Good Poundage for kid's bow?

[BEN]

My daughter used to shoot a little wood longbow when she was little:
   

Then she got out of it  for a yr. or so....
now at age 9 1/2 (don't forget the 1/2)   :D    She's wanting to start up again.....
I've been looking at some of the youth bows offered by several sponsors, as well as watching the classifieds......What is a good poundage to start her back up on??? I see a lot of youth bows in the 20# range -----is that good, or maybe lighter? heavier?   :confused:

[Goshawkin]

My daughter is 9 1/2 also. She just moved up to a 17#@18" bow this year.It's a Nitelite from Mike at 7Lakes longbows,I'd highly recommend one.
It really rips the 1/4" wood arrows from BigJim.If you're not sure I'd lean to the lighter side,just so she isn't overbowed.
Good luck

[duncan idaho]

My son is that age and I bought him a recurve from 3Rivers called an "international". It is about 24 pounds at his draw and seems to be working ok. I think he will be able to handle about 30# in another year. He is on the skinny side, but, handles the poundage. I would think if she active in sports, 18-24 pounds would work.

[Chuck Jones]

Go lighter rather than heavy. The worst thing is to overbow. 15#@22" would be plenty of weight. Move up to 20# after she masters the lower weight, and can easily draw to her anchor with 20.

[Bjorn]

Kids under 11 generally don't have much upper body strength and should use only what weight they can easily control and have fun with-fun is the key! By 12 and 13 it is a completely different story.

[ishoot4thrills]

All three of my kids did(and still do) great with short adult bows in the 33# to 35# at 28". The key thing here is these bows are drawing these weights at 28" which is much more length than what my kids actually draw. So, they were only drawing around 20# or so when they first started. They were never overbowed and they have had great times with there bows for many years. I bought them their bows used and when they were much younger than they are now but they still are great for them at their present ages of 18(daughter), 15, and 13.

These first four are from about 1.5 years ago:

     

     

     

     

   

 

[paoliguy]

My 8 year old daughter has a 20# @ 28" bow. It is about 16# at her draw length. It seems to work well for her.

[ishoot4thrills]

Originally posted by paoliguy:
My 8 year old daughter has a 20# @ 28" bow. It is about 16# at her draw length. It seems to work well for her.

Dang, your daughter must have a relatively long draw length for her age. I'm thinking that with those numbers she must be drawing to 25" to 26".

[BEN]

Thanks for the input guys!!  Def. want to keep the weight light and keep the fun-factor!

"ishoot4thrills"----those are some great pics of your kids shooting. Looks like they are having a lot of fun!