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.

Check out the Mathews Genesis, one size fits all.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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!!

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.