Just for background I'm 5'11" and shot 28" draw so buy a bow that you can use for years. They make them with adjustable draw length and weight. Don't pull more weight then you can handle. I see too many hunters on TV that are shooting way too much lbs. 50 lbs. out of a compound bow is far faster then any of the old 75 lb. recurves could do so will easily kill a deer with the right arrows. You should be able to extend your bow arm toward the target and pull the string to your anchor point using your BACK muscles. You shoot a bow properly by using back muscles not arm muscles. (I was 2 time Wisconsin state champion and took 17th place at the national tournament shooting against the best in the country).
And just set the bow at the weight you want. Get a target set up so you can kneel and shoot squarely (vertical and horizontal) into it at 10 feet back. Hang some freezer wrap or newspaper so that it's six feet in front of you. Shoot through the paper into the target and adjust your nock and arrow rest until you get a round hole (no tear) through the paper. Start with your nock about 1/2" above center. If you get the round hole through paper your bow is shooting whatever arrows you use perfectly.
Last edited by warbirdlover; 10-20-2011 at 08:16 AM.