FPS is that the amount of steps a deer takes when he jumps your string.  

I'm around 175 with my set up.  Thats shooting 60-65 pounds and a 620 grain arrow.

I don't shoot my bows through a chrono mostly because I fear I might be disappointed by what the speed says...that being said I draw just shy of 32in and shoot a Tolke Whip, which is impressively fast, so my numbers would probably be higher than most.

Speed isn't very important to me, that being said, if there were 2 identical bows I liked which differed only in speed, I would take that fastest one. Speed isn't my enemy, but it also isn't my quest.

Thanks for the info.Kennym it is a real eye opener.

I shoot 45# to 50# 28 1/2 draw 450 grain arrow.I get high 170's to low 180's out of all my bows.

QuoteOriginally posted by Jethro21:
I don't shoot my bows through a chrono mostly because I fear I might be disappointed by what the speed says...

Me too!  Chances are I'd start tinkering and try eek more outta my setup.  Don't want to go down that road again...  Getting to old to change...

I recently shot my first bow that i have ever built a 68" T/D that is 55# @ 30"through a chronograph with the following results.604 grain arrow 180 fps,520 grain arrow 194 fps.Speed may not be everything but as long as it is quiet and fast it seems like speed is a positive goal to shoot for.

I can't believe the amount of people who don't care or at least say they don't care about speed.  

The faster the arrow the longer your "depth of kill" and the extra 5 or 10 yards you can shoot might be the difference between getting an animal or not.  I've shot animals at 30 yards, not as "ideal" as a 15 yard shot but sometimes it's necessary to shoot far in order to connect.  Maybe if you're shooting at feeding stations you can always get a 15 yard shot but when you "hunt for real" you need as much speed as you can get or just get used to being dissapointed and going home empty handed.

To answer your question I shoot an acs 50 lb at 27" 650 gr arrow and I get 160 fps.  With a 450-500 gr arrow I get around 180. I'm much more acurate with the lighter arrow but I like to stay with just one set up so I don't switch back and forth.  I can go from deer hunting to moose and elk to bear at any time so I'm always prepared for the big stuff.  If I only hunted deer I'd stay with a lighter arrow and more speed.


the chef

QuoteOriginally posted by calgarychef:
I can't believe the amount of people who don't care or at least say they don't care about speed.  


the chef

I agree,,I say if its free horsepower,take it. Usually everything costs something somewhere else.

You just gotta balance speed/shootability/noise.

JMHO

If I hunted out of treestands with close setups I'd probably put kennym's third item first, a very quiet bow.  

nice to have all, but sometimes you have to take some compromise.

My mildly reflexed/deflexed 38 lbs longbow shoots a carbon arrow 170 fps @ 11GPP

A POC 160 FPS @ 12 GPP

All at a draw of 29 inches, where the bow delivers 38 lbs.

My string is a 16 strands FF with beaver puffs and my fletching is 4 inch helical.

I ordered a SBD string which should speed-up my bow and I want to change my setup to 9 GPP.
I'm curious if I get over the 190 in this way....

Blackwidow sax 49@28 drawn 26.5 inch 405gr arrow about 9grains per lb 183fps.  Widow

last time I shot though the chronograph with my Bear Grizzly 45@28 with a 500 grain 2117 I was getting 156 but I found out that a 2117 is way overspined for my set up so i got some 2016's and I havent had a chance to shoot it through the chrono yet

Most of my bows shoot in the range of 182 - 187 with a 580 grain arrow.