40# - 45# Bow Harvest Pics?

smag · December 12, 2020, 09:07:14 AM

Few more.

smag · December 14, 2020, 09:26:30 AM

This buck was wounded on the opening weekend of ML season 2010 in Tenn. He was killed that Sunday evening with a 40lb Howatt and a cedar shaft with a 135grn two blade BH. To this day he is the heaviest whitetail I have seen in Tenn.

Smag~

smag · December 15, 2020, 08:46:35 AM

40@28"

HH~

Paul Fithian · December 15, 2020, 03:55:51 PM

Bagged a big doe this morning. Bow is a 1963 vintage 45# Red Wing Hunter. Arrow weight is 546 g. VPA 250 g 3 blade 1 1/4" diameter broadhead.

Shot was single lung and liver, she was quartering toward me. Pass through, she went ~ 15 yards and dropped. Huge entrance wound and a big hole in the liver. No blood trail, massive blood pooling in the body cavity.

smag · December 18, 2020, 09:05:00 AM

All 40-44lbs@27" or 28"

HH~

Jayrod · December 19, 2020, 05:46:15 PM

What a awesome thread!! I just recently picked upa lightweight boblee curve absolutely love the bow and 44# at my draw really want to take it hunting late season and never shot lightweight bows but after looking through these pages its no question sharp broadheads and shot placement is key as always! Shooting light bows are so enjoyable I must say I am lucky to have a 29" draw and my arrows are around 600 grains gonna try for some luck after Christmas

smag · December 20, 2020, 09:46:09 AM

Perfect for those NE whitetails.

Shawn~

smag · December 26, 2020, 07:47:26 AM

More low 40's gettin it .

Iowabowhunter · February 17, 2021, 05:52:23 PM

Hoping to add a turkey or two to this thread here before long with my new Black Widow!

the rifleman · February 18, 2021, 07:38:18 PM

Early season doe. 6yds. Black Widow PCHX 40#@27". Black Eagle Instinct .500 w 100 gr outsert and 175 Zwickey Eskimo for total weight of 530 grs ( if i recall correctly). Arrow made two holes and was found about 20 yds down the trail. Doe ran 80 yds and piled up.

Dave Lay · May 23, 2021, 06:47:21 PM

Just bringing to the top, I'm still trying to convince myself that dropping 10 lbs of bow weight to 45 at my 27" draw is ok and probably beneficial overall for whitetail and pigs , I'm told that I'm really hard headed and stuck in my ways, but I dunno I'm 67 and have shot low 60's upper 50's pretty much all my life with pretty good results. I can still handle the weight but a newly acquired 45@27 64" r/d longbow sure is sweet.

Tim Reese · May 31, 2021, 06:26:07 PM

Great pics captjj!!

mike g · June 01, 2021, 11:53:11 AM

Wannabe1
As you can see from all of the above pictures, You can Kill anything in north America with a 40/45 pound bow....

kennym · June 01, 2021, 12:56:19 PM

Great pics guys! If it was for 47# I could add a few...

pdk25 · June 01, 2021, 03:09:07 PM

This is the closest that I could come. Bow is probably around 45#, but probably 48# at my draw. The fact that it is an all fiberglass bow from the late 1950's should make it fall in that performance range though.

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Kelly · June 01, 2021, 03:17:13 PM

Quote from: pdk25 on June 01, 2021, 03:09:07 PM
This is the closest that I could come. Bow is probably around 45#, but probably 48# at my draw. The fact that it is an all fiberglass bow from the late 1950's should make it fall in that performance range though.

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Could I get more details about your fiberglass bow like maker and model and whether you are using a ff string, etc? Thanks!

pdk25 · June 01, 2021, 11:36:58 PM

Sure Kelly,
It is Paul Bunyan 100 recurve. I have 3 of them now, and they really don't seem to be close to marked weight. This one scales 50# @ 30", rather than the 50# that it is marked. Funny thing is I just shot one of my new ones that is marked 55#, and I am guessing it to be all of that, and maybe more. My scale is packed up, but I just ordered another one today. Anyway, it has a fast flight string made by TenRing Strings. Great strings. I have way more wool on that string than I need. Very quiet bow. I also have a Paul Bunyan 300, and a ply flex. I think the Paul Bunyan is likely the best all fiberglass recurve that was made, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes that feels otherwise. The 300 is nice, but doesn't have as much curve to it. I think it is 66", compared to the 61" 100. I may actually do some chrono work with them. That 55# seems more stout than my 60# model.

Magilla · October 19, 2021, 03:16:10 PM

I've been waiting to add to this since I dropped down in weight due to shoulder. Took this 8 with a 46# Treadway Black Forest and a 175 VPA

Basinboy · October 19, 2021, 04:02:30 PM

43#@26" Palmer Longbow
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MUZZLEBOW · October 19, 2021, 06:01:42 PM

Here's my two taken last weekend with my Kennym bowblank I finished last year. It's Walnut & Phenolic with Boo cores. Finished out to:45# @ 28" & I shoot 600 spine Trad Only shafts with 150 gr. Magnus 4 blade Stingers. The arrows never slowed down till they stuck in ground on other sides of the does. Fun morning for sure![attachment=1]