Draw weight

[G-Man]

52lbs let's me do a nice smooth push pull draw... Using that method it's almost impossible to be picked up on by game while drawing.. I  see way to many people shooting to much weight and they can't draw their bow properly.. 

I've also seen many friends and family with shoulder problems that were shooting to much weight.. They all have reduced their poundage now.. With proper limbs and weight your bow is just as efficient as a higher weight draw with out the other problems that come with excessive poundage

[ny hunter]

51lbs on my pse 

[Jeremy K]

3 minutes ago, G-Man said:

52lbs let's me do a nice smooth push pull draw... Using that method it's almost impossible to be picked up on by game while drawing.. I  see way to many people shooting to much weight and they can't draw their bow properly.. 

I've also seen many friends and family with shoulder problems that were shooting to much weight.. They all have reduced their poundage now.. With proper limbs and weight your bow is just as efficient as a higher weight draw with out the other problems that come with excessive poundage

By improperly ,do you mean the people that look like they're hunting flying birds when they draw?

[G-Man]

Just as a point .. Bows are most efficient at max draw weight.. Keep that in mind when buying a bow

.the well it goes to 80 lbs is not good if You shoot 55.. A bow that maxes at 55 or 60 Will shoot much more efficiently than one turned down from 80

[G-Man]

Just now, Jeremy K said:

By improperly ,do you mean the people that look like they're hunting flying birds when they draw?

Yep the flying pull back or having to horse. The bow back.. You should be able to keep your bow perfectly in line with your target completely through the draw.. No having to bring the sights down into it or up l into it

[The_Real_TCIII]

60lb bow buried so probably @62 

[Core]

~59. I might have even brought it up to 60 last year just on principle. I know deer die just fine at 50 (and even lower), but more draw weight very slightly reduces the margin of error with ranging (higher speed/less drop) the target and slightly increases the damage to the target. Both of these are hardly measurable in practice, of course.

I might lower it more comfortably into the 50's at some point just for long term injury prevention. 

Edited September 28, 2017 by Core

[OtiscoPaul]

64lbs 75% let-off, APA Mamba Air TF

28" ATA, 320 IBO (@70)

Under 5lbs total weight.

Edited September 28, 2017 by OtiscoPaul

[BigVal]

73 on the scale

[dbHunterNY]

i've shot my current bow and others at 70lbs or close to it well in hunting or competition situations for years.  i just turned down my primary hunting bow to 62-63 lbs last night and re-tuned it. i can draw disgustingly easy now and can hold that much longer.  at 345 fps IBO it's still fast with arrows over 400 grains.

[dbHunterNY]

1 hour ago, LET EM GROW said:

70lbs limbs maxed out.. id say give or take a couple pounds. from 70 and I'm there lol

 

Speaking of bow draw weights and let offs... Did anyone see the PSE video where the guy puts the new PSE on a Poundage scale. Once its at full draw he lets go and the bow stays in the "Full Draw" position without anyone or anything holding it?? Pretty wild Holding weight there!! 

ever surf the internet for people duplicating that video?  haha  pretty fun to watch.  sheetrock dust settles and the bow stuck in the ceiling.

[LET EM GROW]

2 minutes ago, dbHunterNY said:

ever surf the internet for people duplicating that video?  haha  pretty fun to watch.  sheetrock dust settles and the bow stuck in the ceiling.

I have not, but that will be on my to do list at lunch! lol

[dbHunterNY]

12 minutes ago, LET EM GROW said:

I have not, but that will be on my to do list at lunch! lol

seems the few i've seen have been on social media with no actual link to it.  just search for one i've seen and it got taken down.  i keep coming across the young man trying to draw a bow, gets it back, and then it comes flying back at him.  another where a guy is in a kitchen  showing others how easy it is to draw.  puts his head between riser and string to be funny.  then he gets stuck.  lmao... still, i'm kind of disappointed.

[Core]

This guy has a 99% let off vid but too much of a wuss to take his device off it:

also this thread has a pic:

http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1967983&page=6

[Rebel Darling]

60lbs.  I'd like a quieter bow with a flatter trajectory, but my bow certainly has worked for me to date.

[grampy]

52lbs. scaled. After shoulder surgery in May.  I've come a long way baby!  Shooting a 17 year old MQ-32.

[Ontario Buckhunter]

65lbs. Was shooting it at 75lbs in the week between when I bought it and got it tuned what a bad idea that was.

[airedale]

I have a couple of recurve Bows one pulling 35lbs the other 50lbs my compounds I like having them setup in the 60lbs area. An exercise item that really helps out for archery is the old 'Bullworker" the older guys here probably remember them well as they were promoted quite a bit back in their day. Don't see much advertising for them these days but they are still available and they work well for exercising the upper body and especially the muscles used in archery.  There are two models, the big regular original model and the small steel bow model. I have mine sitting right here in my gun-computer room and use them for a few minutes just about every day and as an old geezer I can tell I have zero problems pulling back any of my bows. The main thing with these and especially with the big version is to start out real easy at first as you can pull some tendons if you are too rambunctious and go at it hard.

Al 

Edited September 28, 2017 by airedale

[Taylormike]

I shoot 67#'s, I'm capable of maxing my bow at 75#'s but I see no reason to.  As some have stated, it's important to draw in a straight line.  Also, when you are trying to draw on a deer in stealth mode after sitting in 30* temps all day, it somehow turns you into a weakling.  Nothing higher than upper 60's for me.

Edited September 28, 2017 by Taylormike

[Buckmaster7600]

77# with a 430gn arrow at 339fps.


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[SteveB]

53# on the recurve,

51# on the compound.

[OtiscoPaul]

1 hour ago, Buckmaster7600 said:

77# with a 430gn arrow at 339fps.


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Damn that's fast with a moderate arrow.  

Chuck another 200 grain on there and you are killing anything on earth through bone.

Edited September 29, 2017 by OtiscoPaul

[Buckmaster7600]

Damn that's fast with a moderate arrow.  
Chuck another 200 grain on there and you are killing anything on earth through bone.

It helps when you have a 31" draw.


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[OtiscoPaul]

1 minute ago, Buckmaster7600 said:

It helps when you have a 31" draw.


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It also helps when you are drawing 77#.

Edited September 29, 2017 by OtiscoPaul

[LET EM GROW]

22 hours ago, dbHunterNY said:

seems the few i've seen have been on social media with no actual link to it.  just search for one i've seen and it got taken down.  i keep coming across the young man trying to draw a bow, gets it back, and then it comes flying back at him.  another where a guy is in a kitchen  showing others how easy it is to draw.  puts his head between riser and string to be funny.  then he gets stuck.  lmao... still, i'm kind of disappointed.

Yea ive seen those lol, they were pretty good. Would love to see some bows rip through a ceiling though!! lol