I am trying to decide which bow to buy and have been leaning towards a 70 lb bowtech. I have seen a lot if folks selling their 60 lb bows and It got me thinking, how much bow do I really need. Does a 70 lb bow extend your effective range enough to make it worth eventual shoulder surgery? How far would you shoot an elk with your 60lb bow? Sowhatchathink?
Maximum effective range for a 60# bow @ 300fps
1 reading
Chuckstahk
1 - 11 of 11 Posts
Joined
·
60 Posts
I am trying to decide which bow to buy and have been leaning towards a 70 lb bowtech. I have seen a lot if folks selling their 60 lb bows and It got me thinking, how much bow do I really need. Does a 70 lb bow extend your effective range enough to make it worth eventual shoulder surgery? How far would you shoot an elk with your 60lb bow? Sowhatchathink?
What is the weight of your arrows and what type of broadhead are you shooting?
For me, my days of 70 lb limbs are over. I am still recovering from surgery for a partially torn biceps tendon (not archery related) but in order to preserve the tendon and my shoulder moving forward, I dropped down to 40-50 lb limbs for this year. You don't need 70 lbs to hunt deer.
For me, my days of 70 lb limbs are over. I am still recovering from surgery for a partially torn biceps tendon (not archery related) but in order to preserve the tendon and my shoulder moving forward, I dropped down to 40-50 lb limbs for this year. You don't need 70 lbs to hunt deer.
Joined
·
660 Posts
Just remember that an archer tries to see how far he can shoot, while a bowhunter tries to see how close he can get. Elk are extremely tough animals. I would agree with Chris723 and try and keep it under 40 if you can.
Joined
·
60 Posts
I agree 40 or less is best, I like to get in close. I haven got the bow yet so I haven selected an arrow but I am thinking about carbon express maxima hunters, spine set for bow, close weight to IBO. Probably montec broad heads and maybe some of those toxic broad heads to try on doe's.
Joined
·
35,186 Posts
I'd shoot an elk at the same distance with a 60lb bow as I would with a 70 lb bow.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
There's no way speed will stay the same from 60 to 50. Speed always drops when poundage drops.
not if ibo spec not same, gone from 10 yr old bow (305 ibo) to new (325 ibo), bows have improved over time
Joined
·
9,319 Posts
Not always, it depends on the IBO of the 60# bow and IBO of the 50# bow. Sure it would drop if you used the same bow and just turned the poundage down.
1 - 11 of 11 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
