George is right AGAIN, was just crusing through an old archery book by Fred Bear and the statement was made that archery is a test of skill, not a test of strength, but I think some of our old heroes must take some blame on this one. We in the old farts read about the Howards, the Fred Bears etc and they used 65# and up so that must be what it takes to kill something, we just forgot to read between the lines about all the practice and hard work, and also there warnings about don,t do as I do but do as I say. Heck I,m one to talk, I am still shooting to much bow for what I hunt. When my buddy and I started to hunt he got the first deer with a $10.00 42# acme bow and put the arrow clean through.