any suggestions for a compound bow for 10 year old brother. under $500
compound bow for 10 year old
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any suggestions for a compound bow for 10 year old brother. under $500
Get him a recurve. I got my 8 year old a recurve when he was 6, it’s up there with his dinosaurs as his most prized possession. Bought him a compound, getting ready to sell it. He shot it for two sessions and went straight back to his recurve. That’s my best advice.
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Get him a Diamond Prism. Very adjustable from 5 - 55 lbs, 18" - 30". It will grow with him until he's ready for a better bow.
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My daughters started out with Browning Micro adrenalines It was the speedbow for kids of the time (20 yrs ago) and it grew with them my oldest even shot it briefly in college. a small frame bow so it wasn't to heavy for smaller kids I'm sure there are a few still on the auction site with proper maintenance still very useable. i'm sure all the major manufactures have a bow designed for growing kids but for under 500 , not sure about that
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highly recommend the Elite Ember
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Ember over the hoyt kobalt?
The Ember is awsome, My 10yr old daughter shoots an Ember for open class compound.
However she has been shooting for 2 years, currently drawing 30.5# and at 22.5 inch draw length.
The downside of these more teen/adult bows is the mass weight. Fully decked out, My daughter's bow is 6.1# pounds. This can be a tough mass weight to deal with. for most kids at that age.
The atomic and/or Genesis bows are a good starting point if mass weight is a concern (That's where she started, the picture below is the last setup of her atomic before moving to the Ember)
And yes 30# pounds is crazy for a 10 year old and yes have pictures of the scale from when this bow has been on the drawboard. ( But the girl's still asking me for a higher draw weight and i'm holding her back).
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However she has been shooting for 2 years, currently drawing 30.5# and at 22.5 inch draw length.
The downside of these more teen/adult bows is the mass weight. Fully decked out, My daughter's bow is 6.1# pounds. This can be a tough mass weight to deal with. for most kids at that age.
The atomic and/or Genesis bows are a good starting point if mass weight is a concern (That's where she started, the picture below is the last setup of her atomic before moving to the Ember)
And yes 30# pounds is crazy for a 10 year old and yes have pictures of the scale from when this bow has been on the drawboard. ( But the girl's still asking me for a higher draw weight and i'm holding her back).
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Absolutely. I coach about 40 kids in our S3DA program and the Ember is our go to for that age
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My kids are almost 7 and almost 9, both strong and big for their age. Stick with the ember, or something lighter?
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In addition to Ember and Kobalt, you can check out the following:
Bear Apprentice (versions: 1, 2, 3)
Bear mini Cruzer
Mission line: Radik, MXR, Switch, Radik
Mathews: Stoke
Diamond line (by BowTech)
Don't forget the Genesis!
Bear Apprentice (versions: 1, 2, 3)
Bear mini Cruzer
Mission line: Radik, MXR, Switch, Radik
Mathews: Stoke
Diamond line (by BowTech)
Don't forget the Genesis!
thanks for the suggestions. will probably get a diamond bow
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There are quite a few great options:
Diamond Prism/Bear Cruzer - I sell a bunch of these... light weight, shoot pretty good and priced right. Downside is, if your son really gets into archery, the crazy adjustability features don't usually make for the most shootable option. He'll likely be looking for something else in a year. Especially if he struggles to keep consistent pressure at full draw. (it's very easy to pull too hard into the wall and over rotate the cams.
Xpedition Xperience - IMHO, the best bow on this list. It's available in 20-40# or 40-60# limbs and $399.99 bare. It only goes down to 20# and 19" so if your son is small for 10, it might be a little too much for him to start with. But this bow shoots!!!! I put a package together for one of my students for less than $550. Downside is the limited color options.
Elite Ember - Very nice bow!!!! Great option but comes in over your budget, bare.
Hoyt Kobalt - I have very limited experience with this bow... but at the low end of the DW, it's easy to roll the string off the cams. Especially the way kids tend to grip the bow. I've had to put the string back on my students bow 3x in the last 5 weeks. Don't get me wrong, this is a great bow.
Diamond Prism/Bear Cruzer - I sell a bunch of these... light weight, shoot pretty good and priced right. Downside is, if your son really gets into archery, the crazy adjustability features don't usually make for the most shootable option. He'll likely be looking for something else in a year. Especially if he struggles to keep consistent pressure at full draw. (it's very easy to pull too hard into the wall and over rotate the cams.
Xpedition Xperience - IMHO, the best bow on this list. It's available in 20-40# or 40-60# limbs and $399.99 bare. It only goes down to 20# and 19" so if your son is small for 10, it might be a little too much for him to start with. But this bow shoots!!!! I put a package together for one of my students for less than $550. Downside is the limited color options.
Elite Ember - Very nice bow!!!! Great option but comes in over your budget, bare.
Hoyt Kobalt - I have very limited experience with this bow... but at the low end of the DW, it's easy to roll the string off the cams. Especially the way kids tend to grip the bow. I've had to put the string back on my students bow 3x in the last 5 weeks. Don't get me wrong, this is a great bow.
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Bear Apprentice II have been very good to my kids. Very small framed bow and very lightweight. If a bow adjusts low enough in draw weight or draw length, but is too heavy for the bow arm, they won't shoot it well. Both of my kids started on them. Plenty of speed. Not sure if this question is for target or hunting, but they had complete pass thru on 4 deer between the two of them. (150 gr. Magnus stinger with heavy arrows and high FOC)
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How's the back wall on the xpedition?
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I let my son’s friends come and shoot for a day this pat summer. He has a genesis and I also had a mission craze for any of them to shoot. They all choose the genesis over the mission.
My point is, just like adults, you should take them to a place where they can shoot the different bows and make their own decision.
My point is, just like adults, you should take them to a place where they can shoot the different bows and make their own decision.
Started my kids on a diamond prism and a diamond atomic at 9 and 5. Now they are 13 and 9. The oldest has moved to a bowtech convergence(same as diamond amplify, I beleive), which would meet your budget used. The youngest is still shooting the atomic. We have twisted up the cables to get 30# draw weight out of it. She has a bigger bow, but the string angle is so flat at her draw length that she hates it.
I don't like the plastic limb pockets on the convergence. They are fine for youth shooters, but be careful with used market. If a bow was dryfired they can have cracks that are invisible to the naked eye.
For target shooting, I would definitely recommend the elite ember. The cams are very adjustable to get the feel of the wall and valley how they like it. The bowtech convergence/diamond amplify is as well, but I'm really not a fan of the plastic pockets.
My kids are very into bowhunting, and, although they shoot target archery, they have no aspirations of winning Vegas or asa shooter of the year. For them, target archery is simply to keep them from missing when they hunt. I picked the upgrade bow based on performance and forgiveness in the same package. For target shooting, I would have went straight for forgiveness.
Bowhunting with small specs is all about the broadhead. Both kids use magnus stinger 4 blades sharpened hair popping sharp on a kme. The oldest mostly gets complete pass throughs now. She was at 26" and 36# this last season shooting a 370 grain arrow at a whopping 194 fps. Even at 24" and 30# the same arrow went to the vanes out of the diamond prism. We never chronoed it that I remember.
My personal suggestion is to start them shooting fingers. When they are ready to shoot a release, I suggest a carter evolution or other tension release. My wife was against spending the money, and both of my kids got target panic very quickly on cheap index finger releases. We now have a four figure investment in kids' releases as they moved from a silverback mini, through a hinge, and the oldest is shooting a thumb button now. Archery is a lot more fun when you can hit what you are shooting at.
I hope some of this is helpful. When my kids wanted to start, I had a plan, but I had no idea how things would work out. Some worked really well, some not so much.
I don't like the plastic limb pockets on the convergence. They are fine for youth shooters, but be careful with used market. If a bow was dryfired they can have cracks that are invisible to the naked eye.
For target shooting, I would definitely recommend the elite ember. The cams are very adjustable to get the feel of the wall and valley how they like it. The bowtech convergence/diamond amplify is as well, but I'm really not a fan of the plastic pockets.
My kids are very into bowhunting, and, although they shoot target archery, they have no aspirations of winning Vegas or asa shooter of the year. For them, target archery is simply to keep them from missing when they hunt. I picked the upgrade bow based on performance and forgiveness in the same package. For target shooting, I would have went straight for forgiveness.
Bowhunting with small specs is all about the broadhead. Both kids use magnus stinger 4 blades sharpened hair popping sharp on a kme. The oldest mostly gets complete pass throughs now. She was at 26" and 36# this last season shooting a 370 grain arrow at a whopping 194 fps. Even at 24" and 30# the same arrow went to the vanes out of the diamond prism. We never chronoed it that I remember.
My personal suggestion is to start them shooting fingers. When they are ready to shoot a release, I suggest a carter evolution or other tension release. My wife was against spending the money, and both of my kids got target panic very quickly on cheap index finger releases. We now have a four figure investment in kids' releases as they moved from a silverback mini, through a hinge, and the oldest is shooting a thumb button now. Archery is a lot more fun when you can hit what you are shooting at.
I hope some of this is helpful. When my kids wanted to start, I had a plan, but I had no idea how things would work out. Some worked really well, some not so much.
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