bow for wife

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My wife just told me she wants a bow to shoot with myself and our six year old. I have a recurve and a compound and my son has a recurve. Any ideas on the best bow for her. She is 5 foot 9 thin build and athletic. I was thinking of a 25 pound recurve. She will not be a hunter hust wants to shoot. Should I go more like 35 pound so that if we go to a 3d shoot she can shoot a little further. Any ideas welcome Thanks Greg
 
My adult daughters like a hybrid longbow with small recurve-ish grip. It's just less overall mass to carry around than a recurve and performance is the same with all the deflex/reflex built into the limbs. I was fortunate to pick up a bow by Mike Treadway who does a nice small grip and puts a lot of zip in his lightweight bows.

Just my opinion but 25# is too low. 30-35# is much easier to tune arrows with good performance and better trajectory. Your wife may not be drawing a full 28" which would make the weight even lower. Any reasonably active person can draw that 30-35. (my daughters started with 32# and now shoot 40#) Carbon Express Predator II arrows have worked well for me in lighter bows.

One thing I have found in teaching 4 daughters and their friends to shoot a traditional bow: have a good arm guard at first. For some reason women will over extend their bow arm and once they get a healthy dose of string slap that shooting session is probably over :) (same thing maybe for guys but I just have taught more women)
 
You can't beat the Samick Sage for the price. Nice to know your not too out of pocket if she decides she does not like trad bows and also you can keep on hand for the future. You can also buy the limbs separate once she learns form and can move up in weight. Hope she gets hooked.
 
Second the Samich Sage. My wife is 5'9" 126lbs, athletic. We went with 25lb limbs. Plus side is she can shoot all day and fully focus on form without getting fatigued. Arrow drops off super fast though. Definitely get an arm guard. Women have a tendency to hyperextend their elbows. That may be another plus for the lighter limbs initially..string slap has never stopped her from drawing another arrow. I also put a "lollipop" sight on the bow. Simplified things for her. Also, consider an introductory archery class. Though I could have shown her, it made things easier for both of us.

Good luck! My wife loves it.
 
Ditto the 35'ish, the Samick is actually a great bow for the money! If you buy her one though, do yourself a favor and buy a good quality fast flight string and toss the one that comes with the bow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They only cost $15-20 bucks and they make a noticeable difference!!!! If money is no obstacle, there are a lot of better performance bows that can be bought though! Check out www.rmsgear.com give them a call and let them know what your looking for and they can steer you in the right direction for sure! I also suggest looking into shooting lessons from a qualified coach unless you are super experienced at that end of the game, can save a lot of heartache! Good luck and you never know, you may end up with the best hunting buddy you ever dreamed of like I did!!!!!!
 
Great thanks I will look into that bow. I could see our family having a great time stump shooting
 
Congrats on the wife shootin! I kidnapped mine and took her to my bowyer on Saturday. She was upset I took her but after some coaching from Craig she was killing it with a light old Hoyt recurve. Come payday we'll go back and buy it. Shes in love!

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Samick is a good bow for the money but don't overlook old Bear, Pearson, Martin, etc. My oldest son has gone thru a few Samick, Browning, and is now on a Bear Grizzly as he grows and gets stronger. I don't think we've lost any money reselling to upgrade.
 
If you think that she is going to take it seriously look into the stalker stickbows bobcat. It is part of South's grow with your bow program. she can start with low poundage limbs and trade them in for heavier as she gets stronger and if she doesn't take it serious you already have your son's next bow.
 
i would do the sage like others are suggesting in the 35# range. i have one with 40 and 55# limbs. .600 spine GT warriors shoot awesome out of the 40# limbs. And its not fancy or super high performance but i killed a bull with the 55# limbs this year. 40# limbs are a little heavy for my wife at her draw. hope that helps.
 
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