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The everyman's guide to killing a deer with a compound bow...

So when the calculator ask for freaking string weight. does that mean all 3? I have honestly never considered ever weighting the string.
 
Weight “ON” the string.

as in, peep, kissers, silencers, etc.

added weight on the string results in energy being expended to move it, and not your arrow = reduced speed.

a good amount is 10-20 grains, usually accounts for an avwrage. If you want to get precise take your crap off and weigh it or look it up. Minor difference though.


Being off 5fps for this exercise doesn’t matter. Unless you’re riding the line of 250fps. That line is arbitrary- it’s chosen because you should be able to shoot a single pin to 30 yards.

don’t lose sight of the overall point of the exercise. You don’t HAVE to shoot the heaviest arrow you can at 250fps. The point is to get into the 500-600 range, above 250fps.
 
Ehh I’m a good shot, luckily I used a recurve for a decade before I picked up a compound and it’s like having a rifle with a scope. A lot of my hunter buddies I shoot with I can easily and readily outshoot 10/10 times. I’m blessed with the natural ability to instinctive shoot with recurve and it’s blown my own mind for my whole life and I also never experienced target panic or buck fever have no idea why it doesn’t get me amped until after the deer is down but prior it’s just another task at hand. I think a lot of it has to do with not being afraid to fail, I couldn’t care less if I fail but it’s taken a lot of winning to be able to say that and is still a work in progress in some situations. With the amount i practice and mostly I’m shooting nowadays bc I love it I can put a bow down for a year or 2 and still 10 ring at 60yds it’s just my natural ability. I know and understand not everyone is like this and I’ve witnessed it over the years that it takes people years of practice to be as good as I was the first week. As far as the arrow setup it doesn’t matter, shot placement is everything, if it’s legal to hunt with 35-40#’s it doesn’t mat the r what arrow you put on that poundage it won’t have the KE of 50-80# bows so I always said if your pulling over 50-55#’s light or heavy makes no difference as far as killing ability shot placement is literally everything. The OG post was a long read but great info, I’ve always wished I could teach and train what came naturally to me but in that department I fail but I also ask myself can it even be taught?
 
The_Fit_Ness_Monster said:
Ehh I’m a good shot, luckily I used a recurve for a decade before I picked up a compound and it’s like having a rifle with a scope. A lot of my hunter buddies I shoot with I can easily and readily outshoot 10/10 times. I’m blessed with the natural ability to instinctive shoot with recurve and it’s blown my own mind for my whole life and I also never experienced target panic or buck fever have no idea why it doesn’t get me amped until after the deer is down but prior it’s just another task at hand. I think a lot of it has to do with not being afraid to fail, I couldn’t care less if I fail but it’s taken a lot of winning to be able to say that and is still a work in progress in some situations. With the amount i practice and mostly I’m shooting nowadays bc I love it I can put a bow down for a year or 2 and still 10 ring at 60yds it’s just my natural ability. I know and understand not everyone is like this and I’ve witnessed it over the years that it takes people years of practice to be as good as I was the first week. As far as the arrow setup it doesn’t matter, shot placement is everything, if it’s legal to hunt with 35-40#’s it doesn’t mat the r what arrow you put on that poundage it won’t have the KE of 50-80# bows so I always said if your pulling over 50-55#’s light or heavy makes no difference as far as killing ability shot placement is literally everything. The OG post was a long read but great info, I’ve always wished I could teach and train what came naturally to me but in that department I fail but I also ask myself can it even be taught?
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Compare the original post to someone spending weeks trying to build an “adult” arrow. Only to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on top of the time. To get something that has no material impact on hunt success, let alone shot lethality.

Some people want to go down the rabbit hole to signal their allegiance to one tribe or another. Some dudes just want to kill deer. The internet has convinced tens of thousands of hunters that they’re doing the latter chasing foc and arrow weight, and it’s a whole lot more of the former.

Shot placement isn’t everything.

But I do agree shot selection and execution under pressure are more integral to success than the difference between 50gr of arrow weight, or the angle of the cut on your broadhead, or if it’s made of tool steel, or if you’ve spent a hundred hours designing and installing a footer system. Hence the post.

The reason for the short “long” post is some people want slightly more than “just do this”.
 
@kyler1945
I just read your original post and loved every word. :)
I've shared this type of information with a long time friend and hunting buddy, as a matter of "my" choice for success. We have since parted ways. However, I have explained to him that this is my changes for success and I in no way was trying to alter his choices, methods, etc. Even so, he thinks I'm wasting my time and money in doing so. :rolleyes: He thinks my continued successes could've been achieved with light weight and high speed arrows with mechanical broadheads.....despite my showing him my failures with such setups. o_O I have since gone my own way and he his.

I will never go back to anything other than the heavy arrow with high FOC setup for my compound, recurve or longbow. It has shown me time and time again how well it works for no tracking jobs (falls within sight) and quick kills. :cool:
 
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