My wife's Uncle Harold will be 89 years young in a couple months.
Earlier this summer we attended a float trip on Missouri's Black River with Uncle Harold's family. He and his immediate family have organized this annual outing for years and years. We were talking around the campfire that Friday night and somehow guy conversation turned to bow hunting. Harold then proceeded to tell us about his years as a target shooter in the St Louis area. Seems that back in the day (70's I believe) archery target shooting TEAMS were not unusual. Harold and his teammates traveled quite a bit competing in these events. Lotsa good stories. And he was very interested in my experiences making bows. He still shoots a crossbow, but sold all his bows years ago.
Ok, ok ... getting to the point. As a birthday gift, I was thinking of making a bow for Harold. But am very uncertain what draw weight range would likely be appropriate. Like I said, Harold will be 89. Any of ya'll up in that age rage or made bows for that age range who could suggest what would be appropriate. Harold is of small stature. I was thinking of 25-30 lb @ 24".
Michael
