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Mechslasher:
i don't know about steel shot being better.  i've had steel shot bounce off geese and ricochet into the water, 00 buckshot never has  ;D

Mechslasher:
to me, the 10gpp rule only applies to realistic hunting weight bows for whitetails, 45-65#.  when you get up to 70-100# bows then you can start dropping down to 7-9gpp and still get excellent performance.  500gr arrows are, imo, the minimum wieght to achieve adequate momentum on whitetail size animals.  lighter arrows simply "bleed" off more energy during penetration than heavier arrows.  my favorite set of cane arrows weigh in at 750gr. and one of them was stopped cold on the "matriarchs" neck vertebrae at under 10 yards while the other penetrated most of the length of her body.  i think she would still be walking around today had i been shooting light arrows.

riacher, i'd put a 160-190gr grizzly on the end of your arrows and start hunting.  your foc would go up which would add to your arrows momentum and penetration.  no more worries.

Kegan:
Riarcher- It goes back to what I say about the arrows also not being heavy enough to use any of the extra energy from the bow due to low efficiency. If you shot a 450 gr arrow from a 100# bow, the bow would bascially try to rip your arm off while the arrow might only go slightly faster than, say, a 65# bow.  That being said, a 500 gr arrow from a bow heavier than 50# but with higher efficiency might be just as lethal as a similiar weight bow shooting a 600 gr arrow, especially if you take into account other factors like fletchings, shaft diameter, recovery speed, and broadheads. It's all a balance, and not a precise science.

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