Using dBmeter you just get the peak sound intensity, at place of measurement. But, nothing about duration, frequency, and transmission through the woods ( echo and shield phenomena, wind etc...) by the way the noise eared by critters is a mixed between draw noise, release bow noise and A LOT MORE arrow flight noise. Moreover, animal can ear a wider range of frequency than ours and we don't really know wich one is the jump-the-string trigger . So many animals killed with black widows recurve bows is the evidence that dB doesn't count that much LoL