LAST EDITED ON Jan-02-18 AT 12:20PM (MST)[p]I am going to hunt big game in Colorado this year with either my 50# or 55# recurve and take the other as a back up bow. I have a 65# Hoyt compound and harvested 1/cow & 1/bull with it, but its lost its appeal due to its mechanical nature so I'm going traditional.
Here's my setup bows draw weight 50# & 55#@28"; both bows lengths are 58"; I draw 29" and use split fingers; I believe I'm getting full draw weights plus a pound or two; I use 30" cedar arrows w/5" feathers and 125gr Zwickey 2 blade CoC heads. My best accuracy (tuned bow/arrow combo) results from appropriately spined - 510gr total weight arrows. Shots will be strictly kept to 25 yards or less, the distance where I regularly hit a 3" bullseye.
The arrows are bit under the 10gpi rule of 550gr... what are your thoughts on using this setup for: deer (buck) or black bear or cow elk (not a bull)?
2f350s: Hunt hard, hunt ethically.
Here's my setup bows draw weight 50# & 55#@28"; both bows lengths are 58"; I draw 29" and use split fingers; I believe I'm getting full draw weights plus a pound or two; I use 30" cedar arrows w/5" feathers and 125gr Zwickey 2 blade CoC heads. My best accuracy (tuned bow/arrow combo) results from appropriately spined - 510gr total weight arrows. Shots will be strictly kept to 25 yards or less, the distance where I regularly hit a 3" bullseye.
The arrows are bit under the 10gpi rule of 550gr... what are your thoughts on using this setup for: deer (buck) or black bear or cow elk (not a bull)?
2f350s: Hunt hard, hunt ethically.