1.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

I got to thinking the other day about what draw weight of bow I would get if and when I get another bow. Bows are more efficient nowadays and people (I'm guessing) are shooting lower poundage bows.
My question to the masses is, what draw weight do you shoot and what is your bow weight range? Pick your current bow that you shoot regularly.

For example, you bow range might be from 60-70 and you shoot 62.

2.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

If you don't know the exact draw weight just give an approximation. The bow draw weight range though, is written on your bow.

3.) DParker - 10/23/2015

50-70 lbs w/75% L.O. I'm right in the middle at 60 lbs.

4.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

Is your bow draw weight range really 50-70? I thought they were all in 10 pound increments.

5.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

Ran across this and thought it might be helpful...to me.

6.) DParker - 10/23/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;35652]Is your bow draw weight range really 50-70? I thought they were all in 10 pound increments.[/QUOTE]

I was being lazy, and hadn't had coffee yet (as well as several other excuses I just haven't thought of yet.) Yes, with any given set of limbs the draw weight is adjustable across a range of 10 lbs. I was citing the possible range given the three different limbs that were (maybe still are?) available. And my lazy version wasn't even accurate in that I was specifying the possible peak weights, rather than actual range of adjustability.

Mine came with 50-60 lb limbs, and I have it maxed out. According to the adjustment table in the owner's manual, given my draw length I should actually be pulling about 1.5-2.0 lbs less than that. But when I adjusted it I measured the pull weight and it was just about exactly 60 lb...so I'm guessing the peak weight is really somewhere in the neighborhood of 62-ish.

7.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

I'll weigh in myself. My bow draw weight range is 60-70 limbs and the draw weight is high 60's.

8.) Wild Bob - 10/23/2015

My current bow is set in the 60-70 range and the scale says I'm actually pulling 64lbs.

9.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

Depending on the bow, I shoot anywhere from 52-64 pounds

At the low end is a 52# late 90's/early 2000's Mathews that I set up as a dedicated turkey bow for hunting without a blind. I can draw, hold and let down that bow from an awkward position in the presence of a turkey (or at least try, LOL). I shot its twin at 57 # for many years as my primary deer bow. I started with 60-70 # limbs on it (the deer bow), shot 62 for a few years, then 60 for one maybe, then bought 60 # limbs for it and settled on 57. That 5 pounds was making a difference drawing in the tree.

I haven't bought 60-70 # limbs on any bow I've purchased since then. I shoot the next model-year Mathews (similar but not exact same draw cycle) as a dedicated hog bow at 64 (60-70 limbs), but I bought that bow before going to lighter limbs on the other one. I use aluminum arrows and shoot the hog bow out of a blind, so I can get away with the extra effort, and can let down without detection if I need to.

My turkey bow for hunting out of a blind is a 60# set at 60 (limbs are 55-60). I can shoot that bow fine standing on the ground, but have trouble with it in a treestand. It is not the harshest draw cycle I've ever shot, and though it is smooth, all the load is up front. It is the fastest bow I own, and a death ray. I replaced it for deer hunting with a smoother bow from the same maker (50-55 bow set at 55), and that is the bow I consider my primary bow these days.

Since I've only gotten rid of one bow in my life, I have a few others in the arsenal. They are back-ups or special projects of one type or another. Haven't fiddled much with any of them in a couple of years. They are all at 60 # or thereabouts at this point, I think. At the very most, one might be at 62.

I've developed a shoulder issue that I have to keep an eye on (not a constant problem) a few years ago, but that's not what originally prompted my original move to lighter pulls and limbs, though it has sealed the deal with anything I've bought or considered in the last five years, say.

10.) Wild Bob - 10/23/2015

Would you, could do 64 1/3 lbs, on a train, in the rain? :-)

11.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

Don't get him started WB. He's liable to break out in song or poetry.

12.) bow-fishhunter - 10/23/2015

60-70 and 68

13.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

[I]A Poem For Billy[/I]

by Swamp Fox


[I]I patch when my waders get leaky.

I replace when my girlfriend gets freaky.

There's something to do

When I've worn a hole in my shoe,

But no fix when my bones get too creaky.

[/I]

14.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;35652]Is your bow draw weight range really 50-70? I thought they were all in 10 pound increments.[/QUOTE]


There might be someone who does limbs in 5#. Strother used to (some limbs referenced in my post). I looked at Obsession's website-- since they absorbed Strother-- and I didn't see limb weight info, though I didn't dig deep. They may or may not have continued the practice. Jon could probably tell us.

Personally, I liked the idea of 5# increments, but I can see how it might not be too useful to a manufacturer in the mass market.

15.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;35660]Would you, could do 64 1/3 lbs, on a train, in the rain? :-)[/QUOTE]



[I]High Weight And Cams[/I]

by Swamp Fox


[I]Do you like
high weight and cams?

I do not like them,
Bob-I-am.
I do not like
high weight and cams.

Would you like them
Here or there?

I would not like them
here or there.
I would not like them
anywhere.
I sure don't like
high weight and cams.
I do not like them
Bob-I-am.

I do not like them
in a tree.
I do not like them
They're not for me.
I do not like them
here or there.
I do not like them
anywhere.
I do not like high weight and cams.
I do not like them, Bob-I-am.


Would you shoot them
from a box?
Would you shoot them
at a fox?

Might from a box.
Not at a fox.
Not from a tree.
Not good for me.
I would not shoot them at a bear.
I would not shoot most anywhere.
I would not like high weight and cams.
I do not like them, Bob-I-am.



[/I]

16.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

[I]High Weight on Bows (Archery Talk Mix)[/I]

by Swamp Fox


[I]Do you like
high weight on bows?

I do not like it,
Bob-who-blows.
I do not like
high weight on bows.

Would you like it
Here or there?

I would not like it
here or there.
I would not like it
anywhere.
I do not like
high weight on bows.
I do not like it
Bob-who-blows.

I do not like it
in a tree.
I do not like it
It's not for me.
I do not like it
here or there.
I do not like it
anywhere.
I do not like high weight on bows.
I do not like it, Bob-who-blows.


Would you shoot it
from a box?
Would you shoot it
at a fox?

Might from a box.
Not at a fox.
Not from a tree.
Not good for me.
I would not shoot it at a bear.
I would not shoot it anywhere.
I would not like high weight on bows.
I do not like it, Bob-who-blows.

[/I]


:wink

17.) Deerminator - 10/23/2015

50-60lbs Elite tour
very smooth drawing bow.

18.) bluecat - 10/23/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35667][I]A Poem For Billy[/I]

by Swamp Fox


[I]I patch when my waders get leaky.

I replace when my girlfriend gets freaky.

There's something to do

When I've worn a hole in my shoe,

But no fix when my bones get too creaky.

[/I][/QUOTE]

Well now you're just showing off.

19.) Swamp Fox - 10/23/2015

LOL...:grin:



I perceived a dare. :wink

20.) Wild Bob - 10/23/2015

OK, I'll give it to ya...those are pretty good.

21.) Deerminator - 10/24/2015

:nta:

22.) Triton Rich - 10/24/2015

[B]I shot bows around 65# for most of my adult hunting. When I was shopping for my Destroyer, I decided on a 50-60 draw weight. My shoulders aren't the greatest any more and the bow was gonna be fast anyway. I also wanted to set it up maxed out because supposedly they work best that way. So 60# it is.[/B]

23.) crookedeye - 10/24/2015

my last to bows where 55 to 65 lbs.. now I shoot around 62 lbs i'm probally a lot stronger than most of you guys on here ..expecially bullzi and OBH.

24.) Swamp Fox - 10/25/2015

LOL...

25.) bluecat - 10/26/2015

[I]Keen Aches and Cam[/I]

by bluecat

If your shoulder is so weak
Turn it down, turn it down a tweek

If your shoulder is still sore
Turn it down then down some more

Your arrow will still pass right through
Pass right through like Mountain Dew

If you're strong like CrookedEye
Crank your bow up to the sky

If you're strong like CrookedEye
Crank it up so high high high

26.) Swamp Fox - 10/26/2015

Now look what you started....LOL.

27.) bluecat - 10/26/2015

I'm going to turn my bow down and see how I like it. It would definately be more fun to shoot and my drawing on an animal would be less deliberate.

I see now where they are making bows in the 55-65# limb range. Maybe they have been doing this for awhile and I'm just now noticing.

Thanks to all for particpating. There are some lovely parting gifts for you in the foyer on your way out.

28.) Swamp Fox - 10/26/2015

Is that a Hoyt thing? The 55-65# range, I mean.

Who (else?) is doing it?


Makes a lot of sense.


[Insert your joke about exhaustion after carrying Hoyt bows any distance here _________________]

:wink

29.) bluecat - 10/26/2015

Hopefully the spine of my arrow would still be good. Maxima Hunter 350's, 29 inch draw, say around 62 pounds, pushing about 460 grains.

30.) bluecat - 10/26/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35742]Is that a Hoyt thing? The 55-65# range, I mean.

Who (else?) is doing it?


Makes a lot of sense.


[Insert your joke about exhaustion after carrying Hoyt bows any distance here _________________]

:wink[/QUOTE]

Might be, it was on the Hoyt Defiant that I saw that. Oh the Hoyt jokes...LOL!

31.) Triton Rich - 10/27/2015

[B]Bowtech had 65# limbs for the Destroyer for a couple years. I don't think any of the current models have that weight, must not have been popular.[/B]

32.) bluecat - 10/27/2015

Put the bow on the draw board last night and gave it a tweak to time it up again. It was pretty close already. Then I took out two full turns on the limbs. It dropped from 69 to 62. Much easier to pull.

My question is does it matter if you time it up maxed out as opposed to somewhere in between? The only thing really changing is the limb deflection. Somebody chime in. Jon?

33.) Triton Rich - 10/27/2015

[B] The timing should be the same. If your bow has a draw stop that hits the limb, your let-off will be reduced (perhaps from 80%to 75% or something like that) and the draw length will be slightly shorter. This is because the arc on the limbs is less so the stop hits sooner. [/B]

34.) bluecat - 10/27/2015

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks TR.

35.) crookedeye - 10/28/2015

I would like to shoot around 50lbs..but I like to use expandables, I like the big cuts and the perfect arrow flight..

my shoulders aren't the same from all that power lifting I used to do..