It depends on the bow. Some bows just draw so much smoother now and the weight increase is gradual and then lets off. If you are only holdingpulling the heavy weight for a short period it will not feel as heavy. Plus, if there is less friction in the cam bearings themselves it helps. My 20 yr old Whitetail legend feels so much heavier but is only 5 lbs different. Using a release to take the pressure off the fingers also helps tremendously.

There used to be a lot of guys that shot fingers with heavy bows. Manufacturers just don't seem to be making bows that high. Hoyt is the only one that comes to mind that still makes them and I'm sure there have to be others. A brother of a friend of mine used to shoot a 90# bow in the 80's. The guy was short but very stocky and very strong. I have mine at 75#'s during the summer and to be honest if it went higher I'd shoot it higher. I'm not 6'8" 300 lbs though. Just 6'3" and around 200. The guys I shoot with draw 70#'s with ease. Both are shorter than me but weight 220 and 270 or so respectively.

Using the large back muscles to draw instead of your arm and shoulder will go a long way in helping to drawhigher poundages. That's why Bob said about the smaller guys that could draw more weight than thebody builder type. The big guy probablywas using mostly his shoulder muscles instead of letting the back do the work. While the smaller guy knows how to draw properly. However, if the big guy had good form he could draw a lot more weight due to strength.If you had two guys with good form but one wasstrongerthe stronger guy will be able to draw a higher weight longer.