well thinking bout turning up the poundage

[Instinct]

Currently useing a destroyer 350 at 65lbs useing a easton axis nano 340s at 28.5" arrows w/ 100grain broadheads/fp. Thinking about goin up higher on the poundage but not sure if i need to go a little heavyer fp/bh, whats your thoughts?

[bullcanyon]

Why go any higher? That unit should hit plenty hard. Doubt you'll notice much difference.

[carpsniperg2]

That setup will work just fine. I don't like to start playing with my setups until after the years hunting.

[stickbuck]

I'd stay where you're at with that setup. One important thing to always remember when you crank up a bow's poundage, with more speed comes more noise. I'd rather have a more quiet bow than one shoots just a few feet faster. 

[DoubleJ]

Shooting my Bear Legend at 49 lbs.  Shoots deer plenty dead.  Why go higher? I'd suggest going lower actually.  Quieter bow, longer practice sessions, easier to control.

[h20hunter]

If it aint broke........

[wackum]

There is no real gain or benefits from what you already shoot. 

[earlmarne]

i recently turned my bow down to get my arrows properly spined.i couldnt deal with it though.but when i run my numbers i realized my speed really didnt go down much at all with 5 lbs.i couldnt deal with the feeling that i wasnt sending arrows down range with as much force as possible though.destroyers r pretty fast bows.id think at 65 lbs you would be smokin em down range,but im not experienced enough in any of this 2 b of any real help

[ouchfoss]

If it aint broke........

 
This is something I had a hard time grasping for most of my years bowhunting. I was always trying to get my bow that much faster and that much more power to the arrow when all it ever did was make me that much less accurate and consistent. I figured that if the bow will go to 70 lbs then I better set it at 70 and try and match my shooting to that weight. I have since tuned my bow down to 57 lbs and I have never been this accurate and consistent in my 16 years of bowhunting. If you can still keep your accuracy the same and still feel comfy going above 65 then go for it but as others have said, your not going to gain a whole lot, your bow is already set up to hit plenty hard.

[RadSav]

Why go any higher? That unit should hit plenty hard. Doubt you'll notice much difference.

Except in your arm.

If you are going after some sort of bison I might suggest more.  But that's about the only thing in North America I'd worry about with that set-up.  And even then I wouldn't lose much sleep if just shooting the 65#.

You are already pushing the limits of the 340 in regards to spine.  And, I expect you are already over 300fps.  Success will give you more "Man Cred" than speed or poundage ever will.

Just think about a penny falling out of your pocket. It would be traveling about the same as the speed you would pick up.  And remember...better to kill them at 230  than miss 'em at 400 fps.  Or in your case it's better to kill them at 307 than miss 'em at 318 fps 

[Duffer]

If it aint broke........

 
This is something I had a hard time grasping for most of my years bowhunting. I was always trying to get my bow that much faster and that much more power to the arrow when all it ever did was make me that much less accurate and consistent. I figured that if the bow will go to 70 lbs then I better set it at 70 and try and match my shooting to that weight. I have since tuned my bow down to 57 lbs and I have never been this accurate and consistent in my 16 years of bowhunting. If you can still keep your accuracy the same and still feel comfy going above 65 then go for it but as others have said, your not going to gain a whole lot, your bow is already set up to hit plenty hard.

 

After competing in the poundage chase, 2 things got my mind right:
First I realized that it was my ego pushing me upward, not common sense. Lots and lots of game are killed at much more comfortable poundages. Especially with todays modern bow speeds! I had to embrace old age with all of its aches and pains.
2nd and more directly: I blew a chance at a nice whitetail while sitting on a bucket on an elevated stand cuz I suddenly couldn't draw full! I'd even tested myself in this situation and then at the moment of truth, with the adrenaline and the buck fever and the cold and after sitting for hours..... I just couldn't quite get those cams to break over the peak. 

It sucked. At that point I decided to put my ego back where it belongs and went so far as to buy a completely different, lighter poundage bow. I traded off an awesome 2yr old bow at a huge loss because my ego wrote a check that my aged muscles couldn't cover.

Older and smarter! @ 56#s of draw

[Instinct]

Currently im at 260f/sec but thanks for all the replies and everything makes sense. That good ol wise statement, if it aint broke dont fix it is true. I think i will stay where i am at, just wanting everyones thoughts and openions on it

[DoubleJ]

Good decision.  Bow hunting is hard enough without adding an ego boost to it.

[Instinct]

Good decision.  Bow hunting is hard enough without adding an ego boost to it.

[RadSav]

Currently im at 260f/sec but thanks for all the replies and everything makes sense. That good ol wise statement, if it aint broke dont fix it is true. I think i will stay where i am at, just wanting everyones thoughts and openions on it

Where did you get 260 fps?  That seems very slow for the Destroyer at 65# and 28.5 draw.  If that is off of AA there are some tricks to getting your actual speed correct.  Again if the charts are right it doesn't matter other than ego.  But, I expect you are shooting much faster than that.  If not I think you might have a problem.