That would be a carp bow for me.Much too slow for me to hunt with.No way I would be shooting that much arrow from a 45lb. jmo

you must have read my original post from two years ago. "...but i have properly spined arrows and improved form..." Thats from 2010

there are a lot more variables I would have to know about before I shot it at anything.  for instance, FOC would be a biggie.  The speed is not terrible, I know folks that shoot 40# bows slower than that at deer.  I have killed a whitetail with a 40# curve that probably doesnt top 140, I dont know for sure though.  Question though, have you conographed it anytime in the last two years?

BWallace,
Isn't it fun to learn?  It is a priviledge to have so many of these guys share information and answer questions that we haven't even thought of yet.

I get 145 fps with a 435 grain arrow. I have far better hunting set ups, but that bow is capable of downing a deer with a good shot within 20 yards. I love learning and improving my skills and knowledge, that a big part of the appeal of this stuff.  Now I take my white wolf longbow hunting.  It moves a 575 grain arrow 175 fps.  Thats plenty for me and anything i would want to shoot with it.

I agree to most of what has been said I would like a better setup for me not that you could not kill a deer with it. I would be a little worried about anything bigger.  Widow

imo, the bottom line for any trad bowhunter ...

1. use as much bow holding weight as you can *master*

2. get yer arrows to fly straight and true

3. use razor shaving sharp cut-on-contact broadheads

4. be consistently accurate at your hunting distances

there now, that was easy, eh!  

the rest of the stuff - gpp, foc, efoc, skinny strings, arrow speed, etc - are peripheral and not required.

A recent article in Trad Bowhunter Mag commented that experience and research has shown that bow weight is marginal for penetration. Arrow weight makes ALL the difference.  Let me first say I have NEVER hunted Elk (but Oh Lord do I want to!), but from all the reading I've done (Asheby, Conrads, Peterson, etc...) I would say this:

1. Go with a heavy, EFOC arrow (I shoot 740 gr arrows out of 60# recurve with 300 grs up front)
2. Make the bow super super quiet and natural sounding
3. Arrow speed is never a concern with penetration its all weight and EFOC
4. If the animal jumps the string, it would have happened anyway b/c there is no bow made faster than the speed of sound
5. SO ultimately, shoot a weight you are comfortable and accurate with, get as heavy an arrow with a heavy, scary-razor sharp BH (single bevel IMHO) and, according to the experts I've read, you should be fine.

Cheers!

QuoteOriginally posted by ArrowAtomik:
I shoot 45# near 29" with my longbow which has only very mild reflex and I get into around 160 fps with almost that exact arrow weight.  If your draw is so short that you get that kind of performance, you've got to up the lbs.

You may want to run that through the chronograph again

You must not be coming to a full draw and a anchor point. It sounds as if you are snap shooting the bow at a very short draw. That being said I would redo the chrono and try to come to a full draw find that anchor point and fire away and see what you come up with. As for as killing deer that is marginal for any medium size animal just because of the reaction time.

Possum

you came to the right place for some good advice,If it were me,I'd get a little more bow.

I would not attempt it.  I doubt you would get enough penitration unless you were less than 15 yards.  Try your speeds with a 475 grain arrow and maybe if you can get up to around 170 you would be ok.

It seems that I am getting more replys to my OLD post than my recent ones.  I dont believe that my point has come across to everyone.

Yes it has.