Foot pounds
Kinetic engery really doesn't matter with a bow because your bow as long as it has the inertia to carry the arrow all the way through. broadheads slice a wound canal.
A bullet has a whole lot of other things going on when it hits the target and relies on everything in conjunction with one another to get that stopping power.
But ya, a 357 mag will do nicely on whitetail deer at close range . However if I was hunting a big 300 pound corn fed Iowa buck I wouldn't mind bigger bore pistol.
I think it was 6 years ago one of the archery magazines did some testing and decided the best compound hunting rig generated about 76 foot pounds of energy. thats just 32 sw LONG energy.
Kinetic engery really doesn't matter with a bow because your bow as long as it has the inertia to carry the arrow all the way through. broadheads slice a wound canal.
A bullet has a whole lot of other things going on when it hits the target and relies on everything in conjunction with one another to get that stopping power.
But ya, a 357 mag will do nicely on whitetail deer at close range . However if I was hunting a big 300 pound corn fed Iowa buck I wouldn't mind bigger bore pistol.