Freedom fighter You missed the jest of slow or fast and kill'n a deer i think. I have several friends with the latest and greatest mathews and bowtecs and after cronoing there bows at 70lbs with 400gr arrows, you most have installed a bigger turbo on your model
Hardluck, No sir they are pretty much bone stock. I have an OLD Black Knight that still pops out a generous 302fps through the chrony (on average) with my hunting setup and the New Admiral (2009 model) Gets right at 310fps. The Hoyt Alpha is my Barn burner at a very quick 330fps but I have to admit with it's 6 inch Brace height it is one you have to be pretty spot on in form to shoot well. It is a bit more forgiving than most speed burners because it is 34" ATA so that helps a tad in the forgiveness area the other Hoyt is an Oldie but a goodie. An old Vortech that was custom made with a single cam that never made it to production for some odd reason. Very smooth draw and a brick wall stop. Very nice valley as well. It gets right at 302fps. As far as weight, I am a pretty sizable fella and 70-80 pounds draw weight for me is more than acceptable. Plus I shoot all the time so I have those muscles built up well as well as good muscle memory for form.
Ain't seen that 10 ring on a deer yet.hehehe I'll keep shooting for a forward lung if at a distance. Not good enough of a heart shoot anymore. To many veriables .Leave that heart shot for the target shooters. I will say that modern bows can be sooo quite compaired to just 5 or 6 years ago.
Aint it funny how that 10 ring doesn't show up on them live bucks!
I prefer a lung shot anyway in archery. Makes for a much better blood trail with the spray. And boy you sure aren't wrong about the quietness of todays bows. I fire off my Admiral and damned if I don't have to look and make sure the string let go
Yes things happen in a 1/2 second but a deer standing broadside isn't going to far unless it string jumps.
jbkebert, I don't know where you hunt, but in my 40+ years hunting deer all over North America, I can assure you that 1/2 a second is MORE than enough time for a deer to move itself well out of a kill shot and into gut territory. String jumped or not, I can move a full 3 feet in half a second by taking a single unhurried step so please do not try to say a deer can't or won't move right when you release the string. People going out in the wild with the mentality that a live animal is the same as what you practiced on in the back yard are primarily the ones with all the gut shot, unrecovered deer. The same montra that is held with rifle should be held with archery,
Just because that Bow can do it, doesn't mean YOU CAN
I have heard story after story of broadheads planing in flight. That just means that folks did not spend time tuning them.
Spot on dead correct no question about it there. Some just don't have the time or the will to get out and practice as they SHOULD with their equipment. Muscle memory is a KEY factor in archery. It is one factor that is almost always ignored too. If people would actually take the time to properly tune and practice with their equipment, they would have a much more productive experience in the field.