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Originally Posted by Oldcountryboy

Probably depends on what state you hunt in. Here in Oklahoma, to hunt deer, 40# is the minumum for any kind of bow you use except crossbows have to be 100 #. I've heard of people with 35 # bows taking down full grown elk bulls.



I can't really say, I purty much like them all. I love bowfishing with the smaller poundage bows and I love target shooting with a small homemade stick bow I made last summer. I'd like to make another one of about 30 pounds to use for small game and bowfishing.

Forgot to tell you. I don't do this much anymore, but I use to do a little bit of trick shooting with a mid poundage bow. I loved to amaze kids with some of the tricky positions I'd get into. I'd do shots with my body turned completely away from the target, or almost in a 270 degree turn. I'd shoot with my arms extended over my head, or with my back to the target I would double over and shoot in a upside down position. Or lay down on my back with my head toward the target and shoot overhead toward the target. I'd tell them that sometimes I get real sleepy while deer hunting and I'd lay down to take a nap. Then I'd show them the laying down shot. Also, had the "caught with my pants down shot". Plus several more made up shots.

A couple of years ago I ran into a young lady in her mid 20's that I knew from when she was a little girl. She asked me if I still do all those trick shots. I was amazed that she remembered me doing them.