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Ravin 500 fps $$$$$ 😱 $3500!!
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<blockquote data-quote="VLD Pilot" data-source="post: 2252437" data-attributes="member: 103947"><p>Speed is inferior to a quiet shooting bow. I've bow hunted for over 50 years. I'm my early compound years, I shot bow with max speeds of 175 fps and ultra quiet. Didn't see many deer squatting from the sound of the shot. Since then with bow speeds exceeding 300 fps, the bows have become a quiet version of the crossbow. Easily heard and reacted to by deer before arrow arrives on target. Crossbows are fast but very loud and with the speed of sound being around 1100 fps, you'll never get an arrow on target before a deer squats from the sound (if It does). Sure many may not react to the shot before the arrow zips thru them but not because they did not hear the shot. Often times I think deer just relate the sound to a stick or branch falling and hitting the ground rather than human presence. I've hit deer at 40-45 yards and they never reacted to the sound of the bow shot. Makes me wonder. I just know that they easily can and that's an obstacle we have to deal with. I still get away with shooting my traditional bows at around 170-180 fps and harvest deer easily. Much quieter than my compound and deer just do not react the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VLD Pilot, post: 2252437, member: 103947"] Speed is inferior to a quiet shooting bow. I've bow hunted for over 50 years. I'm my early compound years, I shot bow with max speeds of 175 fps and ultra quiet. Didn't see many deer squatting from the sound of the shot. Since then with bow speeds exceeding 300 fps, the bows have become a quiet version of the crossbow. Easily heard and reacted to by deer before arrow arrives on target. Crossbows are fast but very loud and with the speed of sound being around 1100 fps, you'll never get an arrow on target before a deer squats from the sound (if It does). Sure many may not react to the shot before the arrow zips thru them but not because they did not hear the shot. Often times I think deer just relate the sound to a stick or branch falling and hitting the ground rather than human presence. I've hit deer at 40-45 yards and they never reacted to the sound of the bow shot. Makes me wonder. I just know that they easily can and that's an obstacle we have to deal with. I still get away with shooting my traditional bows at around 170-180 fps and harvest deer easily. Much quieter than my compound and deer just do not react the same. [/QUOTE]
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