FirefightersWife

I have never been bow hunting in my life, but I am wanting to go with my fiance this season. I have a compound bow and I've been practicing pulling it back but I'm still having a lot of trouble. I'm right handed, 5'3" female. I'm looking to find out tips and helpful knowledge on how to make pulling my bow back a little easier for me. I don't have much upper body strength. We are going to go get my bow looked at soon to make sure it fits me right. But anything would be helpful right now, thanks

DIY_guy

There really is no shortcut for building muscle strength. Practice Practice Practice. This is why bowhunting is a skill set and to some, an art form. It takes practice, skill building, human strength conditioning. Its a human powered device, not a stored energy machine. Start with lower weight and build as time goes on.

super_hunt54

There are also devises for strength building specifically targeting the muscles for pulling back a bow. My wife is 5'3" and a buck ten soaking wet. She pulls a 50 pound bow so yep it can be done. She's also over 50 and hell no I aint saying HOW over. I like breathing

She started out 10 years ago pulling one of those oversized slingshot looking things to build up the core strength. If you do get one of those make sure it's ambidextrous so you aren't building up just one side. Pulling a bow uses a lot more muscle groups than some seem to think. PROPER form is more in the back muscles than anywhere on the draw.

BrushyPines

Practice..... as much as possible! Learn to pull the bow back level instead of raising or lowering the bow to make it easier to pull back. The less the bow moves while drawing back in the stand the less chance you have getting busted by the deer.