I used to shoot 70-83# bows and loved them, but I fell off a roof last summer and landed on my right side and buggered my right shoulder. I hung up on a bull many years ago rodeoing and tore up my left shoulder pretty bad. I healed up OK from that one and could still shoot my heavier bows fine. I am 57 now and this past summers injury has made it to hard to shoot my heavier bows anymore. I have settled in fine to a 55# bow and will use it for all my hunting here in Idaho now. I have gone to a heavier broadhead and higher FOC and I'm probably gonna stay at that. I sold my heavier longbows, no reason to keep them if I can't shoot them anymore, but I sure enjoyed them while I had them. I am a firm believer in shooting whatever poundage you can shoot accurately, since ultimately it is where you put the arrow that counts and the sharpness of your broadhead when the point is on target.