"PERFECT" BOW WEIGHT?

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by George D. Stout:
You may as well stay home as hunt with a bow you can't handle accurately.  I know we throw bow weights around like they really mean something.  Of course they do if that weight is used to best advantage.

A 45 pound bow drawn to 29" with a dynamic release, will be a better than a 60 pound bow that is pulled to 26".   Subjective is an understatement.

If I could pick one weight to hunt everything in North American, it would be right around 50 pound, and maximized for best performance per pound.

+1    

[Richie Nell]

For me, 71 @ 31 with stinkin heavy Ultra EFOC arrows that are well tuned and shot accurately and proficiently in the back yard at perfectly still targets but also will have NO problem should the arrow not hit where intended due to 1 of the 1001 possible reasons..at least to most of us.  
But huge run-on sentences are another issue I need to address...unlike most of us.

[Chris Shelton]

well I just happened to know of a feller that killed every animal in North America with a 55# bow, believe it was a paulmer take down, with a Axis shaft!

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Chris Shelton:
well I just happened to know of a feller that killed every animal in North America with a 55# bow, believe it was a paulmer take down, with a Axis shaft!

what works for one may not work for another.

do not take all you see as gospel, do not emulate. understand, learn, use what works best for you.

[kat]

Ask the guy that is 6'4" then ask the guy that is 5'2".  It depends a lot on build, type of bow, and length of bow, as to what different people are comfortable with. Add in different state laws, and you will get a lot of different answers.
Forgetting all that, I use 53#'s, which should take of most anything, with the right arrow.
I am going to leave the grizzly bears alone too.

[Chris Shelton]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
what works for one may not work for another.

do not take all you see as gospel, do not emulate. understand, learn, use what works best for you. [/b]

O no dought, I dont take it as gospel, it is just a example of what bow poundage "can" do the job.  Plus that and there are so many other factors going into every different bow, that a 55# paulmer is probably different than my 55# greatree  

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by Chris Shelton:
 

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
what works for one may not work for another.

do not take all you see as gospel, do not emulate. understand, learn, use what works best for you. [/b]

O no dought, I dont take it as gospel, it is just a example of what bow poundage "can" do the job.  Plus that and there are so many other factors going into every different bow, that a 55# paulmer is probably different than my 55# greatree    [/b]

some folks have killed moose with a .22 rimfire, i wouldn't.

[Zradix]

I love my 30# on Grizzly's.      J/k. If you were new and an average sized guy. Lets say you had enough cash for 1 bow only and weren't going after dangerous game. I'd have to say find a bow in the 45-50# range and learn to shoot it.

[martin guy]

You all haven't taken wind direction and wind speed into account, that would narrow it down for sure.

[varmint101]

Fred also has a 30.5" draw with that 55# Palmer.

I doubt there is a perfect bow weight.  I reckon all that you can muster and shoot lights out with is what's good.  For me, It's 55-60#'s.

[Predator Man]

I break it up because for deer sized game and smaller I want as light a bow as I can to be super accurate.  For me I have decided 47# to be the perfect combo of speed and accuracy and weight. 50# for most bows but my acs cx shoots faster at 47 than any of my 50# bows. It works for deer, rabit, hogs, and squirrels.

For game larger than deer which I will rarely get a chance to hunt, I have a couple of predator bows with 52# and 63# limbs depending on how big the animal. I think I would use the 52# for elk but moose, bear and other large animals probably break out the 63# limbs.

In the future I plan on getting another acs cx in a heavier weight but that weight is still undecided. 53-56 pound most likely.

[LongbowGuy83]

Like others have said, it's personal preference. But, if you are looking at EVERY animal in North America, then it has to be at least 50#. I'm not sure of Maine or any other state that has moose, but in Alaska you have to have: "50 pounds peak draw weight when hunting mountain goat, moose, elk, brown/grizzly bear, musk ox, and bison". Like I said, I'm not sure of other states. But, I imagine they would be close.

[Wannabe1]

Yep, 50# is my perfect bow weight. Nothing on this continent I wouldn't go up against with a 50# bow. That is as long as everything was completely in tune!   :D

[Chris Shelton]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:

some folks have killed moose with a .22 rimfire, i wouldn't. [/b][/QUOTE]

No to mention that women I think it was that supposeatly killed a elephant with a 22 short   , and I definatly wouldnt!

[Chris Shelton]

Originally posted by varmint101:
Fred also has a 30.5" draw with that 55# Palmer.

I thought the 55#'s was the weight after being calculated for his overdraw?  I thought I heard on the show one time that it is really a 50# bow???

[Jeremy]

Pulling 55# @ 30.5" is storing about the same amount of energy as a 65# @28" bow.  As George and others have state, draw length plays a huge role.

As far as I know, 60# peak weight or @28" is the highest minimum in the states (NH for moose).  Now my 55# limbs (pulling 61# @ my draw length) is putting significantly more energy into the arrow as that minimum, but I'm still not legal to hunt moose in NH.  Go figure.

Isn't there something you guys can get out and hunt?  There's pretty much always something in season here.   :D

[Predator Man]

I guess I really didnt answer the question as he did ask for one weight for everything.  I would imagine that I would have to pic 55# from my acs cx or Predator bows. More like 58-60 from slower bows.

[BUFF]

I don't believe there is one perfect weight or bow brand. Everybody is put together a little differant. For me.... 74 @ 28 is what I shoot the best but that is just me

[TIMP]

is 47# enough for elk and black bear?

[dick sable]

Interesting, albeit meaningless, Rob. Another cabin fever thought - - would the fella holding 45# with a 29" draw have a more perfect killing machine than the guy holding 60# at 25/26"?