I have a 10 year old boy that would freak out if Santa brought him a bow for Christmas. The Brownings are hovering about $200 +-$20 and I wasn't thrilled to spend that much coin. What brands would some of you recommend for the same money or hopefully less. He's small for his age but is strong and our state has a 40# minimum for hunting. If anyone has a gently used one already set up with a good case to sell I'm interested.

soonershooter, I can ask around at our archery club this weekend. We have tons of kids there, and an indoor 3-d tonight(friday)so there should be plenty of people around.

Mitch

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What are you wanting to start him off with? Compound or Traditional/Recurve? I started off with a Bear Compound that was for the time very nice but, as I got older I switched over to traditional archery & have found it far more pleasing. As for the prices, I think you could get a far better recurve for $150-$200 than you could a compound. Safety: I would much rather see your son dry-fire a recurve than a 20 piece compound!! IMO it's much easier to learn with traditional.. no sight pins, peep sights, release... Good Luck
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sooner, look on ebay. I recently sold a Micro Midas for $157, nearly new. I got my son a BowTech Rascal. More money, but a much nicer bow. The Browning is a great youth bow. I'd think hard about starting him out with 40#. Too much bow will be hard, and possibly discouraging, to start with. Browning will upgrade limbs & cams as he grows. Shooting with your son will bring huge rewards for you. It has to me.

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I agree with Pdq 5oh. Starting out with 40# might be too much. Hoyt makes a youth bow called the Banshee. Their website says it has a 16&quot; to 23&quot; draw length and draw weights from 25-45 lbs. So it can adapt to him as he gets stronger. And it comes in camo plus some other colors. They don't have any prices on there so I don't know what they sell for. Ebay is a good idea. They have alot of bows. Good Luck.

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the Mathews genisis is a good first bow also you can turn it down to 15 lbs

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I bought my son a PSE outlaw this summer. He is also small for his age and 10 years old. The problem wasn't what he could pull but his draw length is only 18. That only allowed him to pull about 20 lbs without screwing him up on draw length and giving him bad habits. Personally I didn't worry about him getting to hunt deer this year. I wanted him to practice a lot first. He is deadly with it. He will be hunting rabbits this winter with it and as his draw length gets better, we'll up his poundage until he can pull enough to hunt deer. By the time he gets there, he'll know how to track, what shots he's capable of, and when not to shoot. It's a very smooth bow at $199

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JMHO, I would get him a traditional bow setup and let him shoot for a couple of years before deciding if you want to get him a compound. I bought my seven year old one last year, and he loves it. When he is about 12 or so, I will consider getting a compound unless he wants to go with the longbow.

As much as I hate Matthews the genniss is a great bow for kids and it is in the same price range

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