ORIGINAL: Hoytail Hunter
...to determine what poundage you should be shooting?
If you can sit on the floor cross-legged and hold your bow straight out in front of you (not to the side or pointed up in the air) and draw it back slowly andsmoothly without strain or shaking then the poundage is correct. Correct?
Unless you're the all knowing HCH ... then it's only 60#

Forget about the guy that can do what you just described with 80# .... he is just overcompensating ... or maybe that's the guy that wants EVERYONE to shoot only 60# to make him feel better about .... uh ... himself