Left hand bow for 5yr old... Any Ideas?
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L/H For 5 yr. old
I started my L/H son at 5 yrs old with a Hoyt Banshee. With a little "tweaking" to the shortest / lightest draw model available, it should work.
I started my L/H son at 5 yrs old with a Hoyt Banshee. With a little "tweaking" to the shortest / lightest draw model available, it should work.
When I was about five my dad made me my first bow. He just found a nice curved stick and used tied together ruberbands for the string. Then we went down the the hardware store to buy wood dowel rod to make the arrows. To do the fletchings he would take two peices of duct tape and tape the two peices together and then cut to shape with scissors. My family was pretty poor growing up. But, I still had a lot of fun shooting that rubber band beast. :rofl:
Point is, if you shoot with your son. He probably wont really care what kind it is as long as if flings arrows. I have seen lots of little bows at the local sporting good store. I would start out with one of those. Then when he gets a little older, get him a good youth bow. I think PSE makes couple.
Sorry if that wasn't very helpful!!!
Point is, if you shoot with your son. He probably wont really care what kind it is as long as if flings arrows. I have seen lots of little bows at the local sporting good store. I would start out with one of those. Then when he gets a little older, get him a good youth bow. I think PSE makes couple.
Sorry if that wasn't very helpful!!!
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Stacey Archery Tom Thumb
Check out these bows made by Stacey Archery. Draw lenght down to 15" (shortest I have seen on any bow) draw weight down to 10# (actually, when the bow is in its shortest dl setting, it will go down to about 7 lbs. Best feature of these bows is the mass weight. under 2 lbs. I got one for each of my two boys when they were 5 and 6, and couldn't be happier.
http://staceyarchery.com/tom-thumb.html
Check out these bows made by Stacey Archery. Draw lenght down to 15" (shortest I have seen on any bow) draw weight down to 10# (actually, when the bow is in its shortest dl setting, it will go down to about 7 lbs. Best feature of these bows is the mass weight. under 2 lbs. I got one for each of my two boys when they were 5 and 6, and couldn't be happier.
http://staceyarchery.com/tom-thumb.html
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A friend of mine had Bear make his 5 yr old son a recurve. Its scaled down just to his size.
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There is a mini gensis bow that goes from 6-12 pounds draw and only has a mass weight of 2 pounds and is made for small children. If he/she can not get 6 pounds it can probably be worked into fairly quickly.
For a five year old I would *seriously* suggest you try and find one they can try and pull before purchasing a bow. For every single one of the 7-8 year olds (and most 9 year olds) in my junior program 12 pounds on a compound is WAY to much for them to draw without serious training (most are drawing in the 5-8 pound region on a 62 inch recurve and usually short drawing for the poundage - about where a compound would break over). Most of the bows suggested above have the low end poundage in the 15-20 pounds range, and for that age a 15" inch draw may very well be dangerously behind thier ear (the banshee is 19"). They are typically made for an older shooter than 5.
As someone else said - for that age don't fret it too much. Shooting with dad is probably the best part. The rubber band bow is most likely as good as anything else until they get a little older.
I normally do not try and give parenting advice - no kids of my own (the best I have is my junior program). Nor does it normally do any good, if you know this already it's useless to add and if you don't, most do not listen. I've seen this happen too often and I usually add remember - make it fun. At that age much more than "anchor" is really difficult, even anchor usually is. Make it more bonding with Dad than anything else and you will have a lifelong shooting partner.
For a five year old I would *seriously* suggest you try and find one they can try and pull before purchasing a bow. For every single one of the 7-8 year olds (and most 9 year olds) in my junior program 12 pounds on a compound is WAY to much for them to draw without serious training (most are drawing in the 5-8 pound region on a 62 inch recurve and usually short drawing for the poundage - about where a compound would break over). Most of the bows suggested above have the low end poundage in the 15-20 pounds range, and for that age a 15" inch draw may very well be dangerously behind thier ear (the banshee is 19"). They are typically made for an older shooter than 5.
As someone else said - for that age don't fret it too much. Shooting with dad is probably the best part. The rubber band bow is most likely as good as anything else until they get a little older.
I normally do not try and give parenting advice - no kids of my own (the best I have is my junior program). Nor does it normally do any good, if you know this already it's useless to add and if you don't, most do not listen. I've seen this happen too often and I usually add remember - make it fun. At that age much more than "anchor" is really difficult, even anchor usually is. Make it more bonding with Dad than anything else and you will have a lifelong shooting partner.
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A former boss asked me to sell one of his grandkids bows. It is a Browning Spitfire and is left handed. Draw weight is 15#-30# (50% let-off) and draw length is 20"-22". Has a stick on rest and 4 pin simple sight. He wanted $50.00 for it. If interested e-mail me at [email protected]ocity.net.
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Tom Thumb
I did a lot of research on childrens bows,the first on I bought was a micro midis by browning,they just do not go down enough for a 5 yr old,pluss there to hevey to hold up.I bought it when my son was 5 he couldnt shoot it untill he was 8.
after that experince I bought a Tom Thumb by Stacy Archery.for my youngest son's 5 th birthday.he also is left handed.it's made like an adult bow only scaled down for children.my son loves his,it looks just like dad's.and he can shoot it very well.they come in camo or target color.
it will "grow"with your child pluss when he'e finely out grown it you will be able to get most of your money back if you want to sell it.
in my opinion there is only one choice in childrens bows for young children..............
I did a lot of research on childrens bows,the first on I bought was a micro midis by browning,they just do not go down enough for a 5 yr old,pluss there to hevey to hold up.I bought it when my son was 5 he couldnt shoot it untill he was 8.
after that experince I bought a Tom Thumb by Stacy Archery.for my youngest son's 5 th birthday.he also is left handed.it's made like an adult bow only scaled down for children.my son loves his,it looks just like dad's.and he can shoot it very well.they come in camo or target color.
it will "grow"with your child pluss when he'e finely out grown it you will be able to get most of your money back if you want to sell it.
in my opinion there is only one choice in childrens bows for young children..............
I'll second the Tom Thumb by Stacey! It is a great little bow and is pretty tough too. Tinman1 bought one for his son, who is a small 6 year old, and he has no problems shooting it. It weighs nothing and is pretty quick also. The Tom Thumb and the Easton Jazz arrows are a good combination.
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L/H Banshee on e-bay
Item number: 290013828895, Only $20.00 w/ no reserve at time of this reply.
Item number: 290013828895, Only $20.00 w/ no reserve at time of this reply.
Thanks for the info... I agree with most of you that the bow is no big deal as long as he can pull it back and it is left handed. I have just been having heck finding a lefty bow he can pull. I will check all of these suggestions out.
Thanks again,
Jason
Thanks again,
Jason
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also check WM for the simple 20.00 kit that shoots for both hands i just sold one and at 5 he should be able to pull this one or i seriously like the specially made recurve by bear idea when i was a kid i ran around making mine too, and i agree its the time hes with dad that importantOddball said:
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