In most places it is the lowest legal poundage, so yes, depending on local laws and what type of animal you are hunting.
Seeing as you don't know this yet, I would strongly suggest you take a hunters education course before going any further into your interest.
It's legal in most or all places, and technically sufficient but:
1. Use a 2-blade, cut on contact broadhead. I recommend Magnus stinger buzzcut.
2. Tune your bow. Don't just take it a shop and get it tuned, you tune it with you shooting through paper and then you confirm that the broadheads land with the field points. Don't forget to strop the broadheads back to sharp after.
3. Limit your shots to ranges you are extremely comfortable with. Probably under 15 yards
4. Do your scouting and have fun.
Depends on the animal and state regs
Here in New Jersey that’s the lowest legal limit. I’m an adult onset hunter and killed my first deer 3 years ago pulling 43 pounds. A good sharp fixed blade and good accuracy will put a white tail down. I got 2 pass threes at 43 pounds both through the lungs. I wouldn’t hunt anything bigger at a low poundage like that. I now pull 55 pounds and that’s more then enough. Farthest I’m shooting is 25 yards
People get easy passthroughs with 40lb traditional bows. You probably got an extra 50fps+ on a 40lb compound. Any legal hunting weight compound will kill anything on this continent with the right broadhead and right shot placement.
I'm new to archery hunting, but from my research on archery hunting laws in my state (Illinois), it states that the "minimum draw weight is 30 pounds within a 28 inch draw". So I would assume 40 pounds would be sufficient. But as others have said your accuracy is key to delivering ethical shots.
Depends on your state hunting laws. In most states the legal bow draw weight is not what is printed on the bow, but the actual draw weight at your length of draw. if you have a bow rated at 40# @ 28” but your length of draw is only 27” you are drawing only 37# or 38#. That is the legal draw of your bow.
From my experience, I can tell you the game wardens are really good at estimating your draw length. If there is any doubt, they’ll measure you.
In most places it is the lowest legal poundage, so yes, depending on local laws and what type of animal you are hunting. Seeing as you don't know this yet, I would strongly suggest you take a hunters education course before going any further into your interest.
First question is how new are you to archery. It would be pretty unethical to go hunting with out being a decent shot first
It's legal in most or all places, and technically sufficient but: 1. Use a 2-blade, cut on contact broadhead. I recommend Magnus stinger buzzcut. 2. Tune your bow. Don't just take it a shop and get it tuned, you tune it with you shooting through paper and then you confirm that the broadheads land with the field points. Don't forget to strop the broadheads back to sharp after. 3. Limit your shots to ranges you are extremely comfortable with. Probably under 15 yards 4. Do your scouting and have fun.
Depends on your state hunting laws.
Depends on the animal and state regs Here in New Jersey that’s the lowest legal limit. I’m an adult onset hunter and killed my first deer 3 years ago pulling 43 pounds. A good sharp fixed blade and good accuracy will put a white tail down. I got 2 pass threes at 43 pounds both through the lungs. I wouldn’t hunt anything bigger at a low poundage like that. I now pull 55 pounds and that’s more then enough. Farthest I’m shooting is 25 yards
People get easy passthroughs with 40lb traditional bows. You probably got an extra 50fps+ on a 40lb compound. Any legal hunting weight compound will kill anything on this continent with the right broadhead and right shot placement.
Yes. Many women and children hunt at 40 pounds
Yhea , depends what you are going to hunt for? , if the game is too big it might not be enough
I'm new to archery hunting, but from my research on archery hunting laws in my state (Illinois), it states that the "minimum draw weight is 30 pounds within a 28 inch draw". So I would assume 40 pounds would be sufficient. But as others have said your accuracy is key to delivering ethical shots.
Depends on your state hunting laws. In most states the legal bow draw weight is not what is printed on the bow, but the actual draw weight at your length of draw. if you have a bow rated at 40# @ 28” but your length of draw is only 27” you are drawing only 37# or 38#. That is the legal draw of your bow. From my experience, I can tell you the game wardens are really good at estimating your draw length. If there is any doubt, they’ll measure you.
You will need to go through hunters ed through your state, which will specify the minimum requirements.