Embarrassed

[longbowman]

Yesterday my son and I had a chance to stump shoot together.  I decided to carry my "Girly bow" and as we shot he continued to drill everything while I struggled with holding the little bow still.  When we got home he looked at me and said, "Do you think you will ever be "that" old that you need to shoot a bow that light?"  I realized years agao that I had created a beast when I kept moving my son up in weight but now he's shooting a 92# longbow just like I shoot my 80# bow.  So the little 62# bow goes back up on the "old man" rack until I need to use it!

[straitera]

Relative. Favor heavier draws also. Too many good things if you can shoot w/o physical problems. 55# can kill anything in N America. Think a fellow Texan killed a polar bear w/45# (archives).

[Pork1980]

80 & 92#.....?.......  

Made me laugh longbowman.
I just started shooting & was happy I could handle the 50#'er dad gave me.

Glad you got out to shoot with your son...
good times    

I see you're from Meadville, I'll send you a PM...
good to see another local trad guy.

[ScottinPA]

Pork, we all start low.  I started with similar weight as you even though my compounds were 80+#.  Now I'm very comfortable with bows in the 70's.

[Night Wing]

I'm at the opposite end of where you are and I started at the end too.

I started bowhunting when I was 14 years old. I'm now 61 years old so that encompasses 47 years. During all this time the heaviest bow, a recurve, I ever bowhunted with came in at 44#.

My first bow, another recurve, I took a deer with was a 36# target bow with white limbs when I was 16 years old. A pass through broadside shot with a 2 blade broadhead which took out both lungs.

If you look at my signature, the two recurve bows I bowhunt with now are 42# and 37#. I'm very accurate with these two bows and they don't take a toll on my shoulders. These two reasons are why I love my "very light" bows.

Of course, I used a very heavy arrow setup shooting 13 GPP arrows and above for both bows, but this year, I'm dropping down in GPP which you can see in my signature since I'm going to bowhunt with my light 2212 aluminum target arrows. Even though the 2212s are light in weight at 8.8 GPI, they're heavy enough GPP wise and that is due to my 30" draw length shooting 32" BOP arrows.  

I will tell you right now, I could "not" draw your 62# "girly" bow to my anchor. I doubt I could draw it 20" of my 30" draw length.

Since you're presently shooting an 80# bow, there might come a time where you will have to go down in poundage. "If" that time ever comes, you'll learn to shoot your 62# bow and it just may surprise you in terms of what you and it can do together.

[landman]

Um, um um...

[Jon Stewart]

Embarrassed.  I guess I should go hide behind a tree with my 40# longbow, LOL

BUT, it did take a nice 7 point last year and a doe using a wood arrow with a stone head the year before.  The deer are the one's that should be embarrassed letting an old guy kill them with a light bow.

[David Mitchell]

62#!!  Man, I'm already too old to shoot that weight.  :(

[GRINCH]

My heart bleeds for you and my shoulders ache as well.  

[Pepper]

I shoot 90lbs. Just like the old west, two 45"s.

[BobCo 1965]

I use extreme girly bows.  

[30pointbuck]

Makes my 50# look like a toy.

[moththerlode]

I shoot what my joints allow

[Pat B.]

hockey pucks....

[misfire]

Originally posted by Jon Stewart:
Embarrassed.  I guess I should go hide behind a tree with my 40# longbow, LOL

I was thinking the same thing about my draw weight after reading that but, hey, they work for me.

My son draws 72# and he is constantly giving the old man a hard time.  

[LoneWolf73]

I always keep a heavier bow than my keeper bows to stay in shape. I do not want to lose the muscle needed to continue shooting my hunting weight range. The older you get the tougher it becomes though. In my younger years I could be reckless but now I have to be more thoughtful of physical activity. Hats off to the heavy weights!

[OP-archer]

I have never been able to master the drawing of a heavier bow.  I'm on the other side of middle-age and I know there will never be an opportunity for me to hunt something so large/powerful that it would require that type of weight.  But, for those of you who can and do you have my respect and admiration.  It just took me awhile to realize my limitations and stay within them.

[3arrows]

My girly bow loves shooting aganist manly bows,the heavier the better.

[Eugene Slagle]

I was shooting 80# back 20 years ago but back then I was more into speed & being the he-man that I now know I'm not.
Now I'm very happy shooting 45-55# bows & I'm not quite in the retirement home yet.  

[straitera]

Who stoked the heavydraw macho debate? Don't care. Hunt ethically with what makes you happy. The more ethicallier (new word) the better.