Good starter bow

[snipermama]

I'm still looking for a starter bow for my sons. There are so many out there that I'm confused on what would be the best to start them out on. My oldest likes a compound and my youngest likes the long bow. Which brand should I choose?

[Huntress]

First your going to hear alot of different opinions in this matter. I have been shooting for 7 years now and I have shot many different brands. I just sold my Hoyt that I had for 5 years and bought a Mathews. Now for my opinion and thoughts. I have an 8 year old that is most likely going to bowhunt when he reaches 12 years old. We bought him a Hoyt Banshee. It is 20-30 pounds. It is an o.k bow but we really dont care for it. We also have a 13 year old. He is our rifle hunter, but he likes to go to bowshoots with us and shoot so we purchased him the Mathews Genesis. It doesn't have a pacific weight or draw, anyone can shoot it of all ages and draw lenghths. But its not a hunting bow. It is reasonably priced to. I hope this helps you out a little, there is really alot of kids bows out there too, so if you can let them shoot some different ones if possible and see which one feels comfortable to them. After all they will be the ones shooting it.

[archerynut]

How old are your kids so we may better help em out? THat would make a difference in what I would suggest.

[snipermama]

My oldest is 12 and my youngest is 10. They will be using the bows to compete with this March. Right now they are using extra bows that the team has one likes a compound and the other likes a long bow. I would really like for them to have a bow that they could hunt with and shoot competition with if possible.

Thanks Huntress for the advice.

[Huntress]

I am so happy to hear of more kids that enjoy shooting!!! It's such good quality family time going to shoots!!! From what I understand you don't have a poundage law where you live so you don't have to worry about that. Here in Oregon is 40 pounds for Deer and 55 pounds for Elk. So we have alot of kids doing push-ups everynight before bed!! I would suggest looking into P.S.E or Browning bows unless you want to spend an arm and a leg for youth bows.
Browning has a neat looking recurve bow just out for 2007 called the Buckeye Jr.
www.browning-archery.com/products/2006/buckeyejr.htm
You can see it at this link. You can also check out some of the other ones to.
The Rage is a nice looking compound bow with adjustable draw lengths so they can grow with the bow. I personnally like to choose a bow that my kids can have for a couple years.
www.browning-archery.com/products/2006/rage.htm
But like I said before there is alot of other bows out there. Mathews has some neat bows and so does P.S.E. I would do some surfing on the web and do some reading also.

[archerynut]

A couple other ones you may want to look at.

The Alpine Micro
www.alpinearchery.com/micro.asp
This bow is a real shooter for a youth bow. The nice thing is the cams are adjustable from 21 to 28" so it should fit.

The Hoyt Trykon Jr. (I believe replaced the Rintec for the youth bow)
www.hoyt.com/products/trykon.tpl
Another really nice bow that is mass adjustable.

These are very nice for young people to learn with as they have a positive draw stop. That makes a huge difference when learning to shoot. It is fairly easy to overdraw some youth bows and the potential to hook an ear or slap a cheek is enhanced.

As far as recurve style bows go:
www.pse-archery.com/cat.php?k=60394&sk=60394&PHPSESSID=8819a4778b59868a72988e1a393142b5
This is a great quality recurve for a very nice price. In my honest opinion you couldnt go wrong here. Specifically the Buckeye JR.

Also here is the web addy for AIM Archery Products, they have a full line of recurve bows for anything you may be looking for.
www.aimarchery.com/bows.asp

There are other ones out there. Dont be afraid to go to a archery shop if one is availabel near you and ask questions. Take your young'uns in and see if they have anything hangin on the rack that will fit. You never know what you may find.

You may also try www.archerytalk.com/vb/index.php?
Lots of great info from archers and they have a real nice classified section. A lot of bows can be picked up for a nice price gently used.

If ya got any more questions let us know. We is here to help.

Carl

[snipermama]

Thank both of you so much. I really appreciate all the help.
I'm going to have fun looking for your suggestions. I would like to get them the bows for Christmas.

Thanks again.

[badbob226]

::)look at parker has some pakage bows ready to shoot
right out of box just tie in the peep