I've been shooting recurves and longbows for years but In saying that I've only owned a few different recurves. The ones I quit shooting are now ornaments In my archery room. The recurve I'm shooting now Is the 1st and only recurve I've used for hunting. Were going on 14 years this year together, It's been great to me.

This spring at a Traditional shoot It seemed almost like my recurve lost some spunk to It. When I 1st got this recurve I was hitting 220 fps shooting XX75 2216 4" 4 fletched arrows weighing at 561 grains. It seemed my arrows at longer distances were arcing more then they ever had before. I didn't think to much of It at the time until about 3 weeks ago. I ordered myself a bow scale being my brother and I share one and when I need It, It's always at his place so I ordered one so I could finally have my own Instead of "ours". It came In by UPS today and right away I checked my draw weight. My draw weight up till last fall was 73lbs at about 28 inches. When I checked It today It was about 61lbs at the same draw length. I'm stunned! I can't believe I lost that many pounds In a years time.

Do these limbs loose some of there strength, toughness after a while? 61lbs Is plenty of weight but damn I was use to me pulling 73lbs and damn near knocking these animals over when drilling them! Is It going to keep dropping? The string Is about 1.5 years old. It's not stretched by any means. The brace height Is with In about 1/4" to 1/2" of what It usually Is. My bow Is a Custom Made Windwalker Take Down Recurve. When I ordered It I asked for 65lb limbs at a 28" to 29" draw. After getting the bow I decided I didn't want to sand the limbs down anymore so I varnished and painted up the bow and the draw weight came out to 73lbs. The recurve is 59" In length while It's strung. One thing I should note Is that this bow hardly ever gets unstrung. Maybe that's my problem right there!![>:]