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Over 55-60 pounds for western hunting?
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--- Quote from: StickMark on August 11, 2019, 03:26:44 pm ---To be honest, I expected some comments such as "Man up!" and "men are weaklings nowadays." ;D
I am in the final last few inches, and I am at 48-51# after final sanding, tillering check. Going to glue some rawhhide on the back.
Appreciate the thoughts. I get to thinking and my thinking can over ride my common sense. Keeping the general draw weight of my hunting bows around 47-51 will work.
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That's a perfect weight range.
Pat B:
Don't worry about what people think, just put a deadly arrow through the boiler room. :OK
StickMark:
Yea, I am comfortable with 46-50# range. I just get curious about the higher weights. That article on the Mogollon bow in PA had me thinking, with the author's replica pulling 60# at 24". But, when in the gym, those 60 dumbbells are unused by me, and the 45 pounders seem pretty heavy.
Got shot placement?
PEARL DRUMS:
I wouldn't take a pound under 55 out west, nothing under 50# for whitetails on farmland settings. I've shot quite a few large game critters with bows the last 30 years and have seen lots of "things" happen. What Ive learned is draw all the weight you can comfortably pull. I wouldn't hunt anything with a 40# bow except small game. Yes, I've heard of several people who took big game with 35-40 bows, so I don't need examples cited. I have created dozens of my own by hunting big game.
PEARL DRUMS:
What I said goes double for a 23-24" draw. You lose a TON of power at such a short draw.
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