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How many of you think 40 pounds in draw weight will kill a muley easy?
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fatrooster
I tried to post a long reply but I couldn't get it to work. Sorry. To make a long story short, is a 22 rifle enough gun to kill a deer? Yes it can be done but could you safely put deer down day after day without the possibility of only injuring a deer and allowing it to get away and die days later? I feel 40#'s of draw weight can kill a deer with good shot placement but I would be cautious about trying it. Goodluck, fatrooster.
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Nevadahunter
I noticed you live in elko, NEVER take your bow to gunworld to get any help with your bow, they don't help you worth crap.[/b]
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fatrooster
Thanks for the heads up Nevadahunter. I've been going to High Desert Archery for all of my bow needs. How are the fires over your way? Were just gettin' started over here. fatrooster.
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BOHNTR
When I first began bowhunting over 30 years ago, I arrowed quite a few deer with my old longbow and wood arrows. I can't remember not having a pass-thru......all shooting 40 pounds.

My son arrowed his first buck last season....complete pass-thru......arrow stuck deep in the hill behind........shooting a whopping 33 pounds.

Fred Bear shot many using 40 pounds......

To answer your question directly, YES 40 pounds will do the job easily. However, the rules of bowhunting never change no matter how much weight you're shooting........shot placement is still the key.
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killerbee
eventually it will make you a better hunter, you will have to learn to judge yardage better than most with these new faster bows and you will also need to be more specific about your shots, like bohntr said shot placement is the key. if you can get good at killing deer with your set up you have now, those deer better watch out when you get older and can upgrade to more pounds! just practise till your so confident that anything within say 30 yrds is dead if it presents you a shot! good luck!

i guided a guy from luisiana once and their laws have no age limit just as long as you can pull 35 lbs. back your good to go, so his son at age 7 practised and practised until he could do it easily and shot 3 does and 1 buck with his bow the first year! AT 7!!! he sat in the same treestand as his dad and his dad would walk him through the whole thing. if 35 lbs can do it so can your 40 lbs!
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Mark
"BOHNTR" wrote:When I first began bowhunting over 30 years ago, I arrowed quite a few deer with my old longbow and wood arrows. I can't remember not having a pass-thru......all shooting 40 pounds.

My son arrowed his first buck last season....complete pass-thru......arrow stuck deep in the hill behind........shooting a whopping 33 pounds.

Fred Bear shot many using 40 pounds......

To answer your question directly, YES 40 pounds will do the job easily. However, the rules of bowhunting never change no matter how much weight you're shooting........shot placement is still the key.
 BOHNTER,

Can you tell me the specs on the arrows your son was shooting? I've got my 13 yr old using a bow for the first time this year. He's pulling around 30lbs right now in the backyard and we plan to crank him up as close to 40 as he can pull between now and the hunt.

What size arrows?

Broadheads?

I've got him shooting 3555's right now with 75gr heads. He's got pretty decent arrow flight and is shooting decent groups at 20 yards. The arrows are a little heavy but like I said, he's got pretty good flight right now. Just curious what your son is using.

The cool thing about NV and our youth tags is that he can hunt during the archery season, the black powder season and then rifle if need be. He can shoot a buck or a doe. That's a tough tag to beat!
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BOHNTR
Mark:

He's using GT 3555's, Blazer vanes, and 85 grain Magnus Stinger 2-blade heads. He gets VERY good arrow flight with this combo.

His bow is the Hoyt RinTec....which is a fairly fast bow for the pounds he's pulling. Hope it helps.
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Mark
"BOHNTR" wrote:Mark:

He's using GT 3555's, Blazer vanes, and 85 grain Magnus Stinger 2-blade heads. He gets VERY good arrow flight with this combo.

His bow is the Hoyt RinTec....which is a fairly fast bow for the pounds he's pulling. Hope it helps.
 Well, that pretty much says it all right there. We're the same on the arrows except including the blazers. The only difference is the heads. He's shooting 75gr wasp SST.

We leave on the 10th of August for a 10 day archery hunt in Ely. We ran across several P&Y class mulies over the last 2 years elk hunting this area.

No elk tags this year, so it's all about the deer...
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killerbee
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 :thumb
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Mark
"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 :thumb
 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.
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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.
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Nevadahunter
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'!
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Mark
"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.
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fatrooster
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.
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Nevadahunter
Mark,


I mean for elk it has to be 65.
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Mark
"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.
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Nevadahunter
i am just tellin ya what my uncle told me.
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BOHNTR
That is incorrect....they're is no minimum draw for respective species in Idaho.
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Mark
"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.
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