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I will stand on my soapbox and support Dr.Ashby’s findings till “the cows come home”
I, more or less, do also. But I use a 125 gr single-blade, double-bevel broadhead and 30-1/2″ BOP cedar or Douglas fir shaft at 11+ gpp and by happy coincedence it comes out not being terrible by his observations. If it did, I’d probably still not change because that’s what I view as traditional equipment (and I’m to cheap to throw away 30+ years of accumulated bowhunting tackle and buy all new gear). If I eventually buy a 94# bow and gear-up to head off to Africa anytime in this lifetime I may follow his recommendations more closely.
Currently, I am guessing I couldn’t draw a heavy enough bow to throw an arrow to a suitable trajectory that would get 20% EFOC on a wood shaft that alone weighs 470 grains. Nor do I care to learn how such a thing would be calculated. 😀