Weight drop over the year?

[stringstretcher]

From when you first started shooting until now, how much draw weight have you dropped. I started shooting in 1966 and was shooting 55-60 lb bows.  Now I am most confortable at the 42-45 lb weight and still keeping my accuracy.  Lets hear from some others on you weight loss

[Orion]

Been shooting for more than 50 years.  Was shooting about 60-65# or a little more.  In the last two years, I've dropped to 52-56#.  Those weights feel pretty good right now.

[jimmerc]

I started out young with 45/50# bows, moved up to 70/75# for a few years then dropped back to 55/60# where I'm happy for now at age 50! I'm sure that someday i'll be dropping back down again!! But I'm not ready for that yet!!  I can still draw and shoot the 70# bows and work out 3x a week, but afraid of injurys so i'm very careful!!

[bawana bowman]

Started shooting in 1960. In the late 70's and early 80's was shooting 85#-110#. Now still shoot from 55# to 90#, but most accurate in the 60-80# range.
I like to shoot heavy draw weights mostly to keep muscles in shape. I'm actually most comfortable in the 65-75# range.

[JAG]

Started out at 74# for years.  Then about 5 yrs. ago dropped to 65#.  2 yrs. ago cut my bow down to 55- 60 range.  Same Osage selfbow, still shoots hard, and still more accurate than I am!
I cam still shoot my other Osage selfbow that is 70#, but like the lighter weight at 58 yrs. old!

[Gray Buffalo]

started at 80 and droped to 50 after 50 years. Thinking of 45 lately

[straitera]

Started at 12 with 30#. Now shoot longbows between 70-82#.

[Pat B.]

I probably started semi-seriously in about '68 with a 43# Red Wing Hunter... In the mid 70's until about 1980 shot some wheel bows then went back to recurves.. After a couple of years wound up shooting 83# Howatt Hunters and stayed there for a spell. I then went on to a series of custom bows, most being in the 70-75# range.
I'd guess about 1990 I started back down in weight.. Today I'm back shooting in the 45-50 pound range. One of my favorites is an A&H thats
43 @ 28 ---- about 46 at my draw length.. I'd probably be shooting a bit more but I have some arthritis in my drawing hand and some shoulder problems in my bow arm!  Such is life. Glad I can shoot at all.. I admire all you geezers who can still shoot heavy, LOL...

[Bjorn]

I dropped down 10# from 60-50 and hope to stay at this weight for a while.

[30coupe]

I built my first glass backed recurve in shop class when I was a freshman in high school (1967 I think). It was supposed to be 45#, it's pretty close to that. I still have it and it still shoots pretty well. Of the dozen or so that were built, I think mine is the only survivor.

I graduated to a Herter's Model Perfection 50# in 1974. My eldest son now owns that one. I shoot 45-55# bows. I guess I haven't changed. I never felt the need for anything heavier, and don't feel the need to go any lighter at this point.

[nightowl1]

im only 24 but dropped from 70 to 48#. saw no need for the heavier bow or the joint stress...id shoot anything with it.

[stringstretcher]

Since I have found a better poundage for myself, I am now in the stages of taking down some of my heavier bows to a lighter weight.  What a difference in my shooting.  Being overbowed has always been a problem for me thinking I could master the weight, but lets face it, it's nice to find better ways to improve on your shooting for sure

[Ia Hawkeye]

Started out with 40# (0ver 50 years sgo). When I got serious about hunting deer, I shot 42 and worked my way up to 65#.
The last 15 or so years, I've dropped bow weight untill I'm down to 45#. I'm 70 with health issues and that's what I shoot comfortably.

[Kip]

I started with 50 then went to 55 for 30 plus years and still have a 56 bow but also some limbs in 49,51,54.I killed a bear with 54 this past week but starting to like closer to 50 now at age 59.Kip

[bozara]

I'm 62 and have been shooting traditionally for about 25 years.  Started at 65 lbs and still shoot at that weight for practice (and conditioning) but have 57# limbs that I usually hunt with.  More clothes and cold weather make the lighter weight more sensible, especially drawing "cold" after 4 hours sitting in a stand.