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I have taken two deer with a bow, both with the bottom re-curve which is a Browning Fury ll at 72#. It's a little heavy for me now, as long as getting it to my full draw which is almost 30". I can still shoot a 65# just fine, and my main-squeeze is the Omega second from the bottom/next one up from the Browning. It is a 56# but sends the same arrows/same weight arrow at only three or four FPS slower than the Browning.
The very top bow, on the wall was my first bow, a York 40# that I got when I was 16 years old. It still shoots great, but at 40# it kind of feels like I'm pulling on a rubber band.
Next one down or top of the rack is a hickory bow I made myself. #65. Kind of a "sluggish" shooter.
Under that is a bamboo/EPE/hickory bow. It's a real shooter, 65#. From Rudder Bows. Handle section bends with the rest of the bow. I love that feel. Other than being laminated, a true cave-man or Ice Man bow. "Bends around the compass".
Then the Omega under that. I like shooting the Omega best, and can shoot it best. And what's not to like about a 56# bow that shoots as fast as a #72? !!!
I rarely deer hunt with a bow anymore, although during ML season one can legally substitute/use a bow, and I've done that but not in the last three or four years. I do take the Omega out once or twice during turkey season, and I like to woods-wander with it, but sometimes take the Browning or the Rudder bow. (along with a good six gun on me hip)
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Wilderness wandering with the Omega. Way back in the out-back!