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Thread: 60# bow 29" draw length shooting mechanicals. Looking for 2cents

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    Re: 60# bow 29" draw length shooting mechanicals. Looking for 2cents

    Quote Originally Posted by Blockcaver View Post
    I shot quite a few bears with 60-65# compounds, 29" or 29.5" draw bows....6 (or so) blacks, a grizzly, Alaskan brown and polar. 2 blacks, grizzly and polar with mechanicals, some 1-1/2" 2 blade and some with 1-1/2" 3-blade (which I prefer). Arrows from 385 grs to 475 grs. No penetration issues.
    And that, gentlemen, is called a mike drop moment. No further opinions necessary thank you.

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    Re: 60# bow 29" draw length shooting mechanicals. Looking for 2cents

    Quote Originally Posted by Blockcaver View Post
    I shot quite a few bears with 60-65# compounds, 29" or 29.5" draw bows....6 (or so) blacks, a grizzly, Alaskan brown and polar. 2 blacks, grizzly and polar with mechanicals, some 1-1/2" 2 blade and some with 1-1/2" 3-blade (which I prefer). Arrows from 385 grs to 475 grs. No penetration issues.
    Full pass through on the polar bear or was it buried right to the nock? If that doesn't get the old ticker going not sure what else would.
    "You can learn more about hunting with a bow in a week than you could in a lifetime of gun hunting" - Fred Bear

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    Re: 60# bow 29" draw length shooting mechanicals. Looking for 2cents

    Quote Originally Posted by Blockcaver View Post
    I shot quite a few bears with 60-65# compounds, 29" or 29.5" draw bows....6 (or so) blacks, a grizzly, Alaskan brown and polar. 2 blacks, grizzly and polar with mechanicals, some 1-1/2" 2 blade and some with 1-1/2" 3-blade (which I prefer). Arrows from 385 grs to 475 grs. No penetration issues.
    That is an impressive list of bears with a bow

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    Re: 60# bow 29" draw length shooting mechanicals. Looking for 2cents

    Quote Originally Posted by whitlers View Post
    Badass! I couldn't imagine bow hunting a grizz. No thanks haha.
    Ya What about the POLAR bear out there in the Artic with NO trees to Climb ! Yikes - RJ

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