No, I not asking for your weight and 40 yard dash time.

I'm shooting a light weight bow while rehabbing from shoulder surgery. We often see the question of what poundage bow should be the minimum for deer ect?

So I thought it would be interesting to see how my rehab bow was performing. The results surprised me.

I'm shooting a 30# recurve. Arrows are 1820's that weigh in at about 423 gr. Heavy for the 30# bow, but they fly good.

The average speed was 148 to 150.

I was pleasantly surprised.

I don't know about speed numbers, but I've sent <450 grain arrows through deers' chests and down through the woods with 50 lb straight-standing selfbows and watched them fall within sight. I would guess they were flying at similar velocities.

At an appropriate distance, your bow..... will kill.

That's actually very good for that arrow weight from that bow. 15 grains per pound.

My next step up is a set of 35# limbs. I might be closer than I thought to getting to a hunting bow for next fall. It's great to be shooting again. Just taking my time getting back my strength .

Impressive! I would be interested to see how an 1816 with 125 up front would perform in terms of fps.

Whoops! Pdiddly, they are 1816 but with 100 grains up front. 30 inches.

I have some 1820's but have not tried them yet.

I shoot a longbow about 70 lbs, and get about 183 fps. Heavy arrow.. My 60 pound bows with woodies are about 165fps.. But just think any good shot with anything above 35fps and a sharp tip will get it done just as well.. Shoot what you can shoot well.. Whatever it is at the time.

I am not one to concern myself with speed, but I notice when I started shooting a heavy arrow for a 30# bow that they flew flatter than I expected. So I chronoed them.

You can find tons of posts relating to draw weight and arrow weight. Draw weight being just a measure of effort at your end-- there being such a wide performance range between self bows, rd longbows, recurves etc and in and among those categories.

Not as many posts detailing arrow weight and actual speed, which is a more meaningful indicator of down range performance give well tuned arrow, sharp head, accurate placement. Most guys dont have chronographs and some will say they dont care to know.

My bow at 37# shooting just under 10gpp shoots an arrow at 150-152 fps. It is an rd longbow.

My wife has used 1816s, 27" bop with long adapters and 125 Grizzlys, they weigh a bit over 450 grains. She has no problem putting them through deer, but she prefers 430 grain cedars. Her bow is a Lost Creek NAT 38# at her draw. She hit low 160s at an archery shop chrono, but I am not vouching for its accuracy.

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