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Minimum Requirement for Deer?

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Pat B:
140 to 150 fps will do the job if you do your part. Hunting with a stick bow is nothing like hunting with a compound or rifle. Like Jerry said...putting the arrow in the kill zone on a relaxed animal is more important.

DC:
You might find this thread interesting  https://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,61736.0.html

I'm not a hunter but it interests me and I've gathered that an arrow has little or no shocking effect, unlike a .270. Be prepared to track your deer after you've shot it ;D

osage outlaw:
I've never measured how fast my bows are.  I've killed a few deer with selfbows and a sharp 2 blade broadhead.   If you put it through the heart/lungs they don't go far at all.   Usually less than 100 yards.   

mmattockx:

--- Quote from: Pat B on May 25, 2020, 09:09:45 am ---140 to 150 fps will do the job if you do your part.
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Ok, I will use that as the minimum.



--- Quote from: DC on May 25, 2020, 09:23:40 am ---I'm not a hunter but it interests me and I've gathered that an arrow has little or no shocking effect, unlike a .270. Be prepared to track your deer after you've shot it ;D

--- End quote ---

Yep, archery kills bleed out while a rifle will sometimes stop them through hydrostatic shock. I've also had deer run 80+yds with no heart or lungs left after they were hit. A lot of it comes down to the nervous state the deer is in when it is shot.


Mark

mmattockx:
Since this is going, I might as well ask what people use for a target butt to practice with broadheads? I use straw bales for the field and target tips but broadheads will just eat a bale in no time.


Mark

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