I shot some new bows last weekend that were 60# bows and I LOVED shooting them !!! I currently shoot a Switchback XT 70# and was always happy with it but these new 60# bows are so much easier and smoother drawing that I have to have one ! plus I have a bi-lateral bicep tear in my left arm (I shoot right handed) that will take most of a year to heal and I still had no problem pulling the 60# new bows. My question is do I buy a 60# bow or a 70# bow and turn it down?
You need to shoot whats comfortable for you. There's a number of people that shoot high poundages because, well, thats expected or thats the cool thing to do when in reality they would be better shots if they shot a lower poundage and 60 will kill most things just as dead as 70. If 70 is comfortable though, by all means do it.
If you're buying new anyway, I'd go with a 60#. You said how much you liked shooting them, and if you have a bad bicep, I'd think it'd be nice to have the option to go lighter. Of course I shoot a 60#er so I might be biased
As Jeff suggested you can turn down your current bow if you wanted. If you buy a new bow I would say go with a 60#. Many of the today's 60's shoot as fast as yesterday's 70's so you may not even have to change your arrows to get tuned up.
My last three have been 60 lb bows. I now shoot a 60 lb Monster 2 screws out. So I'm actually shooting about 55 lbs with a 410 grain arrow at about 290 fps. These new 60 lb bows shoot better and faster than the 70 lb bows from 7 yrs ago.
What do you plan to hunt with it? If just whitetail, 60# is more than enough, and you can hold that back forever on an edgy whitetail while waiting for a good shot.
Im in nor cal and will be hunting mostly hogs and blacktail and when I can I will go east and hunt whitetail or elk
Agree with what's been said. Shoot what's comfortable. Alot of guys on here shoot 70 because it's comfortable for them and they want to. There is no need to. I shoot 60 because it's comfortable for me. With the right arrow setup I can kill anything in North America. Being your from Northern California you should know there's some fairly steep terrain and a comfortable bow to draw in awkward body positions is an absolute must.
