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hedgeapple:
I like 45-50# bows.  The last 3 I made for myself are 47#.  I do have a 57# hickory bow that I shoot well once I've built up my muscle a bit.  But, I'm with you about needing a bow you can draw after sitting in a treestand or ground blind for a couple hours, dressed in winter clothing on 20 degree morning.

JW_Halverson:
Although I am not surprised when people are "overbowed".  Pick up ANY hunting magazine and you will see every article in the magazine touting calibers that overgun people on deer!!!  Since when does a 160 lb deer need a bloody 7mm mag????  I have seen every form of mil-spec body armor available for sale over the internet for every possible need EXCEPT THOSE THAT FIT DEER?  I have butchered deer and have yet to see that they have cross bred with wild boar to develope a gristle shield over their vitals.  They do not have elephant genes causing their hides to grow 2 inches thick.  Gimme a .243 if you are gonna make me give up my .50 cal with a lite charge of 70 grains.  If the deer is too far, I will continue to stalk.  This is not warfare and I am not a sniper.  It's called hunting.

Surrending soapbox, I'm done....for now!   >:(

crooketarrow:
 Personally I shot 60 to 65 pound bows for 25 or more years. I had 2 strokes in 06 I droped back to 50 #'s after 2years. I've worked back up to 60#'s.
  HERE'S A LITTLE TEST.
  I do all my shooting off stools and prearranged milk creates.
  Get a stool ,chair and draw and shoot from it. It only takes a couple shots. If you don't let your manhood come into play. You'll know after a couple shots if your struggling or drawing and releasing with ease.
 If you are drop down 5#s a couple,few months through the summer. He's right ,back in thelate 70's through the 80's I shot compounds for 11 years. And me and my friends all shot 70,80#'s. Heck I shot 85#'s for 2 years. We all did shoot heavy arrows 2216's I even shot some 2320 before.
  I've shot 2 buck straight on brisket and came out hind quarters. DID'NT MATTER THE ANGLE ONES ADVANAGE OF HIGH POUNDS.
  He's right if your not shooting 70 #'s and 325 ,350 fps now, well your just not in the click. You won't pick up any bow mag and here of anyone shooting 45,50 pounds
  SHOOT WHATS COMFORTABLE FOR YOU,FORGET YOUR FRIENDS AND ALL THE HIPE

Moggy:
I agree,,shoot as much as you can handle and shoot accurately. Shooting style may also be a changer if you are a snap shooter. I draw and hold, pull through with some expansion and have to shoot a lighter set up with my style. If I were a snap shooter/instinctive? I am a split vision shooter/gap and have to hold a second or so to aim before I shoot.

Newindian:
Not to hijack,but seeing as we agree you don't need a heavy weight bow to hunt, how dose arrow weight factor in?

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