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Offline ottertails

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #100 on: January 25, 2010, 04:58:00 PM »
All my bows are 62# - 67#. Any new bows I order will be in the 57# - 59# range. Haven't bought a new one in 10 yrs, so I think I'm due...right? 8^). Dropping in weight cuz I'm gettin' older.

Offline champ38

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #101 on: January 25, 2010, 05:00:00 PM »
60-70@29 1/2"
56" Shrew Classic Carbon 68@29
58" 2-P Centaur Cabon Elite 57@29

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #102 on: January 25, 2010, 05:50:00 PM »
Longbow 53# @ my draw
Curve 60# @ my draw

Offline woodsman 365

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #103 on: January 25, 2010, 06:14:00 PM »
49#@28 PSA

Offline sj_lutz

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #104 on: January 25, 2010, 06:21:00 PM »
50 plus or minus a pound or two for me.

Offline elknutz

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #105 on: January 25, 2010, 06:26:00 PM »
I'm finally very comfortable with 55@28.  If I can find the right bow in a takedown, I'm gonna try to work up to a few more pounds for elk.
"There is no excellence in archery without great labor" - Maurice Thompson
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Offline JEJ

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #106 on: January 25, 2010, 06:43:00 PM »
45# Bear recurve, 44# Horne longbow for up to TX whitetail

Offline jhg

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #107 on: January 25, 2010, 06:54:00 PM »
57-60#s @ 30" My Howatt Hunter and my longbow.
Learn, practice and pass on "leave no trace" ethics, no matter where you hunt.

Offline cliff77

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #108 on: January 25, 2010, 07:05:00 PM »
Was using a martin viper at 60#, probably 66# at my 31" draw. My son got me trying a compound, and although it seemed ok to draw the next day my arm hurts. That was 2 months ago. Now my viper hurts too.
Point being, stay away from those dang wheelies...
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Offline harvestmoon

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #109 on: January 25, 2010, 07:26:00 PM »
Age has a way of making us more aware of our raw strength and the balance and alignement of your skeleton.  Go with what you can easily control.
For me, thats low 40# at my 26.5" draw.

Offline wapitimike1

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #110 on: January 25, 2010, 07:29:00 PM »
About 52#s

Offline Arrow4Christ

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #111 on: January 25, 2010, 07:50:00 PM »
My current favorite bow is 68#@30"...have done most of my hunting with between 53-55#@30", but I shot those so much they got a little too easy to draw. It took me too long to achieve the back tension I like to feel and I felt I was giving away a bit of the advantage of shooting a traditional bow by waiting so long to get the shot off. The 68# seems a more forgiving as well. I have a Northern Mist longbow on the way as well that will be right about 71# at my 30" draw.

Craig

Offline RecurveJim

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #112 on: January 25, 2010, 08:19:00 PM »
My widow is 52lbs@27 inches.I can pull it,but wish I had ordered @42 lbs

Offline UrsusNil

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #113 on: January 25, 2010, 11:42:00 PM »
48# at 26"
Joe

Offline chad graham

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #114 on: January 25, 2010, 11:57:00 PM »
my robertson recurve 46lbs@26"

Offline Bigkid

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #115 on: January 26, 2010, 12:01:00 AM »
I have any where from 45# to 70# my comfortable weights are between 50 and 60# teh 70# bow was a mistake and I don't shoot it often I like the 55-60 though

Offline MR BILL SHORTY

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #116 on: January 26, 2010, 12:07:00 AM »
45#-55# AT 28" WORKS FOR ME

Offline amar911

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #117 on: January 26, 2010, 11:21:00 AM »
Favorite for most animals is around 55#. Enough weight for most hunting by not difficult to draw. For buffalo I would rather have closer to 70#. Nothing wrong with 45# for anything up to and including deer though.

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Offline bro-n-arrow

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #118 on: January 26, 2010, 11:45:00 AM »
48-54  at 28 When I don't target pannic!
Psalm 71:18 Now also when I am old and gray-headed,O God, do not forsake me,Until I declare your strength to this generation.

Offline Nate N

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Re: Draw weight
« Reply #119 on: January 26, 2010, 12:10:00 PM »
mine is my Robertson Purist 75@28.
Robertson Purist 62" 75#@28
OMP Adirondack Hunter Deluxe 68" 50 @ 28

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