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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 267345" data-attributes="member: 704">Things sure have changed in my lifetime.&nbsp; The manufactures and outdoor writers do a good sales job.&nbsp; First heavy arrows are the rage, then light, then heavy, then light again, and now back to heavy.&nbsp; I started out in 1958 with a 28lb fiberglass recurve.&nbsp; Light, but it met the requirement of shooting my arrow with broadhead&nbsp; 135 yards.&nbsp; I then went to a 60lb compound, then a 70lb, then an 82 lb York.&nbsp; Then back to 70, then back to 60.&nbsp; In the 1950s a 45lb Bear recurve was the bow to have.&nbsp; I killed my first deer at 12 years old in 1960.&nbsp; I was shooting that 28lb fiberglass recurve that I bought new for $4.&nbsp; My arrows were 19 cents and Bodkin broadheads were a dime.&nbsp; You couldn't get a good edge on those Bodkins so I followed the advise of one of those outdoor writers, I used a glue called Pliobond and glued Gillet&nbsp; razor blades to the Bodkin.&nbsp; My whole arrow didn't pass through that doe, but the broadhead did.Google arrow ballistics.&nbsp; They don't loose speed fast.&nbsp; Even my old Bear 45lb with 500gr arrows would perhaps kill nearly as well at 50 yards as 20 yards.&nbsp; One would have been foolish to shoot beyond 30, but my point is most modern 50lb compounds are lethal beyond the yardage we should be shooting. The requirement in Africa for Cape Buffalo is interesting.&nbsp; They don't care about bow weights or arrow weights etc.&nbsp; Your setup is required to have 60 lb of kenetic energy.&nbsp; That's velocity squared, times mass, divided by hmm I think it's 450240.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 267345, member: 704"] Things sure have changed in my lifetime. The manufactures and outdoor writers do a good sales job. First heavy arrows are the rage, then light, then heavy, then light again, and now back to heavy. I started out in 1958 with a 28lb fiberglass recurve. Light, but it met the requirement of shooting my arrow with broadhead 135 yards. I then went to a 60lb compound, then a 70lb, then an 82 lb York. Then back to 70, then back to 60. In the 1950s a 45lb Bear recurve was the bow to have. I killed my first deer at 12 years old in 1960. I was shooting that 28lb fiberglass recurve that I bought new for $4. My arrows were 19 cents and Bodkin broadheads were a dime. You couldn't get a good edge on those Bodkins so I followed the advise of one of those outdoor writers, I used a glue called Pliobond and glued Gillet razor blades to the Bodkin. My whole arrow didn't pass through that doe, but the broadhead did. Google arrow ballistics. They don't loose speed fast. Even my old Bear 45lb with 500gr arrows would perhaps kill nearly as well at 50 yards as 20 yards. One would have been foolish to shoot beyond 30, but my point is most modern 50lb compounds are lethal beyond the yardage we should be shooting. The requirement in Africa for Cape Buffalo is interesting. They don't care about bow weights or arrow weights etc. Your setup is required to have 60 lb of kenetic energy. That's velocity squared, times mass, divided by hmm I think it's 450240. [/QUOTE]

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