Draw weight for Old Sliver Slingers

[Northernpiker]

So I’m 68 (age) and down to comfortably pulling 52 lbs, used to be 70. Am I weak, what are you other Old Coots pulling?

 

[smoke]

At 63 I'm right behind you Northerpiker! I shoot a bunch of bows (selfbows and trad stuff) that range from 48# to 65#. The heavy bows don't get shot a lot anymore and will only get less in the coming years. That being said, the bows I shoot the most are right at 55#. That weight still feels pretty good!

 

[87TT]

70 and all three 70 to 73# Shoot almost every day.

 

[SliverShooter]

I am 65, dropped from 68# to 58# around 2000, been shooting that weight ever since.

 

[2blade]

62 and shooting 60 lbs but I've been shooting 60 for a long time. Try to shoot year round, weather permitting. Lifting weights 5 days a week helps as well... use it or lose it.

 

[GLB]

Almost 61 years old, shooting stickbows from 45 to 55.

 

[Elkhunter777]

I was shooting 68.lbs.
I‘m now shooting 64.lbs at age 61.
I can still shoot 68 but 64 is much more comfortable and accurate.
Thanks,
Mark

 

[David Kaden]

I am71 and over the past 25 years I have dropped from 80 to 64. I shoot three or four days a week 30 arrows per session. also my lettoff changed from 65 to 85 %

 

[michaelc10]

I'm 60 and shoot 72

 

[LostArra]

Teddy Roosevelt was probably talking about antler size and draw weights:
"Comparison is the thief of joy"

70 yo
Recurve / longbow: 44-51#
Compound: 51-60#
I can shoot heavier weights on the practice range but I like a little lower weight during the excitement of the shot in a hunting moment so I'm never distracted by the bow especially tree stand hunting for deer in cold weather.

After killing an elk with a 50# longbow, complete pass thru quartering away, I realized draw weight with modern bows has minimal importance compared to arrow flight/accuracy.

 

[BWSmith]

Only started shooting a compound a cpl years ago after 50+ years of building/shooting trad bows....

My first compound deer was shot at 7 yds(70 lbs) from a ground blind. Double lunged....

The arrow was going faster after the pass through than my trad bows can muster through a chrono,on a good day....

 

[fn68]

68 years old. 1986 was shooting 68# now comfortable at 52#.