hunting bow weight

[longbowray]

weight of bow use for big game hunting

[Zmonster]

I use anything between 39-50lbs

[3Feathers]

All my bows are 50-53lbs.

[Bjorn]

So if you shoot a 50# bow is that 45/50 or 50/55?

[Andy Cooper]

I shoot mostly 50# bows...but the one I have on order will be 65-70#. I suspect it'll take me several months to a year to get good with it.

I went from 55 to 66 to 85 to 96 to 79 to 64 and 64 for a long time, then to 57.5 to 53 to 51 and 51, but today I am going out with that oh so sweet 57.5 yew and bamboo job.

[bawana bowman]

Occasionally hunt with 55# but normally 65#-80#.
Presently working on building strength, stamina, and conditioning to hunt gators with my 102# longbow.   :eek:
Just cause I want to and it's fun.  

[scedvm]

I hunt mostly elk and sometimes mule deer and all my bows(5) range from 55-62#.  I would prefer to shoot more but this is where I am most comfortable.....Shawn

[hvyhitter]

Kind of a vague question. Is it what I feel is a minimum for hunting or what I personally use? I voted my personal use but I have and sometimes hunt with bows from 40# and up.

[rastaman]

48#

[David Yukon]

I have two bows, one, my first longbow, 72#@30 1/2( but I actualy draw 29 with longbows...) and my second bow, a hybrid 60#@29, I seem to reach for my 60# more... I want a recurve and I'm thinking 55 or 60 but don't know yet. I hunt moose and caribou.

[landman]

I shoot 46 to 56, depending upon why I'm shooting, what I'm shooting at,  how much I've been shooting and how cold it is.   Any of those draw weights will kill a white tail if that little problem called an arrow goes where it's supposed to.    I never fee underbowed with those moderate draw weights.

[Rooselk]

My two primarily bows are a 51# longbow and a 48# recurve. However, I'm giving serious consideration to ordering a new 53# longbow.

[mcgroundstalker]

At my T-Rex draw of 26" most of my bows are 47-51#'s.

... mike ...

[kevin braun]

lightest marked 42# @28, heaviest marked 58#@26

[Mack_S]

I'm in the 60# + catagory.  

-Mack

[59Alaskan]

41# - 48# @ 28"
I draw 29.5"

[Birdbow]

At age 57, shoot 70# longbows most of the time but drop to low 50's in extreme cold here in N.H.

[Airborne]

my 57# rose oak will kill anything I would ever want to hunt

[Longbow1953]

I use 57-60# bows.