KE question and penetration

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I used that term because it is a fact, but only to a point. Taking it to extremes, increasing arrow weight to the point your velocity drops to zero will not increase your KE. Only point I was trying to make was that there is a limit to how much weight you can add before seeing a decrease in KE. Yet, we "generalize" that more weight will yield higher KE.

I think they are both good indicators, but wouldn't build a bow/arrow setup based on results of either equation by themselves....and still believe that overall speed is an important critera as well for hunting.

I hear ya Bottom line both play a role, and everyone will have a slightly different preference for one over the other.