My bow specs out at 27 in DL, 60# DW and 265 fps. Given a good quality shaft and broadhead, is this enough speed for whitetails out to 30 meters? Would 300 fps make a significant difference? Is 5 out of 6 arrows on a 9 inch paper plate at 30 meters good enough accuracy? Bob Riess, San Diego
Much more than enough speed for any animal in North America. I would strive for something smaller than a 9 inch circle, maybe all shots in a 4 inch circle at 30 meters.
Yes, it's fast enough. I spent the last five years shooting 270 fps - only 5 fps faster than you, and there are a lot of dead deer to prove that it's plenty fast. On a side note, I did a tour in San Diego on the USS RUSHMORE. When did they switch to the metric system there? :D
170 fps is plenty to kill a deer so anything over 200 isn't any problem at all. I would suggest that you shoot at a 4" circle. Get close enough that you can get 9 out of 10 arrows in that circle, then start increasing the range. Accuracy trumps speed.
Agreed, but if he's shooting a 9" group at 90 meters then he's shooting better than me at that range, and at hunting yardage, or "meterage" if you will :D, he'd be deadly.
265FPS is more than enough to put down a whitetail. Some of the older bows were killing whitetails back when 200FPS was considered fast. I killed my first deer with an aluminum arrow and I guarantee I was getting nowhere clear to 200fps. Speed is good for a variety of things, kinetic energy being one of them, as well as helping with being able to shoot at longer ranges and quicker kills. I personally prefer to shoot a bow that is at least 300fps IBO, but then again, it's hard to find a bow that shoots anything less than 300fps anymore as fast as they're making them. I think my next bow will be a speed bow. I'd like to trade my Element in for something around 340-350fps. I've been thinking a bout a Destroyer 340. You get to keep the 7 inches but with a bit more speed.
bow # 1 shoots 300 fps shoots deer in gut with a sharp broadhead bow # 2 shoots 200 fps hits deer in lungs with sharp broadhead which trail would anyone like to follow i pick # 2
Bruce & Chrstine are spot on. You speed is more than enough, but dial that bow in al little more before you shoot at an animal at that distance.
Definitely practice a much as possible. IMO Speed is not as important as accuracy a already stated. But what is your arrows total weight? I'm a KE believer. So you do need a little speed in there which you already have. But if you are shooting an arrow that has a greater FOC and is heavier will you have plenty of punch thru power. Sent from my LG-E739 using Tapatalk 2
I would get your bow checked out to make sure it's shooting accurately and polish your form to get smaller groups, and then look at quieting down your bow. Interesting thing I recently learned, higher speed does virtually nothing to overcome bow noise and keep deer from jumping the string(300 FPS bow vs. 1100 FPS speed of sound), so if your shots accurate and the deer doesn't hear whats coming, the bow you have now should have enough force to put one in your truck bed.
Where are the arrows hitting within that 9" paper plate generally? To me it sounds like you have no worries. The hardest part will be, being able to draw and aim without getting busted. After that, you have razor blades flying at approx 180 miles per hour. Whitetails are pretty thin skinned creatures and your arrow will either penetrate deeply or go clean through depending upon the angle of shot and position of the animal (trust me). 30 meters or 30 yards, there's not that much difference. Just my humble opinion.
