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im a 11 year old boy 4'11 92.3 lb pulling 35 pounds at 22 draw leangth

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thats just fine, don't listen to anybody else

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Lol, yeah, it's just fine for your age!

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ya thats fine thats about what i pulled "back in the day",3 years ago

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your fine bud

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That's cool. I"m kind of a crusader for small people getting into hunting. You'll grow of course, but I'm 17 and smaller than you, less than 4 foot 8 and 73 pounds.* I pull a 30 pound bow and got my first deer the day after Christmas.

Sodon't let yoursize stop you.Go out there and hunt. Just make sure to focus on shot placement.

*(I actually weigh a bit more than 73 pounds at the moment, but it's only temprorary.)

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well i pulled like 45 at 11 but im a athlete so what ever and i also prob weighed about 140

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Well its a good thing you don't live in Ohio, you wouldn't be allowed to bow hunt as we have a 40 pound minimum.

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thats fine bro. I'm 17 and only pullin 50.

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Just one more good reason to live in Michigan!

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Im 14 and pull only 25-30# at 26"-30 ". im 5'11 tall

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Lol yuck, i hate Michigan :D Gooooooo Bucks!!!!!! O-H-I-O you guys have Cabelas though so i like it a little bit :-p

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I will be going to Michigan State next year. We are Michigan State and Florida fans. Go Gators.

By the way, we noticed that Michigan lost today to Appalachian State.

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dude that sucks, go away from these forums now loser.

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you want to know 1 huge reason why NOT to live ther??????........................................ ............













THEY LOST TO APPALACHIAN STATE!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

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Dont listen to Jim at all. Form first then worry about the poundage.

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We were happy when U of M lost. We're Michigan State fans. And also Florida fans.

It's going to be touch for us if Michigan State ever plays Florida.

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Absolutely Wolf. And as you get bigger you will be able to pull more. I'm kinda stuck where I am.

Just remember that where the arrow goes is what is important, not how fast it gets there. Hunting with a small bow means you have to get closer. That's a big part of the fun.

Practice every day if you can, or at least a couple times a week. Practice in bad weather too. You may be hunting in the rain or snow.

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I can pull 70#, but 30# is all I got for now and I can't buy a heavier bow because I have had trouble with the police last summer involving BB guns, so my parents don't trust me to get a bigger bow. I take archery, I have been doing it for 2 years now. So how can you call me a loser when I can't help that I pull 30#?. You guys are pretty screwed up in the mind, calling ME a loser. Im just so glad the only thing blocking us from seeing each other is the fact that we are on the internet and on a forum and you could be in a different state or country, besides that I consider you lucky and safe.

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Yah 35lbs and 11 years old is just fine man. And the fact you dont weigh much either. I'm 15 and right now pulling a 60# bow but next year will probably be up around 70#.
Good Luck and yes just focus on your form and making every shot count.
:D

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I'm small for my age also... I'm 5'3'' and 17 years old. I'm pulling 50# at a 28 inch draw length. I've yet to take a deer with my bow, but I've already taken 3 with my .270.

Like she said, don't let your size/age stop. There's nothing wrong with what your pulling.

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ANOTHER MICHIGAN FAN?!? HA! GO BUCKEYES! I'M PRETTY SURE I RECALL OHIO BEATING MICHIGAN LAST YEAR...[8D]

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That's just fine man...it will all come in good time. I'm 17 and pull about 62-65 at a 29 inch draw.




Oh, and no one listen to BowhunterJim....i've read a lot of his posts and he is a jerk...don't take him seriously.

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who gives a crap about college football go REDWINGS all hockey for me :D

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Its perfectly fine buck slayer. When I first started shooting bows I couldn't pull back 45 pounds and I weighed about 190 pounds.

Ithas less to do with strength as it does technique.
I remember, I was in 10th grade and was bench pressing about 290 pounds at the time. The older gentleman who taught me how to hunt told me to come over to his house one day. I was excited because everytime I went over there, he had something interesting to teach me. When I got there he said, we are going to try something different today. You have been shooting guns for years but now I think its time for you to shoot a bow. He chuckled as he pulled an old compound bow off his wall as he said, " you say that you're strong ......right? " I said sure! He told me that this bow was for someone about my age and size to start out with. He said Im gonna show ya how to pull it back, then I want you to do it. he showed me with ease then he handed it over......Now it was my turn.

For the life of me I could not pull that bow back for most of the day. He asked if it bothered me that I could not pull it back. I said yes, I was so discouraged that a 74 year old man could pull it back and I couldn't. He told me to never let it bother me. He said it was nothing to do with strength, but all technique. The next day he called me over to his house again. I ran over, but was not so happy when I seen him pull that same bow down off the wall. He said try it today......I said NO!!! He said try it today, something tells me it will be different. I reluctantly took it and began to pull it. Something was different....It was a bit hard at first but the darn thing actually pulled back!!!! I practiced with that bow every single day and got gooood with it. One day the gentleman took me to the local sporting good store and told me thatI might like some of the new bows better than the old one I was using. He had me try out a whole bunch of them....pulling them back and seeing how they felt. The last bow he handed me was beautifull, he had me pull it back......he said do you like it? I said yes.......he said, was it hard to pull back?....I said no. He said now look at the draw weight in the tag.....much to my amazement, it was 55 pounds.....not 45 like the one I was practicing with.

Now Im 28 years old andcan pull back 85 pounds on compound and 92 pounds on recurve. But I prefer to shoot and hunt with NO MORE THAN 55 pounds.....Its all I need.

You just keep practicing...You will get better with time....and you will find your size has little to do with it in the long run.....GOOD LUCK HUNTING BUCKSLAYER;)