Bow question

Recently my father gave me a bigger bow to use as this will be my 2nd year achery hunting he gave me his old Jennings Lightning. I was wondering if anybody has ever used this bow and I was wondering if its a pretty decent bow.

   This antique hunter is still using a very  old Hoyt compound. Just keep tellin myself how it was the cats eye once upon a time when I bought it- you may not have been born at that time.
  Its like OA said get to know it and how to shoot it and if its anything like my antique it will still take all kinda game for ya. The first thing is the HUNTER- then its the limitations on the equipment. If you can get in range itl do the job and do it quite well.
  Just remember to use the arrows and heads that will conform to THAT bow and not necessarily something a decade or two newer.
  Would suggest ya take it into a shop and have someone adjust it to YOU and check the cable and setup for ya. 
     BTW a trigger release will make some of the older bows much more shooter friendly. The shop can setup the cable for that pretty easy.

That's cool. Your lucky to have a father that shares the same interest as you. Take his advise and give it try. I can see his point as purchasing a new or newer bow can be costly now days. Most important is to practice good woodsmanship and know your equipment.Don't take any risky shots at game. Be patient. Good luck and keep us posted.

Dan, you need to angle that arrow into the boiler room. The best shot you can get on a deer with your bow, is not broad side. It is, the deer slightly quartering away from you. This way you can angle the arrow into the lungs and heart area.

    Welll have shot one or two from time to time and Ill take the slight quartering shot whenever it is presented- That said a simple broadside is often tough enough to get and the double lung is just fine for me. Kills the deer pretty quick too. Matter of fact if the legs just right its makes a decent heart shot without havin ta go through more than ribs as well.
   That having been said it certainly DOES make a difference on larger game with heavier bone mass than Deer - in the case of larger stuff a quartering shot is sometimes the only thing to consider-Bear being a prime example with the very heavy shoulder bone mass. Have never even considered  a bow shot on one without some foreward penetration.


OA----closer?

Dano,don't be afraid to use and old bow,as long as you know how to use it.I used a very old XI bow made by Miles Keller.that was slow shooting bow,and my friends laugh at it,but I killed 30 plus deer with it,and most of them killed nothing with their 300 plus fps bows.Its all about shot placement,put it in the lung,heart,liver area dead deer,plain and simply.Go hunting and have fun,don't throw arrows at any deer you see,I can shoot 30 yards but have killed only one buck at 32 yards.Bow hunting is about CLOSE shooting 90 percent of my kills have been from 5- 25 yards. Last year hunted out of a ground blind and love it,shot a buck at 12 yards and a doe at 18,very fun hunts on the ground.