My wife had two recurves that were 38 at her draw, they both killed deer. She used a 38 pound Hill Cheetah off and on. Then I got her a NAT Lost Creek, same weight, shoots the same arrow the same distance as her faster recurve. We did a little flight shooting with arrows that weighed 420 to 430 with Hunter's Heads, just see how they flew in the wind compared to old Bears. Turns out the arrows flew the same and her NAT and her Cheetah Hill get almost the same yardage when flight shooting. She keeps telling me that the Hill is easier to draw and it must be lighter, they are the same. She just shoots it stronger.