I am hoping you bowhunting experts can give me some advice. This is my second season bowhunting and I am enjoying it very much; in fact, I got my first deer last month. However, I started bowhunting at the age of 46 (now 47) and I do not think my left shoulder is going to hold up. The draw weight on my Hoyt Magnatech (Command cams) is set down to about 55 lbs, but 20-30 practice arrows cause my shoulder to ache and I think it is getting worse. If I don't find a solution, I expect I will have to switch to acrossbow which I do not want to do.

It seems to me that part of the problem is the "holding weight" of my bow. Since the Magnatech has a 75% let-off, I should only be holding less than 15 lbs. However, there is virtually no margin (in terms of draw length) between the point where the cams turn over to reach this 75% let-off level and the "wall" at the physical end of the draw. In order to keep the cams turned over I suspect that I am actually holding 25-30 lbs: if I relax my draw I reach a point where the cams begin to release.

Is there a bow/cam type with some margin between the full let-off and the physical limit of the drawn bow? I would like to be able to draw and anchor in this area where I am truly holding less than 15 lbs.

I appreciate any advice on this.