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RE: 60# or 70# ?
Itotally agree with what you are saying. Physical abilities should set your draw weight. If you have bad shoulders or back it is very hard to draw back heavier weight and should stay lighter in order to enjoy shooting and not injure yourself.
However,I also believe that many people do not want to stay in shape that are perfectly healthy and therefore go lower on the weight and their excuse is they do not need to use a heavier weight. If you are healthy i think you should use the weight that you can use sitting down and draw straight back. Not using the point to the sky method. |
RE: 60# or 70# ?
I've been thinking about this one for a while.
I shoot 3D with guys who shoot anywhere from 55 to 80#'s. Everybody seems to be at a draw weight that they can handle except the 80# shooter. For 3D.....I just don't get it. Our indoor range will ONLY accomodate a 43 yd. shot. For hunting......I don't guess it would be an issue.....BUT.... Randy Uhlmer (sp?) says......if you can't put your sight pin on your target......and draw your bow straight back.....you're over-bowed. The 80# shooter does the "point the bow at the sky" thing when he draws. "I" would imagine that the disadvantage of the extra movement required would off-set any advantage the performance of the 80# bow could give THAT archer. As long as I have no issues with the above scenario, though......I'll max my bow out, performance-wise (for deer). But would I have ANY issues (confidence-wise) taking a 60# bow in to the woods, hunting? Nope. None, whatsoever. Don....you make me think. I think I might try a 60# bow for the next one. In fact.....the Guardian at 60#'s isn't a bad draw cycle. You may have just got something brewing. Thanks:eek::D |
RE: 60# or 70# ?
The point to the sky method usually results in 2 things.Torn muscles or ligaments followed by surgery. IfI can't draw straight backI won't shoot the poundage. I'll add a 3rd. Everyone else looking at you like you are a dumba$$ for shooting a bow too heavy for you.
A 45# bow will work on deer. And the latest bows at 60 are better and faster than my old bow at 70. I just prefer shooting the highestI can in caseI would ever get the chance to hunt something a lot bigger than a deer. AndI know that lighter weight will work onbigger gametoo. It's a confidence factor. |
RE: 60# or 70# ?
If you can pull it, shoot it.
Although you strive for it, not every shot ends up being a double lung that only needs to bustsome ribs at max. I am a firm believer in shooting as much Ke as you can handle. |
RE: 60# or 70# ?
I have both poundagebows and my Bowtech Tribute is peaked at 60# while my Hoyt Vectrix is peaked at 70#. The lesser pound Bowtech is a dream to shoot and I really wonder why anybody, including myself is buying 70# bows. You basically gain nothingwith the70# bow,except for more kinetic energy which means the arrow sticks in the dirt 3" after it blows through a deer compared, to 2 1/2" in the dirt with the 60# setup. The lesser the poundage, the quieter the bow; that is a known fact. When we step up to a higher poundage bow,most of us know that we are then required to step up to a heavier spined arrow, which in turn keeps the speed out of both bows relativelythe same.My wife and boy shoot 45# and 50# bows and their bows are quieter than mine. My boy at 11 was blowing arrows cleanly through deer at 20 yds with a 40# bow. I really have the 70# setup for elk and moose but in real honesty, how often do most of us hunt these big animals? My wife put an arrow cleanly through a bear last fall with a 45# setup. Is it machoism, ignorance, or do we buy 70# and heavier poundage bows because that is whatour friends, piers, or the pro shops tell us to do? If you are shooting a 70# instead of a 60#, WHY? Just curious if others here are seeing that there is no need to be shooting these 70# bows. |
RE: 60# or 70# ?
All back and no brains. I have shot a 70 lb bow my whole life, all set at 60-65 lb. Dumb! I can draw the 70 lb no prob, its holding there for the minute or two that royaly sucks! My next Mathews will be a 60 lber. With out a doubt!
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RE: 60# or 70# ?
My Vectrix is a 70 #'er.......Set on 69.
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RE: 60# or 70# ?
ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr My Vectrix is a 70 #'er.......Set on 69. |
RE: 60# or 70# ?
This is an argument I have with myself all the time. I have gone between 62 and 72 pounds back and forth for 10 years. I still don't know the "right" answer.
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RE: 60# or 70# ?
ORIGINAL: Germ ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr My Vectrix is a 70 #'er.......Set on 69. |
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