Hahaha! Right....
My first real bow was a Darton recurve, many many moons ago. Dad bought it for me when I as a tween. The bow was 30 lb draw. I had built up muscle before that with a lil 20lb "toy" bow, but the jump did make me struggle a lil while. I had it a few years and hunted small game....in fact my first experience of killing with instinct was a rabbit in a brushy timber. He hopped out in the one clear spot around me at 15-20 yards. I pulled on him and shot, and the arrow went in one eye and out the other and skidded across the ground and i found it stuck in a 10 inch tree at the base. I about couldn't get it out!
Anyway fast forward several years. My next bow was a 50lb recurve. I shot it a ton that first season. I was good enough out to 15 yards to be deadly on deer. I choose a plain old school carbon arrow, with a bear razorhead lite to shoot. On the ground, I shot a big doe at 7-10 yards and made a perfect hit. Instantly I worried though, because the arrow stopped way short of full penetration and a lot of arrow still stuck out on the entrance side. I did recover her, but the arrow didnt make it through the other side at all. At the time, I blamed my bow for being insufficient. So I saved my money, and bought a 56 lb black widow recurve. When I did, Ken Beck taught me about arrow tuning and weight. I went to a xx75 2216, and shot bear razorhead, and 2 blade snuffers. I killed only a few deer with it before i ruined my lower limb with an idiot move. But it still was lacking complete penetration i was hoping for on those deer. So i bought another set of limbs. This time, 52lb limbs, because my arm was starting to feel it. I killed a ton of deer over the years with that bow, but I still had to limit myself to broadside only shots, because of bad experiences trying to take quartering away shots. I wasnt getting good enough penetration for that. I should have bought a heavier bow limb right? I came to realize my old 50lb martin i had deemed insufficient, was just set up wrong. So I rigged up some 2018 xx75 for it. It shot and killed deer the same way as the 56 and 52 lb widow.... broadside only....still lacking about the same in penetration on animals. With those 2 bows I filled the freezer every year for years. But now and again I'd still not be happy with the penetration, and i was limited to broadside no matter what.. My shoulders started giving out by then, and could no longer shoot. I was afraid to drop poundage because of my already being unhappy with the heavier bows performance and felt it would just get worse with a lighter bow. So i quite shooting and hunting deer for a number of years. My sons getting interested in archery deer hunting put me back into the market. I done a ton of research on making light bows effective. I now own a 40lb recurve, two 45lb recurves, a 42lb longbow, and a 45lb longbow. I can shoot any one of those bows for hours, numerous times a week without any arm or shoulder problems. As a result, im shooting more accurately then I ever have. There is not a single bow i have that wont put an arrow completely through a deer, even quartering away. Several of these bows I picked up for chump change....and they still do better on deer for penetration then my 56lb black widow and that old set up did. Not the bows fault,,,,, i learned. But i certainly dont think i could shoot that strong of a bow for the hours it takes to get really good. My shoulder already said no once. Im 100% confident in my sissy bows, and pain free...and deer have no longer been safe in my woods.
The element of surprise can never be replaced by persistence.