Interesting topic, I will be hunting elk in WY this fall, Lord willing, but with a 65# recurve so no worries there. If questioned, I will have the warden draw the bow - absolutely no doubt it is way over 50#. When I drew my NH moose tag a few years ago, I had to borrow a bow with at least 60# draw to be legal (from Tradganger Fletcher). I have always been a game warden magnet, so I wasn't surprised when I came out of the swamp the first night and there were two wardens waiting for me at my truck. They were impressed that anybody still hunts with a recurve and briefly looked at the limbs where the draw weight was listed, then checked my tags and wished me luck. Visual check only.
Most of the game wardens I meet are decent people, with one exception in over 35 years of hunting. One warden in Utah was so helpful that he shared his hotspots, which directly led to me killing my first elk, and we have hunted together several times in other states.