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Draw weight question

Thinkin Rut

Thinkin Rut

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My boy (almost 16)is moving into a full size bow from a youth model. The bow he has now is set at its max 50 lbs. which he pulls easily. My question is, should I buy a 50-60 lb. bow or 60-70 lb bow? He has been pulling a 70 turned down to 60 when test shooting bows but seems to get fairly tired after too many shots in a row. I guess I'm leaning towards the 60-70 thinking he has a whole year till he hunts with it and he does shoot alot. What do you guys think?
 
I say buy a 50-60 lb bow for him for a couple reasons.
#1 He will have more fun shooting and practicing if he doesn't have to struggle.
#2 A bow preforms more efficiently when it is shot closer to its maximum weight.
#3 The new bows nowdays will still shoot close to 300fps with proper arrows set-up.
If/when he get to the point in a couple years and can and wants to shoot more weight you can always trade it off.
 
archery95 said:
I say buy a 50-60 lb bow for him for a couple reasons.
#1 He will have more fun shooting and practicing if he doesn't have to struggle.
#2 A bow preforms more efficiently when it is shot closer to its maximum weight.
#3 The new bows nowdays will still shoot close to 300fps with proper arrows set-up.
If/when he get to the point in a couple years and can and wants to shoot more weight you can always trade it off.
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I agree with Archery95 here. Smooth and comfortable. I will buy a 50-60 lb bow next go around and shoot it at its maximum weight.
 
Or you can buy the 60-70 and have a super quiet bow when it's turned down.

When I bought my new bow this summer the owner of the shop had me shoot it maxed out @ 70 pounds (which I wanted) and then turned back to 65 pounds. There was a noticable difference in overall noise when we let some tension off.

I left it at 65.
 
ironwood said:
I agree with Archery95 here. Smooth and comfortable. I will buy a 50-60 lb bow next go around and shoot it at its maximum weight.
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Yep,
I shoot a 60 lb maxed out. Seems to work just fine every year. Sky-drawing is for shooting geese. :D
 
50-60. Get him something that will be fun and easy and face it, at that age, he will soon be outgrowing whatever you get him in draw length anyhow so it won't be long and you will be able to get him that 60-70.
 
Absolutely buy him the 50-60#er. I've seen many a young man totally ruin his form and develop habits virtually impossible to break from trying to pull too many pounds. At least half the bows I sell to big adults are 50-60. In my opinion, it would be doing him a dis-service by getting him a 70# bow. 50# is plently for whitetails to learn with without a struggle. Try having him draw the bow sitting flat on his bottom on the floor and try to draw without skying - if you can't do it - its too much weight.
 
The biggest mistake guys make is overbowing and shooting too long a drawlength (In my opinion) ... form really suffers when you are shooting too much poundage. I have been shooting 56lbs with my compound ever since I switched away from traditional gear. So easy to handle in a tree after several hours of cold weather, etc. I have never had trouble shooting through deer with a quality broadhead.
 
Gladiator said:
yep...

He'll be big enough and strong enough, soon enough! :way:
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I agree with Gladiator, Im sure he can pull back 60# now. With just a little shooting at 60#, it will feel like nothing. He will definitely be getting bigger and stronger soon. So it should be no problem. Just my opinion.
 
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