Originally posted by highlow:
Does CO have a bow weight minimum? And if so, how do they check it? Up to the outfitter?
Minimum draw weight is 35 pounds in Colorado
5. HAND-HELD BOWS A long bow, recurve NEW!
bow or compound bow on which the string is not drawn mechanically or held mechanically under ten- sion. String or mechanical releases are legal if they are hand-drawn or hand-held with no other attachments or connections to bow (except bowstring).
a. Hand-held bows, including compound bows, must
use arrows with a broadhead having a minimum 7/8-inch outside diam- eter or width and minimum of two steel cutting edges. Each cutting edge must be in same plane for entire length of cutting surface.
b. Only legal, hand-held bows allowed during archery seasons.
c. Minimum draw weight of 35 pounds required. Let-off maximum of 80
percent.
d. No part of bow’s riser (handle) or track, trough, channel, arrow rest or
other device (excluding cables and bowstring) that attaches to riser can contact, support and/or guide the arrow from a point rearward of the bow’s brace height behind the undrawn string.
e. Bows can propel only a single arrow at a time. No mechanisms for auto- matically loading arrows allowed.
f. NEW! Scopes, electronic or battery-powered devices cannot be incor- porated into or attached to bow or arrow, with the exception of lighted nocks on arrows. Recording devices such as cameras or video recorders attached to bows may be used as long as they do not cast light toward the target or aid in range finding, sighting or shooting the bow.
g. Hydraulic or pneumatic technology cannot be used to derive or store energy to propel arrows. Explosive arrows prohibited.