How slow is too slow?

[Jdeck09]

Next years bow will be better, every year

Yeah. I do my best not to chase the shiny new too much. With a couple kids the budget for new stuff has gone the way of the dodo.

 

[dyrtnappn]

Fast enough and heavy enough to kill. I had a complete pass through on my last big bull with 265fps and a 400gr arrow with a not top-of-the-line head. I upgraded bows, heavier arrow and now am at 285 with a 440gr arrow. It’s definitely more pleasant to shoot and I can really stretch that thing out, tighter pin spacing, etc. Worth the upgrade for me but your bow will kill just fine at reasonable distances and good shot placement.

 

[Bump79]

This is a fantastic breakdown. I really appreciate it. The spots I am ambushing elk generally are 50 or less. The rest of my hunts are whitetail.

We shot a nice bull at 42 yards on this hunt a few years back.

I am going to check the tune on my bow today or tomorrow so that I can eliminate that as a cause of the slowness.

My goal for the fall will be 60 yard max.

Happy to help! I would definitely consider lightening your setup with that's the case.

My general recommendation would be an Easton 5.0 Match Grade 340 or Terra Firma Sicario 350.

 

[Zking]

Are you having problems? If the answer is no then change nothing.
People kill stuff all the time with traditional bows going 100fps slower.
Would a faster set up be more forgiving of range estimation errors? Absolutely! But if you’re successful with your set up then it’s not “too slow”.

 

[wildwilderness]

As mentioned have the bow checked out to see if it’s in Spec- string stretch, cables, cams, limbs can all be off.

 

[Jdeck09]

As mentioned have the bow checked out to see if it’s in Spec- string stretch, cables, cams, limbs can all be off.

Cams are good and it's a new string. I did make a mistake in my post on draw length. I'm at 27.5.

I did max the limbs bringing it to about 71 pounds, which brought my speed to 248-251ish.

I shot my arrows against the new AX-33. The AX was about 15ish fps faster.

I'm moving to a victory Rip TKO. At 27ish length and 175 upfront, I expect it to come around 460.

That should give me a little more speed without sacrificing too much.