Help finding a good kids bow
 

My daughter told me this weekend that she wants to get into 3D archery shooting after I took my family to an indoor 3D archery shoot. She is 9 yo and I am looking for a bow that has good draw length adjustability and adjustable poundage. I have looked at a Hoyt Banshee but I was wondering if any of you could give me some information on good kids bows. I am totaly excited about this, she was really into the shooting.

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Check out the Mathews Genesis, one size fits all.

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PSE Outlaw, BowTech Rascal, Seneca, PSE spyder are all good bows for kids around that age. The bows basically have a draw weight adjustment of between 20 ~ 35 # and a draw length of 19/20" up to 25".
The average 9 year old will/should be within the above specs.

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I have two kids that shoot:

- PSE Spyder, S4 wheels, 5-6 inches of draw, my 13 year old uses this and is just now maxed on the draw length.

- Horizon Osprey, I think they are out of business, but awesome kids bow, 7 inches of draw length with modules. He won the bow, so I bought the entire module set.

- bowtech rascal, not sure on the price, but this is one awesome kids bow.

- Golden Eagle Brave might be a good one to start with. No adjustment, but at $50 might be worth starting with incase she doesn't get into it. Both my boys shot these.

- Browing Micro-midas is supposedly a very good bow too.

Personally i would stay away from the Genesis, UNLESS they changed it to have a draw stop. True, its a one size fits all, but it is VERY hard to learn to shoot with it due to not having either a valley or wall to draw into. This makes it VERY hard for a kid to get a consistent anchor point.

--Bob

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I just bought the Browning micro mirage for my seven year old. It is adjustable with both draw weight and length. I got the 20-30# version.

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I bought my 14 yr. old son a Micro Adrenaline from Browning. I bought it for the draw length adjustability of 25 - 28" I think it was. May be too much for a 9 yr old but seems to be a very nice shooting bow. Currently shooting 26" draw at around 41#...191 fps with Gold Tip 35/55's. We go to 3D shoots about every Sunday and he loves it.

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Thanks to everyone who replied. This will give me some information to go on. Thanks again.

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i would highly recomend the BowTech Rascal .i bought one 2 yrs ago for my 8 yr old and she's still shooting it now at 10.It's a miniture adult's bow .

nubo

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I am 19 now and I got my first bow when I was 12. I got a Browning Micro Midas.
It is a great bow and is highly adjustable. You are also able to send it in and get an upgrade for longer draw lengths and highwer poundage.
I took my first deer when I was 12 with 38 lbs of draw weight and now I still shoot the same bow and I am 6'2" with the bow maxed out at about 55 lbs.
I will have to get a new bow soon, but that bow had the ability to grow with me and is a very good bow. It is highly accurate and forgiving.
With carbon arrows I can't really remember the speed it was at, but it has some pretty decent speed. I looked and it seems like they are up to the
Micro Midas 3 now. I can only imagine that it is even better than the one I got 7 years ago. If you want to know more about it you can reply to this,
e-mail me, or whatever else you can do from this site.
Good hunting.
Go Red Wings!!

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Browning micro midas or micro adrenaline, depending on how much she can draw. It's a dual cam bow with 10 inches of draw length adjustment (18 - 28). I just ordered a micro adrenaline for my son in 40 - 50 pound weight from dnrsports.com. The package was only $220.63 with shipping. Comes with a rest, sight, three arrows, and a two piece quiver. Very smooth drawing and shooting bow and won't break the bank on a first bow.



If you got a little more money to burn the Parker challenger is, IMO, the best kids bow out there. They also have a package deal that comes with a rest, sight, one piece quiver, string leeches, bow sling, peep, and four carbon arrows. They also have a "grow up with Parker" program for the original owner. For $50.00 they will upgrade the limbs and cam modules as she grows. It comes in 20 - 50 pounds and 23 - 27 inches.

They also have the junior mag that you can get in weights from 10 - 40 pounds and 19 - 24 inches although it does not come in a package deal.

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Last fall I bought my 10 year old son a Browning Micro Midas. The long range of draw length and poundage should let him shoot it for several years. The package also came with a sight and quiver. He was able to group pretty good with an added wrist strap, peep sight and old thumb release.

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I was teaching an 11yr old kid last weekend a bit about shooting.......he had never held a bow before but for some reason is one of those kids who out of thin air had that I need to shoot a bow switch turned on.:)
Anyway, I took him under my wing.
I borrowed the only kids bow that I could find from my archery club. A Mathews Genesis for him to use. Put a sight,rest on it but didn't serve in a peep.
That could have been part of the problem, but he had a BEAR of a time finding a consistent anchor point .That, ( and a dominant left eye[:-]) was a challenge.
For a complete beginner of a young age, the Genesis is decent because it is very easy to pull, gets off the fingers quickly because of no let-off, but there is no feedback as to when to stop drawing.
I think that if you choose to use one of these bows, that you form your own draw stop by crimping a couple of brass nock-sets on the string below the slide which will act as a stop at the correct draw length.
I have no idea as to the accuracy potential of this bow because it was his first time, but the arrows were sticking the target so that was a plus.
I get the impression that older kids will yearn for more performance and accuracy very quickly with the Genesis.

Regardless , it was a fun time......we shot for HOURS and ANY bow was the best bow. HE also shot for hours more with his grandfather after I was gone. I was trying to teach a little form, safety, finger shooting and having fun.
I left him a 3D deer target and my block along with 8 arrows and orders to shoot all he wants.
Good kid, and I think he's hooked. He just wanted to shoot and shoot until his arms were numb.:D

I think in no time he will graduate into a bow of his own.......if I can get my hands on one , I'd like a low poundage draw length specific bow with a valley and some let-off. I'm just new to this and not sure just how "Tech" I should get with him right away.

I know I could set something up with a peep, release etc that would have him on target quickly with minimal effort......or do I let him figure out through his own intuition for a while (with guidance) what it takes to hit the target more often than not with the bow he just started shooting?

Man I'm gonna be a treat when I have kids of my own.:eek:

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Just bought this bow for my wife. "Grow up with Parker" is the reason.

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yeah it is the same deal with the $50 upgrade for the original owner with the Micro Midas and the Micro Midas is a little cheaper

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Something the local shop does is take a 40-50 lb draw weight range PSE Nova with a draw length range from 23-27 or 24-28 inches and short string it by an inch or so. This decreases the draw length range slightly and lowers the draw weight thus making it a better fit for a young shooter (though the youngest I have seen this done for was a 10 year old). The cams are still in synch with one another but the timing is off. This does not affect accuracy or shootability in my experience but does allow the bow to cover a drastically larger draw length and draw weigh range. This in turn allows the bow to really grow with the young shooter and it only costs $4 or $5 for the slightly shorter string. As the youth gets older and wants more draw length or draw weight then the original string is again installed and the bow continues to fit the shooter.

Just a thought as alot of these "kids bows" can cost close to $225 and higher yet the PSE Nova normally retails for around $180 locally and yet could last potentially much longer.

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Matt, did you know the Genesis Pro has a draw stop? The riser is cut further past center as well. Very nice bows for institutional type formats IMO.

I'll have to weigh in with the Alpine Micro. We got one for one of my boys last Xmas and it is a very nice bow. 20-28" dl adjustment with an easily changed sliding module. I've had this jewel at 28" (my draw length) and 40 lb. and it shoots my 300 grain CXL's very fast with great accuracy. It is a blast to shoot. Paper tuning and creep tuning was a breeze. If I could just get him to shoot more often he'd be pretty tuff to beat:).

Here is a picture of the setup (if I have any luck posting it), but we have ditched that stabilizer for one of my custom bilt multirod'ers (24" @ 4oz's). Sweeeeet!;)




http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...3&from_album=1
http://www.imagestation.com/mypictur...3&from_album=1

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Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that pricing is inline with the other models listed above. And 21 to 28", not 20".

http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomfr...archery.com%2F