Age and Arthritis.... Sounds like me. [:-]

Here's what I did for my A&A. I tried the high letoff, hard cam stuff and JEEZ!! Talk about painful! The cams they've got today come up to peak draw weight real fast, hold it until a few inches before you hit anchor and then dump you like a gob of mud into 75-80% letoff. If you creep the slightest bit, the cam tries to take the string away from you, giving a whole new meaning to "Become the arrow." That kind of stuff freakin' HURTS my shoulders. (I hate to think how many people are going to have their shooting careers cut way short with ruined shoulders because of these cam designs they're shooting nowadays.)

Anyway, I got a Hoyt ProTec with LXPro limbs and Accuwheels, 60 pounds peak, 65% letoff. Yes, it's slow by popular standards, but it's a darn site faster than my old 80 pound ProVantage was with E-wheels and still very comfortable to draw and shoot. The price tag sucks though. A lower price option would be the Reflex Caribou. Even lower price would be the new PSE Nova with Vector wheels.

Martin Cougar Elite or Scepter Elite with their milder cams might be good. Haven't drawn on in a long time though.

Recurves? Chek-Mate. Good quality bows and very reasonable prices.

www.recurves.com