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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: john gerrard on January 09, 2009, 10:53:00 AM
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I was just wondering what kind of speed you would consider respectable out of a 52# Kodiak Mag using 545 grain carbon arrows? I will probably be using this to hunt white tails. I'm not hung up on speed I'm just wondering what would be a good average speed for this combo to hunt with. Thanks John
ps I will be using either a 2 blade or a Woodsman.
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Your draw length is important!
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Sorry about that. I really screwed up. First of all the bows pulls 42# at my draw of 27"
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You lose ten pounds from one inch? That seems a little extreme.
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I shoot a K-mag that's 48# @ 28" and I draw to 29". It' s not a screamer, but it shoots well. It's also very quiet. I am with bear heart also, loosing 10# with one inch in draw length is a bit extreme.
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I'm sorry guys but that was a typo. I meant to put 42# and mistyped and put 52#. It was just a typo. See my second post where I put "I screwed up the bow pulls 42# at my 27 inch draw"
All I'm wondering is what kind of speed should I expect with a 42# Kodiak Mag pulling 27" and shooting a 545 grain carbon arrow. I'm shooting about 155 fps. Is that about average, or below average? Thanks John
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I would say that sounds about right, for deer size game I would say your good to go!!! Just need good sharp broadheads.
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your just fine,, I harvested a doe with a 45#er with about the same weight arrow as you,,Take care,,JB
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The carbon arrows with modern tips should increase the speed over wood arrows with glue on 125 gr. Energy still = mass x velocity squared
What is the bow weight requirement in your state?
Some states are 45# and some are 40# that I know of. Of course that was figured at an AMO of 28" and they do not often consider the true cast - and speed will vary.
I think some states actually have requirments for arrow speed and arrow weight.
Of course you can get a Whitetail with what you have if you are a good hunter.
I am just amused at what is written in state F&G regs that often seem the work of Bureaucrats that do not bowhunt!!!
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You are preachin to the choir. Here in Tex. they just reset the required draw weight on bows for state game (deer, turkey and javalina) to 0#s. You read right. We no longer have a minimun draw weight in this state. It's crazy. Was 35#s until the mid 50's and then changed to 40#s. Sorry I got off the edge of the question but just had to vent. The take down recurve I build and am currently hunting with is 52 #s @28 and I draw it to 50#s @ 27". It grafts fairly consistant at 170 fps. using a 550 gr carbon. Plenty fast for me.
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Hey John, you aren't giving up on those pretty bows YOU make are you?
Mike
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Ask your self this- How would I fare if some body put a broadhead in my chest, shot from a 42# bow? You'd be toast, right? :eek:
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Leatherneck, as a matter of fact we are in the planning stage now to build a three piece take down.
I just like my Kodiak Mags and like to shoot them sometimes. This whole thread started out to just ask what kind of speed I should expect shooting the set up that I have. It seems like the thread got turned around to a "Is 42# enough to hunt deer" I don't know how it got turned around to that.
When we get the three piece bows done we will have to post some pictures. Have a good day. John
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It's just like evry other campfire conversation. We know where we started but who knows where we're goin. :campfire:
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That is very fast for 42# bow with short limbs; if you get good flight be happy!