I would get him a youth bow also, the full size bows will be pretty big for his hands.

Is it St Joe River that has a trade in feature?

St. Joe River Bows.  They do a very nice job on a youth bow. 

Had hunted with the Hoyt Super Rest this deer season when I took out my stickbow- wasn't a fan so back to the drawing board. I had originally used the rest as I was told it would help clean up my poor release.

I purchased Tom Clum's shooting class/clinic deal, going to spend the next couple months figuring out what I'm doing wrong form wise & get that corrected. I'm sure that me chasing my tail tuning while also not having perfect form isn't going to help anything & just cause further frustrations.

In the meantime, rest is getting ripped off & I got some new strike plate material on the way. I am positive it's possible to get great arrow flight off the shelf, and am determined to make it happen.

I went down a tuning rabbit hole, and now am worried that my 2doz + arrows & multiple 200 grain heads are going to be too stiff (had to bump up the brace height to 8.5" to get a good hole through paper), which is 1-1.25" higher than what Brian recommends.

I have to say, as many contraptions that are on my compound, having worked in a shop as long as I did I'm much more comfortable tuning them. Not nearly as fun to shoot however.

Real nice, Roger. Carrying on the tradition; great looking lads.

Better to work him up gradually.  If he's handling 16-18# now, he should be able to handle 20# soon.  That should suit him until he's 10, and then you can consider moving up to 25-30 depending on how he's doing.

My grandson's are getting it done!

Well now idk what to do.

Arrows seem to be flying well for the most part. Paper tune is good.

The brace height to get that is 8.5", and Brian recommends 7.25-7.5

I shoot a Hoyt super rest (bad release & that helps)...

How do I build out the strike plate & then attach the rest to it?

Looking to get my 8 year old a new bow. He has the Bear Goblin. Looking at getting a long bow but not sure what poundage. He is pulling about 16-18# at 20" and growing like a weed. Would a 25 or 30# at 28" be too much for him? I know how bows stack past 28" (31" draw length here) but is it the same for shorter draws? What would you recommend as far as poundage and possibly even brands or bowyers?

Best,

Zac
 

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I have a shoulder mount and also have a few rugs and the skulls from them all.

What I have personally came to prefer is just having the hide soft tanned so that I can drape it over the back of chair, couch, or hang it in a corner off of a hanger so that it hangs from nose up near celing and on down to floor. can also lay them across foot of bed or across flat section of handrail on stairs etc.

Many more ways to display a nice hide in aesthetic ways when is only soft tanned and not rugged.  A good bear, when rugged, takes up a huge area on the wall, they chew up real estate quickly.

I still euro all of my skulls and really enjoy those also.

A rugged hide looks real nice on a wall though too!! 

Not my pic but this gives you an idea of how the soft tanned hides can look displayed.