I had the bow maxed at 60 lbs last time I shot it. When I start shooting again I will probably drop it back a few pounds untill I get used to it again.
I have noticed the bow "elitists" are far worse than rifle/optic elitists. I just flat out quit going to archery talk because if you didn't have the best you wouldn't get helped. I still go back for recurve help but compound I just stick to my other forums.
Even with my apparent "bad" whisker busquit rest 30 yards I could put an arrow where ever I wanted. I never shot groups though because I would damage the veins. 40 yards was where I was still working on but I wasn't quite ready hunting at that distance. 50 yards? Haha I was able to hit the entire target which is a 2'x2' square. I don't know how much I would shake drawing back on an animal but at 30 yards I was shooting good enough to hunt at.
How do you know what your max range is? So if I'm shooting my 60 lb bow with a 100 grain broad head and X amount grain arrow (don't remember arrow weight) what is the furthest range that would be considered an ethical shot? If I got proficient at 50 yards would my bow still be able to make the shot or would I be better off staying down around 35 yards?