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Author Topic: What pound bow do you hunt with.  (Read 1578 times)

Online Pine

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #20 on: October 14, 2013, 04:42:00 PM »
60#
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #21 on: October 14, 2013, 04:46:00 PM »
53 lbs

Offline T Lail

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #22 on: October 14, 2013, 04:55:00 PM »
53#
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2013, 05:04:00 PM »
45 to 50 lbs. Use to be 50 to 55 lbs. Actually at my draw length with my 63 Howatt Hi-Speed 45#@28" i'm pulling 39 to 40 lbs. I only draw about 26".
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2013, 05:12:00 PM »
50 at 27in

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2013, 05:28:00 PM »
53# and #50
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2013, 05:49:00 PM »
51 @ 28" but my draw is 24 3/4.
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2013, 05:51:00 PM »
Right around 50-52# at my 28" draw
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2013, 06:00:00 PM »
54 , 59
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Offline longbow fanatic 1

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2013, 06:32:00 PM »
#45 for whitetails. #50 for other big game.

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #30 on: October 14, 2013, 06:49:00 PM »
55# at 28" is draw weight of bow, but I only pull about 27".
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Offline Son of Rooster

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #31 on: October 14, 2013, 07:04:00 PM »
52lbs@28"
Accuracy kills every time. Everything else is just numbers.
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #32 on: October 14, 2013, 07:17:00 PM »
73-78 @ 32
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #33 on: October 14, 2013, 07:23:00 PM »
The welfare of the state depends upon the morals of its citizens.

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #34 on: October 14, 2013, 07:25:00 PM »
46 for me as i am getting older

Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #35 on: October 14, 2013, 07:28:00 PM »
44-45# @ 26" draw for me......

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Offline Blueridge

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #36 on: October 14, 2013, 07:39:00 PM »
51# this year  dropped about 5# from previous yrs.
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Offline GRS

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #37 on: October 14, 2013, 07:39:00 PM »
From 43# to 53# at my draw. So far this year I'm carrying the 43#"er.

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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #38 on: October 14, 2013, 07:42:00 PM »
56@28" but drawn @27.5

Yet to kill but shot under a doe. Too bad the feathers don't cut  :(
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Re: What pound bow do you hunt with.
« Reply #39 on: October 14, 2013, 07:43:00 PM »
41# to 45#
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