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While hunting with a bow it is more important to be able to shoot accurately and have sharp broadheads than to have lots of power. I shoot compounds 99% of the time right now. At 65Pounds my Mathews Ultra Max has no problem shooting an arrow clean through a 900lb. bull elk. It will drive that same arrow through the shoulder blades of a whitetail deer that weighs 120 pounds (I found this out by accident-The arrow hit just forward of the spot I wanted. Just the same. Dead deer.) But all this power is not needed. I have killed whitetails when I was a teenager with a 35 lb. recurrve bow that I borrowed from my grandfather. If placed in the lungs with a sharp broadhead it will still kill deer every time, at least animals up to 120-130 pounds.

CChunter.
Watch out, archery hunting is addictive! I really got into it after college in the early 90s. I liked the fact that here in the states the seasons have less hunting pressure and nicer weather.I can hunt game more on thier terms, they are still moving naturally. I have to understand thier movements and outsmart them. Add to this the fact that I can hunt deer and elk during the rut and it is a match made in heaven! I still love firearms and rifle hunting, but I take the vast majority of my biggame with a bow. I have used tree stands, ground blinds and stalking on foot. All methods are exciting........but NOTHING beats going 1 on 1 with a mature bull elk. That was the most amazing hunt of my life. I can't wait for the first week in September to go back to the Rockies! I wish you luck on that impala.

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