Draw weight

[kbetts]

59# @ 27 MAII
60# @ 27 SAIII
57# @ 27 Tim Meigs

[bear1336]

45 to 48# are all my hunting bows and limbs.

[Ralph Renfro]

All my bows are between 50 and 58#.

[dragonheart]

60 pounds

[Irish Archer]

50#.....  

[Night Wing]

All of my bows are between 37-42 pounds.

[Jim Harris]

The 3 bows I use the most draw 48-49
# @ 27". The other bows I have range from 40# to 60#. Jim

[Mark 507]

71# ferguson Z58

[mnbwhtr]

60-65# at 30 inches

[hedgetree]

53-58# works for me.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

75# Hill and 80# Silvertip, approximately 78# and 83# respectively at my draw length. I don't snap shoot (I'm no good at it); I have to go through a process of draw, anchor, hold, aim, release. However, as I don't hunt big animals all the time, and mainly hunt pigs, I am going to start shooting 65# (68# for me) bows more.

[LoneWolf73]

62#@27

[Doug in MN]

Just looked there are 5 between 42 and 47 pounds. Two that are 51# and 53# and one 57#er. (All at 28") I still shoot them all but the only time the 57# gets shot much is before an out west trip. I draw right at 30" and that one gets to be a bit much on my aging shoulders.

My go to bow is a Ferret 53# at my 30". I would use it for anything on this map.

DD

[CDR]

Silvertip 52#@28", 60" one piece

[Kris]

54# to 64# with 57# being about perfect, drawing 28" for longbows 29" for recurves, shafts 650 grains or better, 25% FOC plus, single bevel 2 blade BH, perfectly tuned arrows yields awesome firepower!

[wihill]

FireFly 57#@28, and home made 62#@28.

[jcp161]

50-53#. For some reason, going above that makes it harder to shoot with any accuracy. Took alot of bows to figure that out.

[DngrsDan]

While I can draw and shoot in the 60 - 65# range I like the feel on my 50#@29", 66" LB. Not too heavy to hold yet heavy enough to take down anything from rabbits to ... ?. Nothing bigger than anything I'm likely to shoot that I want a heavier weight for.

Used to shoot a 70# wheelie, bare finger, a looooooonnngg time ago.   :D   Met a guy back then who was shooting a 125# wheelie.

I couldn't even pluck the string on that thing!   :eek:  

Nothing whatsoever AGAINST a heavier weight. If ya shoot it and ya like it, then God Bless ya-keep on shootin' it!

Matter of personal choice/preference-same as every other aspect of life.  

[L. E. Carroll]

I prefer 53-58# for 90% of my hunting can go up to and comfortably shoot 2 of my bows that are  62# but not that much reason too.

Gene  

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