80# hickory longbow

[nclonghunter]

I can not handle an 80# bow, heck I have a hard enough time with 60#. I have a buddy that shoots 70# bows only and he is pretty good with it. Each to their own and I hope you are successful with your bow.

[Parnell]

Well. This sounds absurd but, im putting 5/6 arrows in a 6x6 target at 60 yards. I hunt turkey mostly and if the arrow aint moving fast enough then the turkey has to much time to react

Is that 6' by 6'?  Are you really saying that you can put five out of six arrows on what is basically a half sheet of paper 60 yards out, consistently?  If you can honestly do that then you should be looking to turn professional or get a spot on the Olympian team and your financial situation should be improved.

I don't buy it.  Please prove me wrong a take a video and post it to youTube.  You'll be the hero of us all.

[Onebowonder]

Unless your name is GOD, you cannot consistently hit a 6" X 6" target at 60 yards with an 80 pound bow in hunting conditions.  ...and even He'd probably have to cheat some!

OneBow

[paoliguy]

I'm not sure I can hit the GROUND at 60 yards let alone a target.

[midmainebowyer]

Well. Depends on what you concider consistent.  I never said I was a top shot. But I can manage to hit the target MORE than I hit the ground. And again. My respect level of animals is NOT why im here. This is about the bow.

[midmainebowyer]

If I could get a picture small enough to post I would. But for some reason I cant

[Badger]

  If you can adjust the size make it 480 over 640,  if you can't just e email it to yourself and the e email will ask you to reduce the size, then you can just download your e email and send that pic.

[half eye]

MMB,  every thing else being equal you have a physics problem here. Speed of sound at sea level, dry air and68 degrees is 1124.93 f/s....you want to shoot 180 feet.... the sound is gonna get there in .160 seconds so even if you shoot an arrow at 180 f/s and it gets there in 1 second, your way behind the 8-ball.

Think your answer may be in hunting technique and not speed. I never hunted turkeys in Maine but I have here in Michigan, and I usually try for a hide near to where they fly down in the mornings, in the direction they gather up and start to feed. Don't mean you are hunting wrong but I really believe you should consider maybe a different way to go about it, along with getting a fast arrow. The arrow aint ever gonna be fast by animal reaction time standards,eh?
rich

[Parnell]

By claiming you can hit a 6 by 6 target (inches?) at 60 yards with your hickory selfbow 5/6 times is saying you are a top shot.  You are asking about hunting game at far distances, so, your post isn't just "about the bow".  People take hunting ethics seriously and could care less about you being a "hick" who doesn't have much money to buy your meat...as if you were the only hunter in that boat. 

[Crogacht]

If I could get a picture small enough to post I would. But for some reason I cant

Open in it microsoft Paint, which is in programs>accessories if you use the start button thingee on the bottom left of the screen.

Then, in Paint, press the resize button (should be in the toolbar just right of cut/copy/paste), then select "pixels" instead of percentage, then make sure 'maintain aspect ratio' is selected, then set horizontal value to something like 500-700, somewhere around that.

Then hit save as, and give it a different name so it doesn't overwrite the original. Then you rightclick on the icon of the photo you just saved and click properties and check what size it is. If it's a bit too big or a bit too small then go do it again but adjust a little.

That's how I do it anyway, it sounds annoying but actually takes about 30 seconds.

[midmainebowyer]

Hold on, why are you attacking me sir? I had a simple question. The speed of which my bow could lob my arrow. My questions have been kindly answered by many. If it would make you feel better I will retract  my statement. Satisfied my good man?

[echatham]

Dude nobody is attacking you.  The story about your 60 yd groups is doubtful and hunting at that range is considered unethical by most... Including world class archers.  But lets give you the benefit of the doubt.  Your question about the bow demonstrates a lack of knowledge on the subject.  No problem there everybody has to start somewhere.  You probably shouldnt be shooting a 500 gr arrow out of an 80# bow.  And if you did the design and tiller of the bow could make the difference between 200 fps and 50 fps.  People are trying to give you advice beyond your question. Take it.  And don't BS these guys.

[midmainebowyer]

Understood. I am a very inexperienced bowyer. And my statement IS very doubtfull. However, my ethics were  not the question. My question was about arrow speed. The distance of my target (or animal) is my peragative.
I however apologize if I have seemed rude. I certainly mean no offence

[Parnell]

Understood. I am a very inexperienced bowyer. And my statement IS very doubtfull. However, my ethics were  not the question. My question was about arrow speed. The distance of my target (or animal) is my peragative.
I however apologize if I have seemed rude. I certainly mean no offence

MMB, thank you for clarifying.  Please understand, my comments are for the well being of this web community.  Many of us really enjoy this forum because we make an effort to keep a high standard of ethics in the way we treat each other and also concerning game.  It doesn't always happen, but hey, it's not unlike a family.  Comments did come off a bit the wrong way, but, it is water under the bridge, and after all you are new to the site.  No harm, no foul.

That being said, a big welcome to PA.  I think you will find many people here that will be able to help you and encourage your progress, myself included.

Let's see that bow!

Stephen Parnell

[echatham]

Right on.  Welcome to PA.