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fisher2:
i dont think so  but he has full right to not want others to know for whatever reason he has

adb:
Fair enough. Just confused about why.

toomanyknots:

--- Quote from: Livefortheoutdoors on June 09, 2013, 11:27:39 pm ---He has a right not to post his age. If he doesn't want to, then all I can say is we shouldn't heckle him.

As for training up to a heavy bow and being young and still developing, I started archery only a few years ago, and at first I only shot a 30 pound recurve. Then I went up to a 40 pound ELB, started making my own, made a few fiftey-pounders and  two in the 60s range, long story short, now I can comfortably pull an 80-90 bow. My goal is to be able to shoot around 100-110 soon, so that I can shoot a new warbow that I am currently working on.  :)
but every time I increased poundage, I went up only by about ten pounds, and I trained extensively with that bow for a while before going up again. the point is, go slow and gradually to let your body, tendons, and muscles grow used to the stress, and you'll make it. Make an abrupt, rash jump in draw weight, and you're liable to turn something inside out.   ;)

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Good advice all around,  :).

Thesquirrelslinger:

--- Quote from: fisher2 on June 10, 2013, 12:29:27 am ---im not trying to heckle him im just trying to figure out how fragile his frame is of still growing if he's 16 or so yes he's still growing but he wont have nearly as much time to mess with his body ( think i heard at one time they found bodys of warbow men that where trained from young age and had skeletal issues due to such) if he's too young drawing 80-100% of his weight will increase his chances of having joint issues in older age and can cause a bunch of other issues so yes it is a valid question being that he brought up his age as being a factor

also excuse me for not shooting 100#+ for so long?  does anyone really care if i shoot 80# or 180#? isnt it most about putting the arrow in the mark at your draw weight with ease?

maybe these concerns are just me thinking as a biology major and yes he has 100% right to not post his age if he doesnt want to

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Thanks. That is more or less what I wanted to know... I am not going to be drawing more than about 60-70% of my weight. I just don't want to post it PUBLICLY. There are good reasons for that...

Sorry for starting a debate here.

fisher2:
your fine in my eyes at 60-70% if you go slow and listen to body

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