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<blockquote data-quote="Meelosh" data-source="post: 267348" data-attributes="member: 3011"><p>My ‘Cape buffalo minimum archery requirements’ google yields a much different story. </p><p></p><p>In any case, KE doesn’t tell the whole story. The way I think about it is (and I know this isn’t a perfect analogy) think about .22 rim fire, commonly used to dispatch cattle for butchering. 36 or 40 grain bullet at roughly 1500fps at the muzzle. Plenty to get the job done at the few feet it’s doing it’s job at. With that same same bullet, how comfortable would you be taking the shot at a 50 or a 100 yards on the same critter? Now consider a 12 gauge slug. 400+ grains. Traveling about the same speed as the .22. Ridiculous overkill at point blank but now that down range shot seems a whole lot more manageable. </p><p></p><p>Every year, 1000s of deer and elk, etc. fall to archery equipment all across the spectrum of weight vs speed. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions I guess. </p><p></p><p>Also, I’m in the “you can’t over spine” camp. I base this on shooting a lot of arrows at different spines and seeing the results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meelosh, post: 267348, member: 3011"] My ‘Cape buffalo minimum archery requirements’ google yields a much different story. In any case, KE doesn’t tell the whole story. The way I think about it is (and I know this isn’t a perfect analogy) think about .22 rim fire, commonly used to dispatch cattle for butchering. 36 or 40 grain bullet at roughly 1500fps at the muzzle. Plenty to get the job done at the few feet it’s doing it’s job at. With that same same bullet, how comfortable would you be taking the shot at a 50 or a 100 yards on the same critter? Now consider a 12 gauge slug. 400+ grains. Traveling about the same speed as the .22. Ridiculous overkill at point blank but now that down range shot seems a whole lot more manageable. Every year, 1000s of deer and elk, etc. fall to archery equipment all across the spectrum of weight vs speed. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions I guess. Also, I’m in the “you can’t over spine” camp. I base this on shooting a lot of arrows at different spines and seeing the results. [/QUOTE]
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