48 # Black Widow PSR.

I'm shooting 43-45 now. Seems every surgery I have to get results in a lighter bow. I guess getting old keeps some of our bowyers working.

I don't hunt, but the bows I shoot most are 50-55#@28". Since I have a 26" draw, that translates to 45-50#@26. My favorite bow is a 52# (@28")Pronghorn, and I wouldn't be afraid to hunt anything around here with it.

45#@26"

I'm heading that way. This year during hunting season I started feeling a soreness in my shoulder when I draw. Going down in weight seems like a good idea.

Add me to that list too.Did somethin to my shoulder last summer.Had it re adjusted,but it seems,that if i shoot anything over 50,it hurts my shoulder again.

42# @ 28' here.

I shoot 50 at 28.

twotimmer longbow 42 @28" bob sarells longbow 53@28 with my short draw it is 45-46
allegheny super mountain bow 48 @28" dont need any thing  else thats heavy poundage.

I shoot 49@29,45@29, and 50@29

Howzit all,

Currently I am shooting a Great Plains SR Blackhawk 44lbs at 26 inches. If you scroll down on the forum, I have a short story about hunting pigs here in Hawaii. I had a complete pass through on a pig. For me anyhows, I feel very comfortable shooting this poundage. As long as I do my part, the broadhead/arrow will do the rest.

Aloha, Mark

Being green and still a virgin (as to killing game of any type) with this stick with a string on it. When I went to pick out my first long bow I didn't want to be over bowed so I opted for a 45#, figured it would be enough to get me through 2 or 3 seasons before the bug really bit.
Didn't want to build in any bad habits by having more bow than I could handle. My reasoning proved to be true. After the first 6 wks of practise I could definitly tell I was using muscles that normally weren't being used.
After the second year of practise,( along with a empty freezer) I realized that 50# would probably be max. for me.

49# @ 29 inches on my BW huntin bow.

I grew up shooting a 45# Pearson recurve. Had a 20 year affair with wheels and went back to stick and string but I jumped in at 67#. Being I shot 70's wheels, I could shoot 67# curve for hours (no joke, sometimes 6-7 hours straight) until I tore my rotor cuff...

My shoulder wasn't ready for that much weight for those prolonged shooting sessions. I couldn't pull a car door closed let alone shoot a bow once the damage was done. Took a long time to heal up from that bone head move and I was shell shocked to pull any "weight". Started shooting a 47# DH hunter and have ventured up to 55# but I have shot a lot of sub-50# bows and some of those bows can really smoke an arrow. I hunt deer so mid to hi 40's really work for me. I had a 50# Border Black Douglas TD that would shoot a 30" 35/55 at 211FPS, quietly I might add. Can't ask for much more then that.

JL

My recurve is 50lbs @ 28in and i love it right there>

I'd reply, but I'm just a gurrrllll anyway.
And I'll sock the next smarta33 who says anything about it.

Killdeer  

47#@28" A&H ACS CX. Simply perfect.

Mikuta longbow 48#@27"