it might be what they call tennis elbow,, if you press on the side of the elbow there is a pocket on the wrist side of the elbow bone that would be the very sore spot...  I work in commercial plumbing and got it in both elbows,,,,,, it got so bad Im not going to lie I had to get a 40 pound compound that drops 80% to still be able to hunt.... after that season I had to start practicing with a 40# stickbow shooting a little at a time..

if its the tennis elbow you DONT want to aggravate it where the pain comes back because that means your back to the starting point,,, you cannot work it out it needs to heal on its own without you pushing it.

good news is other than now 50# feels like 60# its completely gone,, im comfortably shooting low to mid 40's but was shooting my 50# bow yesterday. 

I've been dealing with some horrible tendinitis (I think) in my bow arm elbow for the last couple of weeks.  Pretty sure it's from recently getting back into weight lifting. I just got a new PMA and have been wanting to get it tuned. Shooting today went from mildly uncomfortable at full draw to hardly being able to hold at full draw at all. Anybody with this issue noticed a difference in going to a lower wrist grip? Planning to make a doctors appointment Monday. I've had surgery on both shoulders, so I'm sure it's all related. 

American Leathers gloves are great for extended shooting with heavy bows.  It I'm going to shot a couple hundred arrows the glove comes out!

Details? OK.

Drew a very hard to get tag for an area I was already somewhat familiar with, so so far so good.

Weather was miserable — 85-90 degrees every day and, of course, no shade for 50 miles.

I hunted 11 days without seeing a sheep. At noon on the last day, I had given up and was going to drive home, when I spotted this ram following a ewe about 200 yds away. I was already on a ridge above them and downwind, so the hard part was done by sheer dumb luck. I spent an hour closing the gap. He was paying no attention, concentrating on the ewe. I shot him at 25 yds. He went less than 30 yards. That's when it turned ugly, getting him dressed skinned and quartered, then packed out in the heat. However, I got all the meat out in time; it's good.

I had to take the head to game & fish to be "sealed". The guy who did it happened to be the head NM biologist for sheep, and also the head coach for the New Mexico Archery in the Schools competitive team, so he was actually more excited than I was.

Awesome, great deer Mike, congrats!

Enjoy your retirement. I will miss your posts and clear instructions. Best of wishes.

Enjoy your retirement.  You have paid your dues.

Good job Mike! That is a good neighborhood. Glad you connected and Merry Christmas!

Aaron

I've been using a 64" , 60# Wessel Archery recurve this year. Took the buck at 12 yards and the doe at 3 yards. Mike