#425 - The Biggest Lie The Archery Industry Tells You with Travis T-Bone Turner
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#425 - The Biggest Lie The Archery Industry Tells You with Travis T-Bone Turner

B1IntermediateJuly 21, 202654 min

Welcome to the WHTL Podcast, your source for Whitetail Deer Hunting Tactics, Stories & Expert Guests. In this episode, we're back on the road in Georgia with Travis "T-Bone" Turner of Bone Collector. We Discuss: Confidence with your bow setup comes from accuracy, not chasing raw speed. Spend real money on your rest and release — everything else is negotiable. A 450-520 grain arrow with 14-18% FOC is the sweet spot for whitetails. Fixed blades test your form; mechanicals forgive small mistakes at the target. Index every broadhead to the same clone so accuracy stays consistent. IBO speed ra...

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because everything that is written down about bows are the IBO speed,

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One thing that I wish that would change, I wish that the chasing the speed and or, because everything that is written down about bows are the IBO speed, which IBO speed is five grains per pound, 70 pounds of draw weight at a 30-inch draw. And those speeds get on up there, the 330, 40, 50 range.

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And they put down that speed so that sells the person on the speed. So I wish that would change because that's not real world numbers. So the manufacturers produce those speeds. They show those speeds in all their advertisement, whether it's social media, print ads, on TV shows and stuff like that, blazing 349 feet.

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The guy says, okay, I'm going to buy that bow. I like that bow. I see it's fast. I'm going to buy that bow.

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