Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Bowhunting Whats your draw weight?

PSE 70lbs. 29 inch draw. It will punch right through deer and pigs.

My first compound was a Jennings Model T! I sold my Prime over the winter, and now picked up a Bowtech RPM 360 at 74 lbs. I just put on an IQ Pro XT sight. This set-up really moves an arrow along!

Ross Cardiac 26.5" @ 68 #. Made my first. 2 bow kills with it last year. Two pass throughs with Slick Trick 100s

Oct 1 is soon. Am ready to go.

We start this Saturday.

Mathews monster 8 at 30.5" 63 pounds shooting 505 grain GT xt hunters.

msu hunter;
I'll bet that 62lbs shoots like a dream and makes you wonder why you were drawing so much wight in the past!

I too shot a 70ish lb draw for much of my life. Dropping down to a 62 lb bow was almost like shooting a toy! I really enjoy the lighter draw weight and I can practice with it endlessly.

I also have a 74 lb max draw weight Elite energy. I shoot it at 65lbs. It's a far more pleasant experience then shooting over 70lbs. From this thread I think is becomes clearer that 70lbs is about the maximum level of draw for most folks. Many shoot higher draw weight for some period of their younger lives. However most that continue to shoot over 60 and 70 years old. do not shoot at 70 plus lbs!

I think the companies would do well to make bows that are 65b draw rather then 70. At 65 you could drop below 60 with a couple full turns on the limbs. Yet still lock them down and have 65plus. It seems to me that 65-70lbs is the realistic limit for the great majority of shooters, not the 70 plus so many people think they must have.

Im my experience with a pretty good cross section of hunters shooting game with me from under 100lbs to over 2000 lbs, The vast majority of fantastic shooters have been well under 70lbs. Those over 70 have struggled and made the majority of questionable shots. We simply don't need over 70 lbs to make lethal effective shots under 30 yards. When folks start wanting to shoot 50-75 yards or more...... the complications go through the roof and drive higher and higher draw weights.

My son was 10 when he shot this 110 pound sow with a 40# compound. We used Magnus stingers with a bleeder blade, which I sharpened and honed to a scary sharp edge. The arrow went through but not completely. It stuck out about 10 inches. He shoots a 60# Matthews EZ7 now (he just turned 19). We were in a 2 man ladder stand when he shot the sow. Great memory!!

Very cool. Great pic.

I pull 74lbs.......

Just bought the Hoyt Defiant...65 lbs / 28 inch draw (Had the Mathews Helium....Been using the Rage with great results on Long Island Whitetail so no change there.

70#at 29".

65 @ 28

Jerry Hill Longbow, 60# @ 28", I normally draw 28.5"-29".

Second bow is an original Bear Takedown, "A" riser, with 55lb @ 28" draw limbs.

Third bow for thick brush and treestand is a Martin Rebel recurve, 45# @ 28".

POC Arrows or Gold Tips fletched with three 4" shield cut right wing feathers with 145 gr two-blade Magnus or 160 gr two-blade Zwickey Eskimo for the 60# & 55# bows.
125gr Zwickey Eskimos or Magnus two-blade for the 45# Rebel.

Ed

Mathews Feather Max set @ 60lbs with a 27" draw length. Shooting 505gr total weight 28" long Predator arrows. Topped with 125 gr Muzzy 3 blade. No issues, ever.
Thanks, Tom

My 2 longbow's draw 52#, arrows are 650gr+. I used to shoot 65#+ trad bows but my draw elbow was paying for it and I had to drop down in weight. No issues with the lighter weight on deer.

Got a 2017 PSE Infinity.......set it at 58#.
It's my backup bow to my 48# recurve.
PSE will be shot release.
Still have the Golden Eagle falcon........set at 55#.
Two more weeks and I can try shooting!

Killed a sorry ass aoudad a few weeks ago. The corn eating bastards rate just right behind a pig. He didn't go ten feet before he fell over.

I shoot a Mission Endeavor @ 55 LBS. It is not much but I risk hurting my rotator cuffs and when it is real cold outside and I am cold , I can hardly pull it back when a deer comes by . I have had 2 times in my life I was so cold I could not pull back on a deer.

Spring turkey starts soon

65# at 27.5" on my Carbon Icon.