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Post by Woody Williams on May 14, 2015 6:08:44 GMT -5
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Post by parson on May 14, 2015 6:55:58 GMT -5
The closer I get to 70, the shakier my bow gets!
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Post by Woody Williams on May 14, 2015 7:24:03 GMT -5
The closer I get to 70, the shakier my bow gets! Boy...70 pounds is LOT to pull. Maybe you should crank it down a few pounds?  |
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Post by dbd870 on May 14, 2015 9:31:15 GMT -5
The closer I get to 70, the shakier my bow gets! Boy...70 pounds is LOT to pull. Maybe you should crank it down a few pounds? Arrrgh I hit EDIT instead of QUOTE. Anyways........... LOL; I'm hoping I'll still be using a vertical bow of any kind that can take deer at 70. |
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Post by parson on May 14, 2015 11:13:25 GMT -5
Actually, I bought a new PSE Brute a couple of years back. I haven't hunted with it yet, but I don't have any problem drawing it and holding the draw for quite a while. I have it set at around 55#.
I tore a rotator cuff about 10 years back, and didn't think that I'd ever be able to draw a bow again, but it healed up fine! By the way, I'm only 67, so 70 is a l-o-o-o-ng way off!!
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Post by Russ Koon on May 20, 2015 11:27:51 GMT -5
I'm 70, and that shakiness at full draw is a factor. I'm training harder to regain my former accuracy and consistency this year, and it seems to be working so far.
Had a stroke five years ago and it took two years to even get back into the woods with any reasonable chance of success.
When the left arm and shoulder have been inactive for months, it takes a long time to retrain them. And when they are weak, it takes many sessions of a few arrows to amount to the required reps to bring back the former strength and steadiness.
Bow is turned down to 45 pounds currently,to allow more reps while rebuilding ability. I'll start cranking in a little more draw weight at a time soon, and hope to be back to 60+ lbs. by season this year.
Still shooting fingers, but have practiced some with a release and may switch this summer. At present, still have more trouble controlling the "yips" when using a release, but the accuracy is better on the shots where I don't have a mental breakdown instead of a steady squeeze 8^)
As far as exercises to strengthen the shooting muscles.....this last winter I did start using a full gallon water jug as an exercise device. We use bottled water and I end up opening a new jug every couple days at least. I got in the habit of lifting the new jug at arm's length and holding it for several seconds, repeating that several times, and also making circular motions with it increasing in size from small circles to as large as I could make. Seemed to help with the arm steadiness at full draw. I suspect the same muscles that attach to the rotator cuff are ones necessary for stabilizing the arm for good shooting. Not many of the motions we use in daily life put those muscles through the range of motion needed to strengthen them thoroughly.
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Post by swilk on May 20, 2015 13:53:40 GMT -5
Bows have come so far .... A buddy of mine who will be 41 this summer is in the market for a new boy. Rob is 6'3" and about 240 but he has a bum shoulder. He is in the market for a new bow this year and is likely to get 50lb limbs. He will be able to shoot 55lbs with his gorilla draw of 31.5" and shoot much faster than my 72(ish)lbs with my 27.5" draw.
Hopefully same sane draw weights and high left off saves some guys from shoulder problems in the future.
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Post by parson on May 20, 2015 15:14:15 GMT -5
Bows have come so far .... A buddy of mine who will be 41 this summer is in the market for a new boy. Rob is 6'3" and about 240 but he has a bum shoulder. He is in the market for a new bow this year and is likely to get 50lb limbs. He will be able to shoot 55lbs with his gorilla draw of 31.5" and shoot much faster than my 72(ish)lbs with my 27.5" draw. Hopefully same sane draw weights and high left off saves some guys from shoulder problems in the future. My PSE replaced an old XI Legend Magnum that I bought in the early 90s. I was amazed at the difference in performance. |
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Post by art338wm on Aug 12, 2015 14:26:51 GMT -5
FWIW I STRONGLY as POSSIBLE caution anyone who decides to shoot a compound bow at or above 70lbs to always warm up thoroughly before each session. I tore my rotatore cuff mussel in my right (draw arm) shooting bows with a 75-80lb draw weight. And I'm quite a bit stronger than average. Now I can barely manage 60 lb draw weights.
As has been said with today's ultra efficient compounds, a bow of 55lb draw is as if not faster then my old 70lb draw bows. My next bow will have a max draw weight of 60lbs for sure.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 12, 2015 14:50:21 GMT -5
FWIW I STRONGLY as POSSIBLE caution anyone who decides to shoot a compound bow at or above 70lbs to always warm up thoroughly before each session. I tore my rotatore cuff mussel in my right (draw arm) shooting bows with a 75-80lb draw weight. And I'm quite a bit stronger than average. Now I can barely manage 60 lb draw weights. As has been said with today's ultra efficient compounds, a bow of 55lb draw is as if not faster then my old 70lb draw bows. My next bow will have a max draw weight of 60lbs for sure. So very true Art.. Shoots by too high a poundage for any tears messed up both my shoulders. In 2001 If I wanted to keep on bowhuntng I had to go to a crossbow as I could no longer pull even 45 pounds. The newer compounds are much more efficient. |
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