Kids Bow
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Fork Horn
Joined: Jul 2006
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I'm looking for a good bow for my 8 year old son. I want a real compound and not a plastic one. I saw a really nice one last year but cant remember who built it. It was tiny but had all the bells and whistles pluswasadjustable up to 40lbs. Does anybody have any ideas?
#2
Several major manufacturers make a youth type bow these days. And you can check their individual web sites for those, but to start, I would suggest you look at the Bass pro web site, and see what they have to offer. Not that you need to buy it from there, but I know they havesome in their lines and they can give you a starting point of what you are looking for. Here they are.

Alpine Micro S-Cam Compound Bow Package for Youth
$259.99

Browning® Discovery™ Compound Bow for Youth
$159.99

Fred Bear® Brave Warrior Bow Set for Youth
$119.99

Fred Bear® Golden Eagle® Brave™ Youth Compound Bow
$59.99 - $74.99

Fred Bear® Lit'l Brave™ Recurve Bow Set for Youth
$54.99

Genesis® Mini Compound Bow Package for Youth
$189.99 - $199.99

Alpine Micro S-Cam Compound Bow Package for Youth
$259.99

Browning® Discovery™ Compound Bow for Youth
$159.99

Fred Bear® Brave Warrior Bow Set for Youth
$119.99

Fred Bear® Golden Eagle® Brave™ Youth Compound Bow
$59.99 - $74.99

Fred Bear® Lit'l Brave™ Recurve Bow Set for Youth
$54.99

Genesis® Mini Compound Bow Package for Youth
$189.99 - $199.99
#3
Matthews makes twogreat youth bows the Genesis and the Genesis Pro. The Pro has adjustable draw lengths so that you can create a hard back wall for teaching back tension release. Both bows have zero let-off (let-off is unnecessary in low draw weights). The zero let-off means that it can really grow with your kid. In my opinion this is the way to go!
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Joined: Oct 2006
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i was also looking for a good kids bow my daughter is 8 now and getting into archery. I did a little shopping and found that Parker has a good program that allows the bow to grow with your kid. The bow they sell is called a buckshot. As your kid gets older and stronger they replace the limbs and such for $50. specs go from 18" to 28" on draw length and draw weight from 20#-50#. So in ten years they could still be using the same bow. you can shop around but it runs about $350 fully equipped




