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Guy almost always beat me at a nearby 3D course.
He was a stout fella and shot 65#, w tapered carbons that were LESS than 8gpp.
His bow was loud. Chrono showed 235 FPS.

I tried his arrow in my 55# Widow and got 221.

Bout rattled my fillings out No thanks. I'll take a quiet comfy 190 FPS thanks.
Even my 48# Widow that was to be for 3D and hunting, was set up for hunting first, and then was to be run on foam.

Skinny strings, diff fletch, no silencers................could squeak a few FPS more out of a bow.
Not gonna do it.

I use hunting rigs for 3D.

Not sure I'd hold that low - if you do and he doesn't duck it seems you wouldn't have much margin for error. I was always told 1/3 from brisket to spine is ideal. Are you hunting from the ground or tree stand?

10-4 and Thanks, I held one third up on the only thing I've ever shot with a longbow which was a doe at 8 or 9 yards, she had a stiff North wind in her ears, I didn't think she'd hear the bow and duck, she didn't.

All longbow hunting for me will be from the ground, I'm 6'2" and my bow is 66"s, I'd need a damn elevator platform in a tree to hunt that thing off the ground.

72#

Mathews Drenalin, 28.5 inch draw, 70 lb limbs. turned it down until my shoulder didn't hurt anymore, I'm guessing around 60-63 lbs. Right now using an Easton ACC 3-60 arrow with a 100 grain Rocky Mountain Snyper.

I can draw it easily by just pulling straight back with very little movement. I see younger guys (and some older guys) pointing the bow up in the air and and pulling with all their might to just get it drawn, not sure how they hunt like that.

I haven't shot it through the chrono because I figured if I knew how slow it was I'd want to up my poundage. The farthest I shoot at whitetails in south Alabama is 20-25 yards. Don't need much for that.


Bob.

A follow up to my above post.


I wasn't even close on my guesstimate of the draw weight on my bow. I was getting my son's bow ready for hunting and checking his draw weight and arrow speed and got curious about my bow.

My bow is pulling 55# and shooting my 401 grain ACC arrow with 100gr broadhead at 253 fps. The same weight is shooting my 506 grain Carbon Express with 125 gr broadhead at 229 fps.

My son's bow is pulling 38#'s and shooting a 421 grain arrow 180 fps.


Bob.

Have a Hoyt Vector Turbo that is set at 80 pounds and 27.5 inch draw length, my first bow. Have not shot it since I got the Mathews Halon.

My Halon and Triax both are set at 61 pounds, 27 inch draw length, 26.5 inch arrows.
Triax currently shoots Easton 6mm FMJ’s, 309 spine, 125 grain Exodus broadheads, 75 grain insert with total weight at 448.65 grains.
Halon shoots a variety of standard diameter arrows, Gold Tip Hunters, Kinetic Kaos and Blood Sport Judgment with 125 grain

I much enjoy shooting the 60 pounders over the 70 and 80 pounders and the elk and deer still fall down dead.

Well since I got my latest recurve, I dropped #. Went from 55 to 54 LOL.
But the new one is FF rated, the other was not (same brand, model and length).

52# with an older Browning compound. Got to be over 20 yrs old.

Kill at least one damn near every year. The majority of the time I get a full pass through.

I won't shoot much over 100' depending upon the circumstance.

-Ken

What difference it make what my draw’s weigh?

50lb....does the job for both target practice and small game. Why put in more effort than what is needed.