quality of bow vs ease to draw back

[RadSav]

Absolutely noth wrong with higher poundage.  As long as it's comfortable to shoot and you can hit what your aiming at.  Each year before the season I take the wife down in poundage and let her work back up into her hunting weight.  Pretty soon I'll have to start doing that myself.  The aches and pains of life are starting to get the better of me.

[turkeyfeather]

I shoot a Bear Charge set at 53#. My buddy laughed at me cause he shoots a 70# bow. That was until he saw my bow put a clean pass thru on a deer this last fall and she didn't go 20 yards. I don't know if it is enough for elk, but is plenty for deer.

[vandeman17]

Absolutely noth wrong with higher poundage.  As long as it's comfortable to shoot and you can hit what your aiming at.  Each year before the season I take the wife down in poundage and let her work back up into her hunting weight.  Pretty soon I'll have to start doing that myself.  The aches and pains of life are starting to get the better of me.

I want it to be comfortable to shoot and also smooth to draw. Since I don't hunt from a treestand, being seen while drawing is more of a concern so the easier and smoother I can draw the better. It would also be nice to be able to go out and shoot a bunch and not be tired.

[Fullabull]

I haven't really thought about that. With my new bow, I can probably dial in down to 65# and see how fast it still is. Might save my muscles some time

[coachcw]

the insanity is plenty *censored* at 60lbs . the cpxl needs a few more lbs I'm thinking of backing mine down from 70 to 66 and see how she shoots . the newer bows don't seem to fall off and loose limb efficanciy like the older ones that really liked to be maxed out .

[sakoshooter]

Absolutely noth wrong with higher poundage.  As long as it's comfortable to shoot and you can hit what your aiming at.  Each year before the season I take the wife down in poundage and let her work back up into her hunting weight.  Pretty soon I'll have to start doing that myself.  The aches and pains of life are starting to get the better of me.

Aches and Pains - LOL - I feel ya Rad - LOL.
My next bow will max at 65#. Then the 70+# temtation will be gone.

[Mongo Hunter]

All bows shoot different. My Limbsaver set at 70# feels more like a 60#-65# just cause of how smooth it is. I had the bow shop guy even check it cause it didn't feel like 70#. But they are right you have to work those muscle out they are way different than what you normally use, even in a gym.

[coachcw]

mongo maybe you just keep getting stronger 

[Mongo Hunter]

mongo maybe you just keep getting stronger 

  While that may be true I have shot other bows that were set for the same as mine, one was a martin the other was a older Mathews if I remember right and they both "seemed" harder to draw back but the underlining factor was they just were not as smooth. not saying they were bad bows it just felt different. Had a very experienced bow guy shoot my bow once and said the same thing; "this thing set for 60?". no bad bows just are all different.

[coachcw]

thats why the dzs are slow ! try pulling a old 100lbs martin fury , you will find out if your a man . my new bowtech draws smooth aswell.

[Mongo Hunter]

thats why the dzs are slow ! try pulling a old 100lbs martin fury , you will find out if your a man . my new bowtech draws smooth aswell.

That may be but I like the smooth draw, its really nice in a tree stand. plus I don't do a lot of archery, so with the smoother bow I can practice longer without getting as tired. Killed a nice doe a couple years go at about 20 yards and my bow only shoots about 270fps. she didnt jump the string and the arrow went clean through, the bow maybe slower than some of the others out there but it worked all the same on that one.

[RadSav]

thats why the dzs are slow !

330 IBO is now slow?   Man I must be getting too dang old