Too much bow ?

A major mistake many people that's shooting a bow makes.

A very important tip that is a MUST!

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• Bowhunting tips
• bowhunting
• bow and arrow

[bobben47]

When my hunting buddies and I were younger, it was the macho thing to pull 80 - 100 lbs. Now we are around 65 years old with many kills and more years than we like to admit, are ALL using around 50#. Not that we can't pull the weight but we realized a long time ago that you must be able to draw very slow to keep all the eyes (not just what you are shooting at) from sounding the alarm...



[bearholds1]

not saying anything about anyone but poundage means nothing in 80s an early 90s the bows were only shooting low to mid 200fps an killing anything they hit with the correct connetic energy truth is i shoot with alot of old timers new bows 55lbs pull set with the right grain arrow with broadhead an i can say they take plenty of game point is poundage is nothing correct setup an correct connetic energy you have it made. (spelling is wrong on some words to lazy to fix)

[shootem241]

i comfortabally shoot at 80.7 lbs... lol jk just 80.. i hate when people say ahhhhh! yup!.... shootin at 73 lbs.. lol

[dirtybutt101]

just say ur pulling 70 lbs. saying ur comfortable with 71 lbs sounds retarded.

[johnnyboy922]

true video. I row 110 lbs dumbells at the gym, I can draw any bow anyone has ever put in my hands. BUT i shoot at 60 lbs draw because I can do it all freakin day and my eyes aint good enough to make clean kills out past 30 yards (where i hunt isnt clear for that far anyhow) so I dont exactly need a rocket to get it done. dont let your draw weight turn into a small dick contest.

[jtschid0910]

@NoahK16 That's pretty nice dude. It's just like lifting weights, the more often you draw your bow back the more poundage you will be able to handle comfortably. I am 16 now, started bowhunting when I was 14, and I started out with 40 pounds. Now I have my bow set to 70.

[NoahK16]

im 12 almost 13 and im 4,7 and 80lb im pulling 42lb easly

[nitroexpress700]

also who cares if you have to pull off a little bit with a compound to get it back once the cams flip over you have a min of 50% let off i mean wtf if you as a full grown adult cant hold 40-50 pounds then i suggest a gym membership. again been shooting archery for over 20 years to little bow =cripple game ,deer should be shot win a min of 45# elk and moose 55# and these are min draw weights with a absolute min 500 grain arrow i have over 300 big game bow kills ranging from rabbits to cape buffao

[nitroexpress700]

also arrows for my bows ar a min of 10 grains per pound meaning a 75# bow will shoot a 750 grain arrow head/combo min

[nitroexpress700]

70 is not heavy in any shape way or form.....the fact it to many people dont put in suffient time to pull bows in that range because there lazy and dont want to work out or condition iv been hunting with a 70 pound recurve sine i was 14 im 30 years old now and still use a 75#@27" long bow for the bulk of my hunting back in the day poundages in the 70-85 were the norm back when people got out of there house and actully got excersize. my heavy bow atm is a 102# howard hill bow