Since booking a buffalo hunt I have been looking for a takedown bow around 75# at 28". They don't seem to exist. I have only found one and a little out of my price range. Seems in the 80s and 90s everyone shot too heavy of bows.  Someone must have a closet full???

I've seen a few topics where lots of guys are getting the weights reduced. I'm worried I'm not going to be able to find a decently heavy draw weight for any of these models anymore if that keeps happening lol

Most of us are too old to pull them anymore.

All of the guys who shot those heavy bows are busy rehabbing their surgically repaired shoulders!

Quote from: JohnV on January 27, 2021, 03:01:09 PM
All of the guys who shot those heavy bows are busy rehabbing their surgically repaired shoulders!

Not 

Quote from: Sam McMichael on January 27, 2021, 02:46:26 PM
Most of us are too old to pull them anymore.

This is the truth.

Quote from: JohnV on January 27, 2021, 03:01:09 PM
All of the guys who shot those heavy bows are busy rehabbing their surgically repaired shoulders!

Sad, but true. I used to shoot 65-70# longbows, but no way can my shoulder handle it any longer. After 45 years of shooting, my shoulders just won't allow it. I just ordered my new bow 40#@28" at least I know I'll be able to shoot it for my remaining years, and it's just our legal draw weight.

I've had too many surgeries on my shoulders and back to shoot any kind of " heavy weight" bows now a days. I'm lucky to be shooting low 40s now. Heck it still hurts.

In the 1980s I shot a 67 lb. recurve but a 75 lb. bow is definitely not in the cards since I'm 75 now. I did shoot some Toelke Super Ds from 50-55 lbs. until recently. I strongly suggest you NEVER tear a rotator cuff and those bows are gone now. I am about 8 months and a fair bit of P.T. past that now and am expecting to have a new Toelke 66" Classic Whip 36 lbs. @29" in my hands shortly. Did I suggest never tearing a Rotator Cuff?

Barring injury I'll be shooting 65#+ bows for a bit longer!!!  Trick is to warm up and continue to shoot as much weight as you accurately can.   Like Terry said "Not!!!"

Hmmm.  I shot what I consider heavy bows (60#-70#) during my 30s, 40s 50s and into my 60s.  Nearly 75 now, and I'm shooting 45#-50#, not because of any shoulder problems.  Just not as strong as I once was. Never had and still don't have shoulder problems. 

Heavy bows don't cause shoulder problems IMO, unless perhaps one shoots them improperly. A lot of folks injure their shoulders during a lifetime of living, and blame it on shooting heavy bows.  Might be that the heavy bows just alert them to the fact that they already have bad shoulders. 

Turkeyfoot:  Did you place a bows wanted ad?  Most folks don't list heavy bows for sale because there's very little market for them nowadays.  Bet a lot of folks have a bow or two they would sell. 

I'm 44 and just had my 3 rd shoulder surgery.  It is from living my life to the extreme not from bows. 

Have you looked at Ilf limbs. Some of them can be had cheap and in heavier draw weights.

I noticed the same thing, not to many years ago they would popup on classifieds—- not anymore.

i shoot 68-72# longbows,above that i found diminishing returns,,but if you want a heavy long bow,wapiti archery has a big horn long bow of mine he has been holing for me,i think its 90#...call him..ill sell it to you.

At the last ETAR I seen several sets of 65# Bear T/D limbs for fifty dollars and they didn't sell.  And I have a few sets, and yes they are in the closet:( 

They went away when I got older.I was shooting 60-70 pound bows easily in my 30s.I could pull and shoot up to 90 pounds.I shot Big Jims 90 pounder at Comptons descently.

I am 58 now and shoot 40-45  mostly.As much as I need realistically for what I do.If I was gonna shoot really big game I would need to work up as much as possible.Probably wont be hunting Cape Buffalo etc anyway.

Oh to be young again!:)

I just turned 72 and still shoot the same 70# bow I have shot for 25 years.  Probably come a day I will have to drop down some.

Quote from: TURKEYFOOTGIRL on January 27, 2021, 02:00:11 PM
Since booking a buffalo hunt I have been looking for a takedown bow around 75# at 28". They don't seem to exist. I have only found one and a little out of my price range. Seems in the 80s and 90s everyone shot too heavy of bows.  Someone must have a closet full???

What better reason to order a new one  just kidding probably get it after the hunt!

I never injured a shoulder shooting a bow.  But mid back injuries and shoulder injuries and surgeries from work and sports have left me making different decisions than the 83lbs I used to shoot as well.
I'm shooting through 200lb class wild boars with my 50lbs right now so I can't complain but ifn I were going for Cape Buffalo I'm sure I'd want a little more weight.

    63 and still shooting in the 60# to 66# range with no problems. It was Jeff Massie who talked me into dropping weight as the new designs in the bows where able to produce greater performances at lower weights.I dropped 10#'s and have not seen a big difference. Mind you I still have a couple heavy Hills to play with.