[Viper1]

Seymour, ex-diver -

Interesting thoughts. With a rifle bullet, KE, is an important factor, as it kills (primarily) by impact/shock. Not so with an arrow. So in addition to KE, the design and sharpness of the broadheads are at least an equal factor. A well designed BH, that's honed to a keen edge, will "penetrate" and do more damage from a #35 bow than a poorly designed, and dull one from a #65.

Also, basic physics, KE = Mass x Velocity, so for a given setup, KE can be increased, by raising either the mass (weight) of the arrow, OR it's velocity. But then you are really getting into "effective impact", or the amount of transferance/dissipation of energy, and not pure KE.

I know you guys know this stuff, just stating it for the newer folks.

This is all well and good, but it makes my brain hurt, so I'll just consider a #45 bow with proper broadheads sufficient, for whitetails in the NE, .

Perhaps as part of the Bowhunter safety course, we should include a gelatin test for penetration .

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Kip -

Actually Galileo dropped two balls of UN equal size ...



While your statements are accurate, the point was (at least my point) that, with a bullet, the object is to get the maximum amount of dissipation of energy (shock) to the target, while with an arrow (broadhead), you would want the least, ie most penetration (up to a point, of course). And so, the design and sharpness of the BH, is at least as important a factor as the KE at impact.



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Kit -

Viper,
"Point" taken . . .

OK, Just don't take it too seriosly , !!!!

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