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Bentstick81:
  I have a 46# @28' hickory boardbow that i'm deer hunting with. I shoot a more or less, floating type anchor. So i know that sometimes i may not get the full 46# while hunting. The minimum weight for my state is 40#. Just wanted to hear what the lightest weight self (board) bow everyone has taken deer with? This is my first year deer hunting with a bow i made for myself. I've been using recurves for approx. 13 years. Thanks.

Pappy:
I have taken them with a 45@26 but I don't always get to full draw so I am sure it was less,
didn't get a pass through but killed the deer just the same. :)
      Pappy

Bentstick81:
 Thanks pappy. Looks like we are the only ones who use lighter poundage bows.  ;D I pretty much have to due to my tendonitis in both elbows. That stuuf is no fun at all. >:(

Ryano:
Well I haven't used anything lighter than 48# but I got a pass through with that bow.  I wouldn't worry about it. It's all about shot placement. It doesn't take much to put a sharp arrow into a deers rib cage.

Kegan:
You're not the only one shooting lighter weights. Quite the contrary. Heavy weight hunting bow shooters are the freaks ;D

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