looking for a bow for my son

[SteeliePollock]

my son is 5 and has been asking to start shooting a bow with me. and i was wondering if any one has a good suggestion about a good shooting and nice price bow for a youth.please any suggestion would be greatly apperciated.


thank you,
steeliepollock

[skyblaster]

due to his size i think you may be limited. i started my son out with a buckmaster youngbuck bow from gander mountain. if i remember correctly the draw wieght was 17 or 18 lbs. the only drawback is that he quickly out grew it. i believe he was seven when i got that for him. prior to that he shot the bear recurve i had when i was a kid. it was a good start for him to learn the basics and have fun. i just bought him a browning micro midas 3 two days ago and that bow is sweet. it has 10 inches of draw length adjustment and adjusts from 30 to 40 lbs draw weight. it has a machined riser and came with a fiber optic sight and tm hunter rest and 3 carbon arrows. when he maxes out the draw weight i can send the bow back to browning and for roughly $50 they will send him a new bow with the 40 to 50 lb draw weight. at his age you might want to start him out with a recurve and when he gets a little older keep the browning in mind. hope this helps.

[TrailFndr]

While we all know that the compound bows are what most will end up hunting with, I would recommend a traditional bow for a younger child starting out. By using the stick bow, a young shooter learns much better form, and in the long run, becomes a better shot. It allows him to learn from small mistakes long before a compund can mask them and make it much more difficult to detect. Proper form, and arrow placement thru practice, will result in a lifetime of better archery use.


Even if you use a oldstyle fibergalss stick bow, its a good start for a child.

[east bay ed]

i agree with both trailfndr and skyblaster that a stick bow is the way to go to start him off. from there i would look at the pse spyder s4 19'/20#. this bow is adjustable from 16"/10# to 21"/30# from there i would go to the micro midas as no other bow that i know of on the market at this time has the length adjustment the micro midas has.

[Oct.1]

I just purchased those cheep stick bows for my Grandsons at Meijers. They were only 25 bucks each.
The kids are ages 5 and 7. They are happier than a bear cub in honey. I expect the 7 year old to outgrow his by next year, but I only lost 25 bucks. In the past two days they have learned many safety tips as well as the bow parts. Also by learning the proper way they are learning discipline because they have to follow the rules or the bow gets locked up. The arrows fly ok and stick in the McKenzy (sp) I have out back. Start them up close so they can hit the target and you will have them hooked. Be careful on some targets, the arrows may bounce off and fly back.
Go for it, he’ll give ya a big hug, but still won’t want to cut the lawn when he’s twelve.

[LReed]

I started all three of my boys out on the Browning Micro Midas. Great little bow with a lot of adjustability. It will grow with them until they are 12 yrs old or so. Mine used them for their first year of hunting. My middle son even took a doe with his the second time he went out hunting. His luck hasn't changed either. I could put a treestand in the middle of meijer's parking lot and he'd get a deer. :p

Enjoy shooting and hunting with your son. Good Luck.