I agree and it does help to get younger children out hunting. However a 30 pound draw weight is in the gray area for me. You’re expecting young children to be expert marksman and have a 30 pound bow launch an arrow with a cut on contact broadhead perfectly every time. We bowhunters know this is not always possible.
My oldest son shot his first deer with a bow at 10 years old pulling ~32 pounds shooting cut on contact broadheads at ~15 yards. I was shocked at how well this combo performed, the arrow exited the opposite side and the deer went 40 yards. He proceeded to kill two more with this setup. The modern bows can deliver a surprising amount of speed from relatively low draw weights. I am not promoting 30 lbs for elk just sharing my experience. I was really surprised what could be accomplished with such a light bow, that being said I always limited him to 15 yards for shooting at deer. He never missed or wounded a single deer.
)IMHO if you get a modern bow with like 80% let off, 50ish pounds should be fine as long as you limit your maximum range. Some of these modern bows can generate good speed out of 50 pounds.60 or better is my goal . thought I was getting there but managed to tweak it again in march and had fallen behind where I was back in november . I am now pulling about 50 again but it is tough for me to hold it long and just can't seem improve on that without injuring it again. much to do with being dumb and doing what I probly shouldn't . (it's a guy thing
surgery is probably going to be in my future but not ready to go there just yet .
not sure the old PSE is going to ever work for me . think it has 60% let off.
didn't want to but I might have to break down and get a newer bow with better let off and discuss some arrow and broadhead options with local dealer . ??????
