minimum poundage

[flintman]

I have a young person who is wanting to graduate from the pratice range to the deer stand. He is a good shot with his 30 pound bow and knows its and his own limitations. What are your thoughts on the minimum poundage for a person to bow hunt with.

flintman

[RutNBuck]

unless i am mistaken minimum poundage to be legal is #45 unless they have changed it....

"A wise indian once said,the more you move the less you will see,the less you move the more you will see"

" I live to hunt, but my wife says i may hunting a place to live"

[RutNBuck]

i guess they have changed it i looked and in the current guide no weight restriction were mentioned..i know at one time it was #45 cuz when i got into bow hunting i had to work my way up to meet that requirement i started when i was like 12-13 yrs old..

"A wise indian once said,the more you move the less you will see,the less you move the more you will see"

" I live to hunt, but my wife says i may hunting a place to live"

[MrBowhunter]

I have a friend whose mother has killed deer with a 43# bow but have never heard of anything killed with anything lighter than that. My son is just approaching 12 and shoots 62#. Course he's a freak of nature, my point is, if you get him to practice often and keep turning the poundage up he could easily be at 45# by next season. Unfortunately this will probably require the purchase of a new bow. Most compound limbs have adjustable increases of 10# increments. So if his bow he is using now is 30-40 you'll need a new set of limbs or a new bow.
Good luck
Kenny

[Highbow]

Bowtech has the Rascal Bow out that is amazing fast and nice for the youger group or women that shoots from 35-45 pounds , I have really been impressed by this bow by watching some women shoot them, check it out at www.huntersfriend.com.

[P. Beyer]

I didn't think there was a poundage minimum anymore?

Although I think there should be.

"It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent"

Fred Bear

[glenn]

Have seen deer harvests with bows only shooting 35 pounds....all depends on SHOT PLACEMENT.

[rouge]

a sharp head and put in the sweet spot

[rouge]

sorry, hit the button to soon. 35# at 25 yds or less shouldnt be a problem.

[Xi Bowhunter]

It is so much easier to wound a deer with less poundage. Practice of correct shot placement is critical when shooting light poundage bows. I shoot 75# and my arrows 99% of the time go all the way through the deer. I shot a big doe 2 years ago right behind the front shoulder and it went all the way through the deer and came out the opposite ham in the back. That deer didn't walk 20 yards. I hit pretty much every vital organ(lungs,heart,liver, and guts....yuck![xx(]). That is not to say that you can't kill a deer with a 35# bow, but I would not trust it. I think they shoud make the mininum poundage 50#s like it used to be.

Matt Goetz

[KY_Xcutter]

I think with the new bow technology we have today you don't need all the poundage. A well placed arrow will do the trick every time!!! Goldtip has a website that you can calculate Kinetic energy and that is what counts(KE)www.goldtip.com . Also a good sharp head!!! I've shot 63# for the past two years and haven't had a deer stop an arrow yet. Yep even with a big head like the Rockets(1 3/4 of an inch)

[flintman]

Thanks guys for all your help.
flintman

[glenn]

shot placement

shot placement

shot placement


oh...did I say

shot placement

[Salty]

I agree with Glenn.......shot placement. A sharp broadhead helps too!