A few years back, my doc suggested I drop down in bow weight to 40#. I suggested that 50# would be a better number and after some discussion we settled on 45#. I sold my 49#@28", 62" Widow PLIII and bought a 45# PTF, made up some arrows for it and have been content with it's performance, but still missed my old PL. I killed a several deer and placed well in the local bow shoots with it...the bow just fit me!
I had a doctor appointment a couple of weeks ago and he checked out my shoulders. I suffer from rotator cuff impingements in both shoulders, with the right shoulder (bow arm) being the worse one. I do band exercises prescribed by my physical therapist 2-3 times a weeks and lift weights 3 times per week. Long story short, the doc was impressed with my shoulder strength and flexibility. I asked him about bow weight and he said as long as I kept up with the exercise and PT I could probably go up a few pounds if I kept shooting sessions reasonable and stopped shooting if I felt any discomfort. This was great news. but I had no plans on making any changes as I am happy with the PTF.
Last week I was browsing through the classified section of a lefty bow site and ran across a PLIII that was the exact specs of my old PL. I messaged the guy and asked for a photo and the bow had my name on it! The money order will go out on Wednesday and the PL will be on it's way home! I couldn't be anymore excited if it was a brand new bow on the way!
Topic: My old bow is coming home! (Read 1327 times)
