Recomendation

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:45 am

killerbee wrote:you get to start hunting the 10 th of august???? dang thats just around the corner! cant wait are's is the 28 +/- a day or so, hope your son gets his first deer, that is what hunting is all about111

Actually, the opener is on the 1st. But the area we hunt is a little busy with cow elk hunters and deer hunters so we wait a while before we hunt. Less bodies in the way.

Wharpoley · Post by **Wharpoley** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:09 pm

Colorado state law is 35# draw weight i believe. Right now i am shooting a 45# recurve, but i have only ever hit targets with it.

Nevadahunter · Post by **Nevadahunter** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:52 pm

Ya i just had my all stars baseball tournament in winnemucca and there it is all blacked out in smoke!... and thanks for all the tips!...ya know in idaho you have to have your draw weight at at least 65 pounds......and in alaska, you have to take a hunter safty class for all three seasons. and they dont give you the yardage or anything but they say that if you can get a group with in a paper plate.

Then youll probobly end up killin' somethin'!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:24 pm

Nevadahunter wrote:ya know in idaho you have to have your draw weight at at least 65 pounds...

That's incorrect. At one time your letoff could not exceed 65%, but even that has been changed. You can now use a bow with up to 85% letoff and still be legal.

The minimum draw weight for a bow is 40lbs in Idaho.

fatrooster · Post by **fatrooster** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:11 am

Now there are some good answers. I'm really not qualified to answer the 40# question considering that I just started bow shooting and which I explained in my first post that I could not get the computer to accept. But my answer got the ball rolling. My wife shoots 40#'s draw weight right now and I've noticed that sometimes the arrow does not penetrate well and sometimes it does. I'm talking about when she misses her target and hits wood at the range. But I'm sure that there are many factors that play into the shot. Thanks for the good info guys. fatrooster.

Nevadahunter · Post by **Nevadahunter** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:54 am

Mark,

I mean for elk it has to be 65.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:56 pm

Nevadahunter wrote:Mark,

I mean for elk it has to be 65.

I've never read that in their regs. Idaho only has one set of rules for their archery hunts as far as I have read. The only requirement is a 40lb draw weight.

I'm not trying to argue, I just can't find that rule.

Please provide a link to the ID regs that say archery elk hunt regs are different than archery deer hunt regs.

Nevadahunter · Post by **Nevadahunter** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:05 pm

i am just tellin ya what my uncle told me.

Post by **BOHNTR** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:39 pm

That is incorrect....they're is no minimum draw for respective species in Idaho.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:32 pm

Nevadahunter wrote:i am just tellin ya what my uncle told me.

Then your uncle is incorrect.

There is only one set of archery rules for Idaho.