Based on the mathematical evaluation of energy on target, or the Taylor Knockout Formula, there's no way in hell an arrow going 175-300 FPS should ever be able to kill every game animal in North America, yet each fall and for every fall for the last countless millennia, it's happened.
There is a good podcast on Primay & Secondary with Gary Roberts talking about terminal ballistics research from the old army wound ballistic lab. They had live animal tests with rounds up to 5000 fps. Unless the central nervous system was hit or something that caused a bleed out, some antibiotics and the goat was ok. Where you arrived has the scientific research to back it up.
Spot on. Zipping a perfectly tuned arrow with a razor sharp broadhead at 150 fps through a deer with a traditional D-Style longbow, and watching it pile up in 30 yds will open your eyes to what is lethal vs. what is marketing hype, in archery and riflery.
There is a good podcast on Primay & Secondary with Gary Roberts talking about terminal ballistics research from the old army wound ballistic lab. They had live animal tests with rounds up to 5000 fps. Unless the central nervous system was hit or something that caused a bleed out, some antibiotics and the goat was ok. Where you arrived has the scientific research to back it up.
Spot on. Zipping a perfectly tuned arrow with a razor sharp broadhead at 150 fps through a deer with a traditional D-Style longbow, and watching it pile up in 30 yds will open your eyes to what is lethal vs. what is marketing hype, in archery and riflery.