Archery Question?
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I am an intermediate archer at an archery club, but i've always used the clubs equipment. Now I have the money to buy my own bow. But my question to you is, what are the differences between a lighter bow than a heavier one?
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I am an intermediate archer at an archery club, but i've always used the clubs equipment. Now I have the money to buy my own bow. But my question to you is, what are the differences between a lighter bow than a heavier one?
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To me, personally, a lighter bow, if we are talking about the weight of the bow for hunting purposes, comes in handy when you are walking into the woods and carrying the bow. Also, when holding the bow on target and having to keep it up and drawn while waiting for the game to move into the right position for a shot. A heavy bow would cause you to have to let down, if you had to hold at full draw. The reason your arm being extended holding up the bow, it would be hard to keep the sites on the target if you had to hold for very long.
I also like a short bow as well as lite. When having to go through the brush it is easier to manuver in and around the brush with a shorter bow.
Now these are my personal thoughts on the question and my personal experiences. I don’t know if there are any technical answers or not to the difference of a lighter bow over a heavier bow.
I use a Martin Jaguar compound bow set at 70lbs with 75% let off. This bow has never failed me and is extremely quite when shooting.
Since you are in the market for a bow, go to a bow shop and check out everything they have to offer. Handle them and hopefully shoot them, most bow shops will let you do this if they have a indoor range to shoot.
The bow you choose has to be a personal choice, what fits you, what is comfortable for you to hold, pull back, and hold on target without weaving in and out.
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I prefer a 58 inch 45Lb Re-curve Bow with no sights or quiver on it for Hunting purposes.*.. I use a hip quiver, and shoot instinctive.*
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agree with both ,, having shot the bows with all the bells and whistles, i return to traditional shooting
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You put this question in hunting, and yet you sound like a target shooter. It all depends on the application. Lighter bow, assuming you mean the physical weight of the bow rather than draw weight, will safe you more energy as said above. A heavier bow on the other hand also has its advantages, a heavier bow has more inertia, what that means is it’s more resistant to torque from your hand also more resistant to jittery movement while you aim. When you hold a light object in your hand, you can move that thing around rapidly, hold a heavier object and the movement becomes slower and smoother. Slow and smooth is what you want when you’re target shooting, but not at the expense of having your form breakdown due to fatigue.
So first and foremost, get a bow that you’re comfortable with, or start weight training to strengthen your shoulders.
Now if you mean draw weight, the heavier draw will get you more speed. More speed means you can shoot farther and have the arrow less affected by the wind. Same story here, don’t just go out and buy heavy bow because it’ll breakdown your form.
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Light or heavy ?
Light weight is usually for target shooting. that is because target shooting events usually take almost all day to shoot an event. I use to shoot NFAA 2 day or 3 day shoots for over 20 years. Most field shoots average 4 arrows at double or triple 18 target rounds. That’s drawing your bow 144 to 216 time over the 2 or 3 day period.
Most target weights are usually under 50 pounds. For some of us crazy guys we target shoot up to 70 pounds.
Heavy weight is usually used for hunting. Most bow-hunters don’t have to pull there bows too many times to take a shot at an animal The heavy weight is to throw a heavy arrow over a distance as fast as possible to kill the animal before it could get out of range.
Most hunting weights are over 45 pound up to 80 pounds. In some cases up to 90 pounds. I hunt with a 70/75 pound draw, have been bow-hunting over 30 years.
I hope this explanation will help you?