I draw 47# w/my Widow, and 45# w/my Bob Lee.Have taken 6 deer w/these bows since I started trad. 2 yrs ago.

PETE

I shoot a Ben Pearson Deerslayer 50# and a Regency 45# Both are Recurves.

My bows are all less than 48# at my 27" draw and they seem to do the trick!

Claudia

Hummingbird recurve 47# @ 27"
Thunderhorn longbow 47# @ 27"
Brackenbury recurve on order 47# @ 27"

I kinda like 47# @ 27"  

All my hunting bows are under 49# at my draw.  Complete pass thrus on 5 bears using stone points to Wensels!  Seems to work for me...Doc

I have two at 45#'s and one at 48#'s. I have found that to be a comfortable range for me. Plus it will get the job done on anything I hunt! Leonard.  

My bows are 52# to 58#.

Tri-State Jaguar   49@27"....I'm taller than Red Beastmaster 8^).

41 lb Chek Mate Kings Pawn Deluxe

i shoot a 48lb zipper at 28in draw,shot a doe at 26yds this evening,pass through.shot a new mex 6 by 6 bull elk this year at 20yds head on through the chest and buried to the fletch,dead on impact,slid 30ft down the mountain.

42-44 lbs, but own quite a few bows in all ranges up to 68#

Kanati longbow 46# @ 28"
Kota Killum recurve 48# @ 28"
Black Bear 45# @ 28"

These are the ones I shoot the most. The older I get the better I like the lighter bows.

nice thread, I'm in the middle of moving down in weight right now.

I figure I really need something around 46#@29 instead of the 50-55#@28 I've been shooting, trying anyway for the last few months.

I wish I could convince more people to lighten up(though obviously the folks on this thread don't need convincing). A run-in with a 110 pound compound left me with permanent shoulder damage. My heaviest bow now is 53#@27... and I can barely handle it. My newest Owl is 45@28. If I order another bow it will probably be 40 @28...and I have shortened my "normal" draw to about 27"

Seems I remember reading PBS  promoted or promotes a 50# bow or heavier for hunting. Anyone else recall.

41# , 43 # , 2 x 46 # . Lookin after a mistreated shoulder and since I switched to heavier arrows - good results target and huntin . Though favourite selfbow is 58# now she started life as a 47 # and I shortened her up in a moment of madness . regards Jacko

Custom longbow  48#, Bear Kodiak Hunter 45# and a Northwind flat bow   34#  which is my favorite  bow to shoot.  wife shoots a 32# bear cub. All have killed a deer or two. Don't really count.

Jon
Semper fi

Pray for our troops this Christmas Season.

I just started shooting and I am shooting a Martin m-14 longbow at 45lbs @ 29 1/2 inches.  Can't pull anymore right now because of shoulder surgery.  One more sleep till HO HO time.

I'm shootin' my #49 bow