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I am just curious as to what everyone out there is shooting... I have been shooting A LOT lately, and noticed that my shoulder has started to hurt a bit... wondering if turning the bow down is the right thing to do right now... shooting my Razortec at 73lbs now.. thinking of turning down to 65lbs, I will lose speed and energy, but I suppose that beats doing damage to my arm/shoulder... Anyone else out there ever run into a similar situation?
 
I turned mine down some 5 years ago. Currently shoot in the low to mid 60's. Have not had any issues with shoulder re-occur. If you have been bowhunting for some 20 years your shoulder will thank you for it.
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Turning the bow down might be a good idea. You'll have to let your shoulder tell you what's best.

As far as loosing energy, wouldn't worry much about that. I shoot around 37lbs KE out of my recurves and longbow and get pass throughs. 50 - 57lbs of draw.

Might not be a bad idea to ask your doctor what he'd recommend. Whatever ya decide, be carefull and go slow at it.
 
I try to stick around 62-63# for hunting. Noticed that I didn't loose much, (maybe 4-5 ft/sec) from 70# with my set-up. The lighter weight is very helpful in drawing slow and controlled in awkward positions, cold weather ect. I have a tendency to creep my draw weight up over several years and I end up being sorry each time it gets back to the 70# area. Low sixties has been berry, berry good to me.
 
I have shot deer at 45 pounds just starting out to 70 pounds currently. With todays bows it doesn't really matter what poundage you shoot. The way I see it you have two choices, either keep on shooting what you have and maybe blow your shoulder and not be able to hunt a season, or turn it down and save your shoulder. I think you know what to do
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Pak, I ran into shouler problems when I was younger, shooting bows way too heavy for my stature at the time. Back in "the day" The only way to get velocity was to shoot huge poundage bows with overdraws. The second bow I owned was a Pearson Spoiler that I shot at 82#..at that time I was drawing more than half of my body weight...Stupid! Luckily, I haven't had any shoulder problems at 72#.

I'm shooting my Outback at around 72# for deer with arrow velocities right at 292fps (with gold tips). The bows turned way down for turkey's. I'm around 60# shooting alumin. arrows. I shot through my chrono the other day and it gave me 240fps velocities...they seem a little faster than that but I have to trust the chrono.

It's been a lot of years since I have shot under 70 lbs. I like it! It's been such a long time that I forgot how effortless it can be to draw and hold. I may buy some carbons spined for 60 lbs to replace my deer arrows, I like the lighter weight a lot..( must be a sign of getting older and wiser
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I wouldnt think that drawing a bow would result in shoulder problems. I would have somebody look at your shooting form first. Any healthy person can work up to 70 pounds, its just a matter of training your muscles. I wouldnt crank the bow down just yet.
 
At current weight, I shoot 307fps... I guess dropping down to 65lbs won't be too bad... probably shoot around 290fps...beats being in pain for now...
probably shoot better too...
 
I shoot 60 lbs. across the board. I make my shots no farther than 30 yards or I don't like to take them. The only reason I would consider bumping up would be to stick a moose or an elk, I see the option of neither in my future. For the deer and smaller game 60 is just fine. I wouldn't be afraid of 50-55. It's all about the placement of the arrow. 70 lbs. does you no good if you can't hit the vitals.
 
Have you ever thought that this might be the perfect time to experiment with a 50 or 55# stickbow. Longbows or recurves will give very little shoulder problems because you draw them differently and don't hold as long. As I understand the shoulder problems come from the sudden change or jerk at break over with large camed heavy weight bows. Stick bows at 20 yards will take as many deer as compounds at 35 yards and are more fun. With good sharp heads and fairly heavy arrows you can still get great penetration and pass throughs. What ever you do do something now because that shoulder won't heal it's self if you don't, and it will hurt like hell when you are 50, experience talking.
 
when I was in my early teens my bow was set at 50 pounds, I never took a deer with that bow but my friend shot two of them with it set at 50 pounds. My current bow is set at 62-63 pounds and It does the job easily.
 
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Bowmaker...I truely respect your decision to shoot traditional/primative bows. However, that is strickly a personal choice and I would have to disagree with the statement that it is "more fun"!

You do have me thinking though.....

Maybe I should pull the Bear #45 pound Kodiac Magnum (beautiful green laminated wood) off the shelf for turkey season so I can have "more fun".

Naw.....think I'll still pack the Razortec.
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Well... all the talk had me concerned, so I went into the Doc to have it checked... nothing really wrong, just inflamation due to shooting waaayyy too much lately... his advice was to give it a rest for a while or turn it down... not sure which I will do yet.
 
I've been experimenting with arrows lately. I've come to the conclusion that I can throw an arrow fast enough to harvest a deer.

It takes awhile to perfect the throw, but with the right twisting motion, and a strong force out of the hand, you'd be surprised.

I'm currently throwing at about 8 aps, or otherwise known as "Arms Per Second". It should have plenty of KE to take down a giant. 1/2mv^2, but you must first convert aps into fps to achieve the correct velocity.

The only problem I have is I can't seem to get the aim down. I guess it will come with time.

The benefit of this is that it does no strain to your body.

It's the wave of the future.



Sorry, I'm losing my mind
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I felt compelled to say something stupid here.

One of those days.

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I've been slightly rammy lately and have seriously considered a different bow because of how smooth some draw over others at higher poundages. Yes, I'm going to probably be eating my words but those boat anchors draw smoother than what I'm shooting now. Don't be surprised if muddy is packing some new heat this spring.

Good idea on going to the doctor Pak, better safe than sorry. When practicing there's no reason to really shoot more than 30-50 arrows at a time. If you have a place right at your house only 20 - 30 a night is all you need before you start to stress muscles and such.

Good luck to you this spring.
 
PAK ONE BIT OF ADVICE!!! GO INTO THE GYM!! I WAS A PRO CYCLIST AND HAVE SEPARATED BOTH SIDES TWICE!!! I STARTED BACK AT THE GYM ON BLOODY OL' ST. PADDYS DAY!!! BACK, SHOULDER, CHEST exercises etc. ENJOY!!
 
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