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[Doegirl]

The advertised draw weight of a recurve is at 28", correct? What draw weight bow should someone with, say, a 25" drawlength get to reach 45lbs? Is there some rule of thumb such as for every inch take off 5lbs or the like?

[BT]

trilby69 said:

The advertised draw weight of a recurve is at 28", correct? What draw weight bow should someone with, say, a 25" drawlength get to reach 45lbs? Is there some rule of thumb such as for every inch take off 5lbs or the like?

Thats about right to be honest.
45# is pretty rugged

[Doegirl]

admin said:

trilby69 said:

The advertised draw weight of a recurve is at 28", correct? What draw weight bow should someone with, say, a 25" drawlength get to reach 45lbs? Is there some rule of thumb such as for every inch take off 5lbs or the like?

Thats about right to be honest.
45# is pretty rugged

A little too stout for me, yet I've got an ancient Darton Ranger recurve, rated at 45 lbs, righthanded. Unfortunately, I believe the limbs are twisted. I've had it since I was about 12.
Getting a Lefthanded "starter bow" where I'm pulling about 30-35lbs at my drawlength has been looming in the back of my cranium for quite some time.

[akdd]

After shooting the recurve for an while I picked up the compound to shoot and it felt like it weighed an ton.

[Doegirl]

akdd said:

After shooting the recurve for an while I picked up the compound to shoot and it felt like it weighed an ton.

And that makes me think. If one becomes proficient with a recurve, say out to 20-25 yds, I wouldn't think that person would bat an eye at a compound. Why should s/he? That's well within the range where most whitetail are killed. Perhaps there's more advantages to traditional than meets the eye...

[BT]

I have said forever that a combination shooter can and will out shoot a compound shooter.
One simple fact is that if you can hold a recurve at the ready for 15 seconds , you can hold a compound for 4 minutes
Also....concentration is far more developed with the stick shooter and that definitely carries over.

[BT]

trilby69 said:

admin said:

Thats about right to be honest.
45# is pretty rugged

A little too stout for me, yet I've got an ancient Darton Ranger recurve, rated at 45 lbs, righthanded. Unfortunately, I believe the limbs are twisted. I've had it since I was about 12.
Getting a Lefthanded "starter bow" where I'm pulling about 30-35lbs at my drawlength has been looming in the back of my cranium for quite some time.

Your fortunate to be left handed because those bows are more gently used and cheaper normally

[akdd]

I think that it takes a lot more concentration on the target to shoot a recurve

[lonestararcher]

I just worry about shooting an animal with the trad gear because of all the pennetration issue's. I love complete passthrews and they are few and far between with a longbow or recurve.

[Greg Krause]

lonestararcher said:

I just worry about shooting an animal with the trad gear because of all the pennetration issue's. I love complete passthrews and they are few and far between with a longbow or recurve.

Not true.

I passed through 2 hogs at 20yds. one with a 55# recurve and 1 with a 49# longbow. The longbow pig was 600#'s

I shot a 250# buck with the recurve and did not pass throough but I hit the spine the first shot and went through the scap and into the sternum on the second, both 17yds. If i had hit ribs it would have been a complete pass through

The little doe i just shot with the longbow was not a complete pass through but most of the arrow did. I went through part of the scap, clipped the bottom of the spine and went through the leg. again, plenty of penetration and would have easily been a pass through ribs