Also keep in mind that if you decide that you want to eventually increase your weight, that if you are shooting everyday you will gain the added strength to increase it if you desire. At least to a certain point. thereare some people i know that will never be able to pull 70 pounds. that's just the way their bodies work. as the others have said it doesn't really matter anyways. My grandfather has killed propably acouple dozen deer with a 40 pound recurve, so i think you would be just fine with a sixty pound compound.