This follows on from something that was mentioned in the ACC etc discontinued thread. As I didn't want to hijack that thread.
It was mentioned that one of the issues of looking for arrows that have missed the target, are from light weight arrows shot from high poundage compound bows, these bows shoot arrows at a higher speed and flatter trajectory, therefore possibly making it harder to find missed arrows due to them burying into the ground more than an arrows from a recurve bow.
With regards to the above then, would it be reasonable to further limit the poundage allowed for compound bows. I'm sure I read somewhere (possibly in a thread on here), that compounds for target shooting are supposed to be limited to a max of 60lbs. Surely there is no need for compounds bows to have such high poundage, when you consider that recurve bows of 36lbs can hit a target at 90m. The average elite archers shoot recurves of around 44-50lbs (according to the stats during the Hyundai world cup). With a lower poundage the arrow speed should be reduced and with less power/force behind the arrow, if it missed the target it should not bury itself so deeply in the ground.
Sorry if I have opened a can of worms, wasn't my intention. Just genuinely interested in peoples opinions on this. I don't know that much about compound bows, so for all I know there may be reasons for the high poundage's.
It was mentioned that one of the issues of looking for arrows that have missed the target, are from light weight arrows shot from high poundage compound bows, these bows shoot arrows at a higher speed and flatter trajectory, therefore possibly making it harder to find missed arrows due to them burying into the ground more than an arrows from a recurve bow.
With regards to the above then, would it be reasonable to further limit the poundage allowed for compound bows. I'm sure I read somewhere (possibly in a thread on here), that compounds for target shooting are supposed to be limited to a max of 60lbs. Surely there is no need for compounds bows to have such high poundage, when you consider that recurve bows of 36lbs can hit a target at 90m. The average elite archers shoot recurves of around 44-50lbs (according to the stats during the Hyundai world cup). With a lower poundage the arrow speed should be reduced and with less power/force behind the arrow, if it missed the target it should not bury itself so deeply in the ground.
Sorry if I have opened a can of worms, wasn't my intention. Just genuinely interested in peoples opinions on this. I don't know that much about compound bows, so for all I know there may be reasons for the high poundage's.