 35 lbs bows have killed elk!!
06-15-2004, 07:20 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
Posts: 600
RE: small game hunting!
Like was said, the bows weight is adequate for small game, but is best to contact your dept of game and fish to see if it's legal. Here where I live, a bow must be able to cast a legal hunting arrow 150 yards in flight.
06-19-2004, 07:30 AM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: small game hunting!
Icoast, it's an archaic law that came before carbon arrows. For that matter, it probably came before compounds as well. We used to have that same law here in Texas, but they changed it quite a few years back to a 40 pound minimum draw weight.
However, our minimum draw weight law does not apply to small game. So, again, check your regs.
TomyD, you've got enough bow, it's merely a matter of legalities. IF it turns out your bow is legal for small game hunting... At 38 pounds, I seriously doubt you'd have enough impact energy to use blunts, so stick with broadheads.
However, our minimum draw weight law does not apply to small game. So, again, check your regs.
TomyD, you've got enough bow, it's merely a matter of legalities. IF it turns out your bow is legal for small game hunting... At 38 pounds, I seriously doubt you'd have enough impact energy to use blunts, so stick with broadheads.
06-19-2004, 09:40 AM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: California
Posts: 600
RE: small game hunting!
lcoast, it only stipulates that the arrow be a legal hunting arrow and because the warden isn't going to ask a hunter to launch an arrow, they used a formula to determine what weight the bow would have to be in order to cast an arrow that distance. However, when I asked what weight that would be, the warden shrugged and gave me the look that said, you know it's really up to me, right?