Author Topic: hunting bow weight (Read 896 times)

cacciatore · « **Reply #20 on:** October 29, 2010, 05:53:00 PM »

For elk and wild boar anything from 60 to 66#.For other games 55 t0 60#.Special hunt in my future Australia and Alaska 70-75# I am practicing with 73# right now.

Chumster · « **Reply #21 on:** October 29, 2010, 06:00:00 PM »

After shoulder and elbow surgery can't support much more than 45# now. Big game consists of deer very close.

Night Wing · « **Reply #22 on:** October 29, 2010, 07:49:00 PM »

I cast my vote. This should be a very interesting poll.

DannyBows · « **Reply #23 on:** October 29, 2010, 07:57:00 PM »

46# to 53# for me.

Mojo Rising · « **Reply #24 on:** October 29, 2010, 08:11:00 PM »

Both of my hunting bows are marked 54# @ 28".

Cookus · « **Reply #25 on:** October 29, 2010, 08:17:00 PM »

Both of my recurve bows are marked at 62 pounds. As a right-handed shooter I am contemplating buying a 50 something longbow due to severe tendonitis in the left elbow...

Kip l Hoffman · « **Reply #26 on:** October 29, 2010, 08:39:00 PM »

I shot a Hoyt Gold Medalist for several years at 87#. They were the heaviest set of limbs that Hoyt ever made for the GM. They wouldn't guarantee them. After about 4-5 years they warped. Sent them back to Hoyt and Earl steamed them back to straight. But it took them down to 67#. I have been stuck in the 63 to 70 pound range for 15 years or so. Fianlly old age and a bad back have forced me down to 57#. The higher poundage cleans up a poor release and the extra arrow speed will get you through some lower windows. Is poundage over 45# needed? Not really. But if you can handle it well, then use it.

I suspect that we will all agree that shooting the poundage that you shoot best is the most ethical poundage.

longbowray · « **Reply #27 on:** October 29, 2010, 09:10:00 PM »

my bows run from 47 lb to 56 lb now used to beale to shot 89 lb BW all day be this age thing is killing me now

Spinealigner · « **Reply #28 on:** October 29, 2010, 09:11:00 PM »

56 to 60 pounds.

mallard_drake85 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 29, 2010, 09:21:00 PM »

my R/D is 67# at 26"

Traddicted · « **Reply #30 on:** October 29, 2010, 09:51:00 PM »

55 to 60 pounds for me.

Chief55 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 29, 2010, 10:17:00 PM »

Mine is 47.5#

S.C. Hunter · « **Reply #32 on:** October 29, 2010, 11:01:00 PM »

My current inventory of bows range from 55# to 60#. My favorite weight for some reason seems to be 57 lbs on a 62" bow.

Thumper Dunker · « **Reply #33 on:** October 30, 2010, 12:29:00 AM »

55-60 here also.

Maxx Black · « **Reply #34 on:** October 30, 2010, 12:52:00 AM »

recurve 60

longbow 63

coaster500 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 30, 2010, 01:04:00 AM »

45#s unless the state demands more then 50#s

ncsaknech1ydh · « **Reply #36 on:** October 30, 2010, 01:18:00 AM »

51# to 58# @ 32"

rick7 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 30, 2010, 02:34:00 PM »

47 lbs works good for me

Bowwild · « **Reply #38 on:** October 30, 2010, 06:08:00 PM »

43-47#

Gehrke145 · « **Reply #39 on:** October 30, 2010, 07:06:00 PM »

50/55 just depends on what limbs I feel like shooting (only shoot ILF rigs now)


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