Crossbows and Compounds

[rattus58]

Hi Kt... I can certainly appreciate your comment... I know... the however...

Yes... well you made one comment that needs some clarification for me. You mentioned in your last post, "no matter what you throw at a deer to kill it, a bullet a broadhead or buckshot, we are talking different stuff, none are even, including a broad head off a bow compared to that off a crossbow, and here is where we have a difference of opinion.

A crossbow has a typical advertised speed of 245 to about 320 fps. Others with heavier weights have speeds up to 350 fps, right along with our compound bows of today. In the speed department, compounds and crossbows are equals.

Kinetic energy is based upon arrow speed. Kinetic energy plays a very small role in archery, whereas sharp broadheads plays a much largher role in the harvest of game.

A compound with a 425 grain arrow and a crossbow with a 425 bolt at 320 fps, will have identical kinetic energy values.

There are no differences in the hunting environment between the compound and the crossbow.

Aloha...