"Personally, I like a bow as heavy as I can handle without straining.... In shooting animals such as wild boar, moose, elk, and wild jackass, one wants a reserve of penetration so that if a large bone is hit, or a thick shield, ... the arrow will not be stopped.... One hears how effective a bow and arrow is and that a 50-pound bow will kill any animal in America. In some cases this is true, yet there are many other occasions where a 50-pound bow just does not have the power. If one can place the arrow right in the chest cavity, a 50-pound bow will do the trick, but is is not always possible to find an animal standing in the proper position for a perfect chest shot." Howard Hill, Hunting the Hard Way, pp. 73-74.