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Suggestions? for a woman's bow

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TallTines

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No, not for me but for my fiancee'. Like most of you on this site I spend countless hours in the woods hunting that elusive buck and in the process leave the one I love at home all the time. So to try to get her into bowhunting I want to get her a bow only I don't know what to get her. I want to get her a good bow but not a super expensive one like a mathews or hoyt.

Although I probably should just get her a good one because I can see how it will go now because she is way to competitive and it will end up with us shooting against each other with her complaining that my bow is way better quality then hers and that's the only reason Im beating her. This competitive reasoning is also how I plan getting her to eventually go into the woods with me. So I have a plan I'm just trying to get it to play out. Suggestions on a good cheap bow would be greatly appreciated. My hunting career might depend on it.
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For my oldest son I had purchased an Hoyt MT Sport that was a womens/youth bow. It was a good bow that he had no problems in shooting. He went out back of the house for an hour one morning and shot 3 squirrels with it, so I would say it was consistant. These are older bows and probably fairly reasonable on ebay. I'm sure someone on here has some good rec's also. Good luck!
 
You can get Hoyt and Mathews bows for reasonable prices if you don't mind having one that's a year or two old. That's what I decided to do after looking at the prices for new ones. If you shop carefully, you can pick up a year old bow for about half of the new price. Something to consider. I know that if I was buying something for someone that special, I wouldn't want her to have any less than the best.
 
I have a Parker Challenger. I have had it for several years and killed several deer with it. It is very light (which I love) I can hold on a deer, target etc for days. I do know that with the new Parker Challengers you can get them from 20-70 lbs in draw weight. What is nice about these is that if you buy one too light, or you get stronger you can upgrade the limbs and cams from the factory for $50. The Axle to Axle on mine is 31. It is fairly fast and it is quiet as well. You can also check out their website. I'm not sure of the URL.
 
selena

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Mustang

Here are some of the best youth/womens bows out there. I am going to upgrade my wifes bow to the Selena this week. The Parker and the mustang were not as smooth on the draw as the Hoyt was. She has the Parker Challenger as well and she shoots it just fine. The only reason for her to upgrade was I could only get a new bow if she got one......
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TallTines, I think it's great that you want to get your fiancee involved. I recently decided I wanted to learn how to shoot a bow so I can eventually spend time in the woods w/my husband. He didnt seem too excited about the idea. So I took his old bow and was so frusterated when I could not pull back at all, I lift weights and did not think it would be so hard! So for the past week I have been taking it out and pulling back as far as I can, getting a little better each time and now Im pretty close to getting it back all the way. I explained what I was doing to one of his hunting buddies and the first thing he asked was what weight it was set at. My husband answered 70lbs and started laughing. So now I am definately motivated to continue my practice. Question though-he claims that 65lbs is the lowest I can go if I want to kill a deer quickly-is this true or is he just messing with me again?
 
Hi Nine,

If you’re almost pulling back a 70lb bow then
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You do NOT need at least 65lbs to kill a deer. My bow is set between 40 – 45lbs and I have no problem killing deer quickly. Two words – shot placement.
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Best of luck to you!
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Dang Moose, you really let yourself go!
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the main thing more pounds will get you, is more yardage. if you are that determined, that you are tugging on a 70 pound bow, then you really should get one that fits you, and get started. you should go to the local archery shop, and get them to let you try out some bows that fit you, and that you can easily shoot.

also, you can add the bowtech miranda to that list of quality bows.
 
Thanks for the advice, I knew he was messing with me-probably doesnt want the extra competition in the woods!
 
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