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Author Topic: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)  (Read 2207 times)

Offline redant 60/65

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What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« on: March 07, 2011, 08:08:00 PM »
Out of all your bows what do you like to shoot?
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Offline bartcanoe

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2011, 08:15:00 PM »
Hard for me to answer.

I shoot two bows pretty regularly.  One is 54# and the other is 60#.  I voted 55-60.
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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2011, 08:17:00 PM »
I shoot 45# for 3-d and 50# for hunting. Reason is sometimes we shoot 3 3-D rounds in a day and the 50# just gets too heavy after a long day of shooting.
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Offline njloco

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2011, 08:17:00 PM »
My Leon Stewart ! for hunting MY Palmer !
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2011, 08:19:00 PM »
All my bows, lucky me, are 47-50 pounds at my T-Rex draw of 26".

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Offline Shawn Leonard

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2011, 08:21:00 PM »
I shot 63-75#s for about 8 years, than had 2 shoulder operations and now all my bows are between 51-56#s at my 29" draw! Mikeys bows would be perfect for me, ecsp. the ones that are 47#s at his T-Rex draw!! Love ya buddy! Shawn
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Offline Raging Water

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2011, 09:12:00 PM »
Real dang heavy!

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2011, 09:16:00 PM »
I shoot from 65# to 120#. But, I am a nut job.

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Offline Sam McMichael

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2011, 09:25:00 PM »
I generally shoot at 65#, but as I am getting a bit older the lighter bows seem to be calling me.
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Offline Red Beastmaster

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2011, 09:25:00 PM »
Should read 40-45, 46-50, 51-60, etc. Wasn't sure which to pick, I shoot 45# most often. Was shooting 65# then everything started hurting 'til I dropped draw wt. Now I shoot better than ever and don't think I'm missing anything in bow performance.
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Offline 30pointbuck

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2011, 09:26:00 PM »
50 or 55# Leon stewart.
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Offline JCJ

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2011, 09:35:00 PM »
I draw real long 31" with a longbow and 32" with a recurve. I prefer bows in the 40-45# @ 28" range which works out to around 50-55# at my draw length.

Offline JParanee

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #12 on: March 07, 2011, 09:37:00 PM »
50 # to 69 #
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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2011, 09:38:00 PM »
All 6 of my  bows are between 45 and 50#.

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2011, 09:46:00 PM »
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Offline tradshooter

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2011, 09:46:00 PM »
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.

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2011, 09:48:00 PM »
71#-90#
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Offline Eugene Slagle

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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2011, 09:51:00 PM »
My two main bows are in my sig line & so far I've hung around that weight range.

45-50...
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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #18 on: March 07, 2011, 09:53:00 PM »
I'll be 58 in a couple of weeks.

You should shoot and hunt with  whatever poundage you are comfortable with.

My favorite at this time is a 75 pound longbow that I can shoot in all kinds of positions, hold at full draw comfortably, and shoot being cold in freezing weather when necessary.

It's a little more than the average, but then I'm a little bigger than average too.
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Re: What weight bow do you shoot. (page 1 to vote)
« Reply #19 on: March 07, 2011, 09:53:00 PM »
45-50
BigJim Thunderchild 54" 52# @ 28"
BigJim Thunderchild 56" 42# @ 28"

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