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The following equipment minimums are recommended to ensure that bowhunters humanely and effectively harvest their target species.

Arrows

  • all arrows must be equipped with a broadhead of not less than 25 millimetres in width
  • all broadheads must have a minimum of two sharpened cutting blades.

Draw weights

All draw weights apply to peak draw weights of longbows, recurve bows and compound bows.

Species Minimum draw weight
Rabbits, hares, feral cats, foxes 30 lbs (13.5 kgs)
Wild dog, feral goat 40 lbs (17.5 kgs)
Feral pig, chital deer, fallow deer 45 lbs (20.0 kgs)
Rusa deer, red deer, sambar deer, wapiti 50 lbs (22.5 kgs)
California quail, partridge, pheasant, peafowl, turkey 45 lbs (20.0 kgs)
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