For elk and wild boar anything from 60 to 66#.For other games 55 t0 60#.Special hunt in my future Australia and Alaska 70-75# I am practicing with 73# right now.

After shoulder and elbow surgery can't support much more than 45# now. Big game consists of deer very close.

I cast my vote. This should be a very interesting poll.

46# to 53# for me.

Both of my hunting bows are marked 54# @ 28".

Both of my recurve bows are marked at 62 pounds.   As a right-handed shooter I am contemplating buying a 50 something longbow due to severe tendonitis in the left elbow...

I shot a Hoyt Gold Medalist for several years at 87#.  They were the heaviest set of limbs that Hoyt ever made for the GM.  They wouldn't guarantee them.  After about 4-5 years they warped.  Sent them back to Hoyt and Earl steamed them back to straight.  But it took them down to 67#.  I have been stuck in the 63 to 70 pound range for 15 years or so.  Fianlly old age and a bad back have forced me down to 57#.  The higher poundage cleans up a poor release and the extra arrow speed will get you through some lower windows.  Is poundage over 45# needed?  Not really.  But if you can handle it well, then  use it.

I suspect that we will all agree that shooting the poundage that you shoot best is the most ethical poundage.

my bows run from 47 lb to 56 lb now used to beale to shot 89 lb BW all day be this age thing is killing me now

56 to 60 pounds.

my R/D is 67# at 26"

55 to 60 pounds for me.

Mine is 47.5#

My current inventory of bows range from 55# to 60#. My favorite weight for some reason seems to be 57 lbs on a 62" bow.

55-60 here also.

recurve 60

longbow 63

45#s unless the state demands more then 50#s

51# to 58# @ 32"

47 lbs works good for me

43-47#

50/55 just depends on what limbs I feel like shooting (only shoot ILF rigs now)