kids bows
Welcome.
I have a 5 year old daughter that has been shooting all winter. I bought her the Martin Tiger and it works great, except:
1. Its not a real bow string, so there is no option for a peep. The Vital gear peep that atatches to the side will work, but it leads me to issue #2...
2. With the shoot through riser, it is nice because righties or lefties can shoot it but it limits the left to right of the pin adjustment. My daughter has it screwed in as far as it will go and is still a few inches left... She is anchoring great, but no more room to move the sight...
3. No Adjustment for draw, so there is no let off or wall for the shorter draw shooters, not great for teaching a consistant anchor point...
With that said, I have had her shoot the Menace, Fuse, Bear, and others and I love the Menace and Bear. The mod adjustment not only fits a wide range of shooters but it will also increase in poundage with the child, up to where they could hunt with it! AWESOME!
but, for my daughter the mass weight of the bows is still too much for her to hold out on her own...
So for now, the martin is lightweight and she is doing very well with it so far, but it definitely has limited her until she can hold out more weight...
So my suggestion, is NOT to buy one without having your son shoot it to make sure he can hold it comfortably.
Have fun, once they start shooting they are worse on the pocket book than we are... my daughter already has wraps on her arrows, a release, and she is eyeing up the Pink Menace once she is ready... and I'm sure that's just the beginning!