Deer with a 43# recurve, I now own one

[Stone Knife]

Has anyone taken deer with a 43# @28' recurve at my 26.5 draw it would be about 38# my range is 20 yards and under.

[sidebuster]

Yeah.  Here is a self cedar bow that is 40#s at 28in About 12 yds.

[Big Dave]

I killed 2 in 06-07 season with a 40#@27 selfbow , one at 5 yds and one at 20 yds,I recovered both,one was a complete pass through.
The other hit bone, it was the 5 yd. one      

[txcookie]

Man I never did it with a stick bow but I did with a wheel back in 96. Just imagine a broad head tipped arrow with a 20lb rock on it I bet that would drive it 6 inches deep into any whitetail

[woodchucker]

My wife has a 36# Mikuta longbow that I hunted with a few years ago (I was having shoulder problems) I never killed anything with it but with 40-45# Chundoo arrows tipped with SHARP 125gr. 2 blade Zwickey Eskimos,I NEVER felt "under-bowed"

I don't see a problem Jim.....  

[buck-tamer00]

niiiiiiiiice,
I'm thinking about buying my dad one in that weight range,
he had surgery in both shoulders,
what arrow weight would you guys reccommend
for bows 40# and under??

[woodchucker]

While I'm not a REAL HEAVY arrow advocate.....I think about 10-12 grains per pound of draw wt. is fine.    

(Those chundoo arrows with 125gr. Zwickeys weighed about 450 grains)

[themonkey]

Originally posted by buck-tamer00:
niiiiiiiiice,
I'm thinking about buying my dad one in that weight range,
he had surgery in both shoulders,
what arrow weight would you guys reccommend
for bows 40# and under??

depending on length, 1816 if you cut em around 27-28, fer heavy go with the ever so strange 1913/14, and if you want a heavy arra, go for a long 1916 with a lot of weight up front

[ishiwannabe]

Im sure it is enough Stoneknife. Ny has a minimum req. of 35#.

[buck-tamer00]

28".
what arrow could add up to 450g with a 100g point,
and how much penetration would my dad be able to get??

[bm22]

i shot my first deer when i was 10 yr.old with a osage selfbow, under 40 lbs at my draw. my draw back then was around 24 or so. i shot the doe at 15 yards with a grizzle broadhead, complete penetraton and she only went 50ish yards.

[buck-tamer00]

how heavy was your arrow??

[themonkey]

Originally posted by buck-tamer00:
28".
what arrow could add up to 450g with a 100g point,
and how much penetration would my dad be able to get??

ok dude, i actually got up and found my easton book for this one....

1916 @ 29"(youll want the extra inch to save yer fingers at full draw, with the adrenaline pumpin you can overdraw VERY easily)
anyway a 29" 1916 shaft weights 290 grains, so well tally it up

shaft-290
point-125 grain broadhead
insert-23 grains(eastons measurement)
super uni bushing-9 grains
nock-13
feathers-13.5 grains-5" w/ 3 fletch
thats a total of 473.5, with a 125, go to a hundred and all you gotta do is add a wrap to get your 450, enjoy    

[buck-tamer00]

allright!!!!
thats all the info i need!!!,
thanks man!!!

[Guru]

Jim, Why would you want to try to hunt with 38#'s if your physically able to pull a lot more bud?

Yeah, It can be done and has been done. IMHO you're asking for trouble when you don't have to.

The woods are not a testing ground to see how light we can go and still kill something.  

  My opinion.... Shoot a heavier bow bud    

[Danny Roberts]

I have a friend that killed his first deer with a 32# recurve.

[JEFF B]

killed one last year with a #46 @ 27" self bow called wild fire. real nice bow shot it at 15 -20 yards.    as long as you get close and shoot straight and can handle the bow no problem.

[Tajue17]

when I was buying my very first laminated stickbow I talked with Jerry Dishion who use to make the stotler bows and I was very concerned about 45@27 but still worried about being overbowed with what people told me I should get a 55# bow..  Jerry laughed and said he killed 17 deer with a 37# longbow one year..

[Bill Carlsen]

Here's Laura's pic again...43# @ 26", 500 grain Beman 27" MFX  arrrow with a four blade Phantom....two holes.

[Zano]

Originally posted by Guru:
Jim, Why would you want to try to hunt with 38#'s if your physically able to pull a lot more bud?

Yeah, It can be done and has been done. IMHO you're asking for trouble when you don't have to.

The woods are not a testing ground to see how light we can go and still kill something.  

  My opinion.... Shoot a heavier bow bud      

Guru, back in '81 when I started hunting deer with a bow the only bow I had was my fathers Pearson Predator recurve, at 40#/28", which he could no longer shoot, and gave to me.  I couldn't afford a new bow, and it was legal per Texas regs.  I wound up killing over a dozen deer with that bow, with many pass thurs.  The only deer I lost was because of a paunch hit.  Maybe this is Jim's situation.  Or, maybe he built his own bow and wants to use it.  

Given it's capability, there's no reason not to hunt with such a bow.  Whether you hit a shoulder with a 40# or 60# bow, you're in for trouble regardless.  After 26 yrs hunting with recurves, Ive grown more concerned with accuracy, shot placement, the deers behavior at the time of the shot, and ethical shot distances rather than poundage.

BTW, I still take the Pearson out every season during our late doe season.  It shoots just as sweet today as it did back then.  A well placed arrow tipped with a razor sharp bh shot out of a legal hunting weight recurve is all one needs to successfully and quickly killvest a deer and other like sized game, providing we stay w/in our accurate & ethical limits.    

Jim, you have a responsiblity to become the best, most confident archer you can be.  In doing that, apply what you can achieve with confidence when you do hunt, and stay w/in your limits.  When you goof, and we all have (and do), learn from it.  It's by such examples we will continue to enjoy growth in our arena of traditional bowhunting, and proudfully so.

Enjoy hunting with your bow, Jim.  When you killvest something with it, please share it with us.  -Zano