Peak Draw Weight

[Sumspot]

Hi ,everyone,I need some advice on the Peak Draw
Weights I should look for ! I have been shooting a 60 for a while and would like to know what would be the advantage to go to 70 ?
What do you shoot ? The bow I am looking at is a 70 with a 10 adjustement.


Thanks

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[cdn-redneck]

I am shooting 68lbs. right now. I don't know if there is as much of an advantage nowadays. If you select the right arrows you can maintain good speed for hunting. The main advantage would be kinetic energy with the higher poundage. If I was getting a new bow I would consider a 60lb. peak weight. Just for those cold days, 70 is hard to pull with cold muscles.

[T-man]

The simple and obvious answer is that with the same bow/arrow combo you are going to get more speed out of your set up if you increase the poundage.
However like most things there are no simple anwers and its a matter of weighing out the pros and cons for your given situation.
If 70lbs is hard for you to manage and you don't get the opportunity to practice enough to strenghen the muscles involved in drawing the bow the cons might outweigh the benefits. You will fatigue faster, might not be able to hold on target long enough which will all translate into loss of form. Lets face it a fast miss is the same as a slow one.
If you just bought or are buying a new bow check out its speed first. When I switched to my Hoyt Magnatech a gained 15FPS over my old bow even though the draw weight was 9lbs less. Right now I have no reason to go up in poundage. Once I feel comfortable my form is where I want it I'll consider moving the poundage up, but even then I'll do it slowly so as not to effect my form and give my muscles time to develop.
I kind of liken it to guys who brag about the new rifle they bought that has so many thousands of foot punds of energy a kilometer away, but they flinch and jerk around so much because of the recoil the can't hit what they ar pointing the thing at. Yet the guy shooting the .308 drops his animal with one shot every time because he can manage the tools he is using and place the shot where it has to be.