"Wennie Black Widow"

[Apadaka]

I am a firm believer that a well placed shot with a light poundage bow will be lethal even on big game, such as our elk up here. Sounds good conceptually, but please reinforce the notion that a 46# bow and a 550gr arrow will do the job. I need some confidence.
Thanks,
Randy

[Bill Carlsen]

Just posted these on a similar thread. My wife shoots 46# @ 26", 500 grain Beman MFX 500 arrow with 200 grains of Muzzy 4 blade Phantoms. Two holes on both animals.

[Yellow Dog]

Stack em three deep and you'll shoot thru all of them. No need to worry at all          

[rastaman]

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Here are a couple of threads from the past year that addressed that question.  If you do a search there are quite a few more, but this should get you started.  

[seabass]

go for it brother,steve

[Apadaka]

Good re-inforcement for those who have had to gravitate to lighter bows.

[stickhead]

Mike Treadway was telling me he killed a bull elk with a 41# bow not sure what hiss arrow weight was  or what kind of broad head he used but I think he said the broad head came out the other side and did not go that far.

[Ragnarok Forge]

The key is hitting the right spot if you can do that 40 lbs is plenty.  Take a long shot, a bad angle shot or have the animal spin at the shot and then things can go wrong quick.

[Morning Star]

46lbs in the exact spot will do the job.

but.......


I don't "buy" the "right spot" and light bows theory I see so many people on these trad sites endorsing.  
People need to use equipement that will handle "any" spot.  Bowhunting doesn't always end in "the right spot" for whatever reasons.  BS aside and brutal honesty.....the right spot doesn't happen as often as people say it does.....twenty-some years of following trails of compound and traditional shooters tells me this.

[widow sax]

I was just in Co on a elk hunt were two guys killed elk with 41lbs and the other had 49@28 do not know his draw both used 630gr arrows worked like a champ.   Widow

[Smallwood]

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=094489

[SteveB]

Originally posted by Morning Star:
46lbs in the exact spot will do the job.

but.......


I don't "buy" the "right spot" and light bows theory I see so many people on these trad sites endorsing.  
People need to use equipement that will handle "any" spot.  Bowhunting doesn't always end in "the right spot" for whatever reasons.  BS aside and brutal honesty.....the right spot doesn't happen as often as people say it does.....twenty-some years of following trails of compound and traditional shooters tells me this.

So hunters that can only handle 40# effectively shouldn't hunt?

[coaster500]

My punny weight 45@28 and 43@27 at my draw, 489 grain GT 3555, 200gr up front, 19-20% FOC, single bevel and a pass thru?

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=093743

[RkyMtn Joe]

Perhaps hunters who can only handle lower poundages effectively (for one reason or another) should carefully/honestly consider WHAT they will hunt with lower poundage bows.  

Wouldn't that be the moral/ethical/responsible thing to do?

[coaster500]

I am new to Traditional but with questions and encouragement from other members here I hunt with what my joints can handle.

Jim AKA LITTLEBIGMAN, posted game taken with mid 40's bows.....Note one of them is a Moose. Have fun shoot straight    

Check his pictures ....

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=094271;p=10#000141

[Widowbender]

Traditional equipment in general has limitations...that's part of the challenge of getting closer to game. The different types of equipment within traditional bowhunting can further limit the effective range. Whether its longbow, recurve, selfbow...carbon, wood, aluminum, cane etc. arrows...single bevel, double bevel, two, three, four blade, steel or stone or glass heads...the choices are almost endless. The poundage of the bow you choose is yet another potential limitation. I think its best we all learn how to hunt better, shoot better and get as close as we can. Do our best to make an accurate shot and a quick clean kill. A seventy pound bow wont cover up poor marksmanship for very long. Shoot what you can handle whether its 40# or 100#. Accuracy trumps poundage. Personally I shoot bows in the 50 to 60 pound range best. Thats my choice and I understand the limitations involved. For those oops and unforseen circumstances the best thing is to learn how to follow up and track game.