Hunting bow question

[Sqirrely]

Hey all,
This is my first post here on TradGang.I'm going to purchase a Bama Bows Hunter For hunting whitetails in ohio.I am new to traditional but not to hunting , I'm absolutely sick of lugging an heavy ,ugly crossbow through the woods. I do target shoot with an old lemonwood(I think) bow that is 30# at my 29 inch draw occasionally and am comfortable shooting it. The point is that I am deciding on a draw weight for the new bow between 45-55# at my draw. I have all the time between when the bow arrives to October to practice and train with it , and I've got plenty of time every day.

Thanks

[patvro]

Pick the weight carefull a bow thats to heavy will hurt your shooting the most . Good luck and welcome to the Gang!

[billy shipp]

Start off light.....45#'s will be plenty.

Being overbowed causes bad form problems that arise in short order, then take forever to correct.

[NBK]

Agree with billy, no more than 45# for the first bow, especially at your draw length.  PLENTY for deer.

[Bjorn]

45 is plenty for white tails and a real good weight. Get some kind of 45 pounder while you are waiting.........you can pick up a used bow for under 200 dollars and sell it when the new one arrives.

[Lil Red]

45# will be a plenty and a pretty good jump in weight at one time.

[Slewfoot62]

Relativly new at this traditional archery myself first bow I bought 40lbs. 1yr. ago. 2nd bow 44lbs. 3rd bow I just bought off of classifieds here 42lb Oh yeah thats just right for me. Take some good advice like I did from these fellows.Dont overbow yourself. Nine months to practice before my season opens for whitetail!.

Everyone is a different shape and strength.  One thing about your choice, is that it comes at a cheap price.  You will not loose all that much when you decide, or if you would even need to, either upgrade or go up in weight.  Your draw may change a little with a heavier bow or as your form develops, the worse thing is to be stuck on an idea of what your final weight and draw length will be in advance.  Too much weight can wreck your your form or keep you from developing good form.  Picking a draw length can be wrong if you are under drawing or over drawing with the lighter bow you have now.  45 is plenty, just make certain of your arrows, I have seen often that new comers get their arrows too stiff.  Do not be afraid to ask for opinions on anything.

[Nick559]

Twenty five years ago I used a recurve at 65 pounds and shot through a deer broadside at 25 yards.  A year and a half ago I borrowed a friends recurve at 41 pounds and shot through a deer broadside at 27 yards.  Similar broadheads.
The moral to the story is you don't need all those pounds.  A good matched outfit at 40 to 45 pounds is more than enough for deer.  Just make sure you're legal where you hunt.
As far as shooting and form, there's some pretty good advice printed above my post.  Read it, then read it again.  I did.

[Pointer]

45lbs is plenty for deer...after you shoot it a while if you want to increase draw weight go ahead but you won't need to...

[Sqirrely]

Thanks everyone I'll go with 45# then.

[MikeBurns]

Deciding what a good weight for you is something only you need to work out. You'll know it when you find it. I agree that staring light is the best route, as most everyone here has suggested. Most of my bows are in the 47lb range. Enjoy.  Mike

[CallMaker]

Good advice posted here. You will do well shooting 45#. Plenty for deer.

Ed

[reddogge]

Even if you move up in poundage later the #45 bow is a great poundage to 3-D shoot, bowfish, grounhog and small game hunt with.

[richbat]

don't overbow yourself,maybe even consider a take down that way you can always get heavier limbs later on.

[Sqirrely]

Well I found out my draw lenght is more of 27-28 inches and I ordered the bow yesterday 45# at 27 1/2 in. Curly maple riser with a walnut accent strip , walnut overlay on the face of the bow , walnut limbs , and walnut tip overlays. As you might guess I really like walnut.

[Predator Man]

45@28 will be 47-48@29.  That is a perfect wieght to start.  As long as your used to pulling a 60-65 pound compound or more.  I have been trad for about 7-8 years now.  My first bow was 60#. Over the years I have worked my way down and realized that all that extra weight was hurting my accuracy.  My heaviest bow at the moment is 52# except for a set of limbs I keep that are 63# just in case I ever go to africa or something. I just got my new ACS CX at 47@28 and it is perfect in every way. I draw 28"

[Predator Man]

Originally posted by Sqirrely:
Well I found out my draw lenght is more of 27-28 inches and I ordered the bow yesterday 45# at 27 1/2 in. Curly maple riser with a walnut accent strip , walnut overlay on the face of the bow , walnut limbs , and walnut tip overlays. As you might guess I really like walnut.

Walnut is a very pretty limb wood. I would like to tell you from owning about 50+ bows over the last 7-8 years that all my smoothest/fastest bows with the exception of my acs cx wich wins by a landslide, either had bamboo cores or had limbs of red elm.