While many of us here are pretty happy with speeds well above the 300 ft/sec mark, I find myself thinking a bit more would be nice. Well ain't that something! Years ago Bill Troubridge took an elephant with a 350 ft/sec bow and years before that a stinking carved tipped Vixen, probably going 250 ft/sec took one year's Ontario record bull moose. My first deer taken with a crossbow was a carved tipped Exocet, probably spitting arrows out at 260 ft/sec. I thought nothing of the speed. When the Exocet 200 came out, well I had to have that because it was faster. When I got a 405, I thought I arrived at the promised land! Crap, I even bought one years "fastest bow in the world" a Scorpyd! the 400 gr arrows went 425 ft/sec!! Yeeha!
Now a days, I find myself reaching for my 315 Micro or my 360 Katana to hunt with. 
One of the things I've learned is that 350/360 ft/sec is where arrows start to get fussy. Primarily, but not limited to, more consistent spine and better broadhead alignment starts to create havoc in accuracy. Higher speed bows are certainly harder on strings, arrows, our bodies, targets etc. But does it make us better hunters? We certainly are fussing over our bows more than we did, so are we concentrating on equipment more and not putting an appropriate amount of time into hunting (scouting, planning, shed hunting)? Are we getting impatient and taking longer shots or not passing on some shots? Are we trying to buy a deer in the end?
I'll say it again, I am not accusing anyone. I'm just musing.
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