looking for compund bow for wife
Question:
i’ve been looking for a bow for my wife for about a month now, and am going crazy. her draw is between 24 and 25 , but the kicker is that she can’t draw but 25 pounds. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Response:
> i’ve been looking for a bow for my wife for about a month now
I wouldn’t swap mine for a compound bow. (Sorry, old joke, couldn’t resist it. Like Gorgeous George the wrestler used to say, "The best shot is a cheap shot.")
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>i’ve been looking for a bow for my wife for about a month now, and am going >crazy. her draw is between 24 and 25 , but the kicker is that she can’t draw >but 25 pounds. any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try the new alternative compound bow – www.altservices.co.uk mine is about 25 draw, though it did start at high 20’s poundage, it is now 32lb…i love it!
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My first thought is to start with a recurve as they are lower in power and sometimes less expensive though at this range (25#) she should be ok with a kids bow in the 25-40# range. The biggest caution I have here is that the back muscles used to draw the bow tend to grow quickly. My son could barely pull a 30# load comfortably but it was only 3 weeks of sporadic use that had him up to 35#. Soon he will be edging it up a bit more. What I did for him was took a 27" draw using a 36" string and put on a 35" string. It shortened the draw to the 26" he needed ( I had to adjust the cables to the shortest slot on the energy wheel cams too) and lowered the 40# to 32#. If you find a 26" bow let a bowsmith look it over to see if something similar can be done. Hoyt, PSE, Bear all make good starter bows in the lower wgt/draw ranges…though new may be 200-300 with the needed fixins. I will say that a release aid will increase her ability to pull more too. I hate to drw my 76# with fingers but the release puts the strain on my wrist enabling a comfortable draw. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >i’ve been looking for a bow for my wife for about a month now, and am going >crazy. her draw is between 24 and 25 , but the kicker is that she can’t draw >but 25 pounds. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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My son shoots a Browning Micro Midas just about the configuration you have mentioned. I have also seen PSE Nova’s at about that configuration. I wish I could get my wife interested. Mike – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> i’ve been looking for a bow for my wife for about a month now, and am going > crazy. her draw is between 24 and 25 , but the kicker is that she can’t draw > but 25 pounds. any help would be greatly appreciated.
