What does smooth mean?

[DaveC]

Smooth matters when you have to let down with deer in sight.
(if the shot doesn't present itself & you are at full draw)

If there is a rough transition to full draw, letting down smoothly without jerking will be hard to do.
If you hunt from ground blinds only it won't matter, otherwise it is something to consider.

[txdukklr]

Why does it matter though?

I mean you pull it back and then its done?

disagree completely, i mean in the cold, holding the bow, having to let down all that makes smoother better.

I shoot an admiral that I would not say is as smooth as my previous mathews bows. it's heavy then breaks over harshly at full draw you'd think the cam locked but try and let down and it will jerk harshly.

Trade off is that I get better speed out of the admiral then I would with a mathews.

Smooth to me is consistent through the entire draw cycle not a harsh break over into the valley.

Can I pull 70 easily, yes I can pull 80. Is this a competition?

No i work out every day and can pull back my 60lb bow back without blinking an eye get 280+ fps out of a "low" poundage bow.

[tadmaryperry]

I didn't either...., then I figured out 70# isn't necessary and that 60# is much easier on me.
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Also, for me anyway, the "smoothness" of the draw is very important. When I am sitting in my ground blind, I want to be able to smoothly and SLOWLY draw my bow with no jerky movements. If a draw is not smooth, that isn't possible (no matter what the weight is). Just my .02...

[BrianL]

I dropped down in weight too (65#). I had a real nice buck come in one VERY cold morning. I couldn't get my bow back. I laid my bow down and got on the floor of the bow blind and did a few pushups. Got up and still couldn't do it. I had shot that bow all year and never had a problem pulling 70#s, but I did the morning it counted.

[lbbf]

I have no idea what bow it was but at a 3d tournament last year a guy in our group had a bow that he let me shoot and the draw was so rough that I couldn't keep an arrow on the rest. As soon as it hit the valley I would bonce so badly that the arrow would fall off. I can't imagine trying to draw it on a cold morning with a deer in front of me.

[Loneaggie]

Smooth is good. How smooth is necessary is a personal choice. 60# will kill pretty much kill anything in North America, in fact it will pass through most anything in North America. 70# isn't really necessary. However, being young, you haven't learned how valuable your joints are. Lower poundages and smoother draw-force curves are easier on your body.

[Jp.]

So all these people that are saying that the Reezen is not smooth, are yall shooting it at your 60# or the to hard for you 70#?

I like shooting 70# for the extra knock out it puts on those arrows.

I get over 69 ft. lbs. of ke that show to have lethal knock out out to 40 yards on any north america game. How much more do you want. I see if i cant get you there.

[Brannon74]

The reezen is not as smooth as the dxt IMO. I am shooting a lx which I think is a pretty smmoth bow, but the reezen is smoother than it is. I think it depends on what your comparing it too.

[Bone Thug]

Smooth matters when you have to let down with deer in sight.
(if the shot doesn't present itself & you are at full draw)

If there is a rough transition to full draw, letting down smoothly without jerking will be hard to do.
If you hunt from ground blinds only it won't matter, otherwise it is something to consider.

I think it matters more with draw weight than anything. Even with a "harsher" draw cycle at 60 lbs it is still very easy to let down.

A "smooth" bow set at 70lbs will be harder to let down.

It is all reletive to draw weight. The new faster bows allow people to shoot lower poundage easier and as fast or faster than a smooth bow set at more poundage.

[DaveC]

I think it matters more with draw weight than anything. Even with a "harsher" draw cycle at 60 lbs it is still very easy to let down.

A "smooth" bow set at 70lbs will be harder to let down.

It is all reletive to draw weight. The new faster bows allow people to shoot lower poundage easier and as fast or faster than a smooth bow set at more poundage.

I shoot 60# & agree somewhat.
I know my 60# Tribute with smooth mods will let down easier than the same bow w/ speed mods.

I do know Hoyt put a bow out a few years back that had a terrible hump in it, so bad I couldn't believe they sold any of them. It was one of their one year wonder bows.

[Bone Thug]

I shoot 60# & agree somewhat.
I know my 60# Tribute with smooth mods will let down easier than the same bow w/ speed mods.

I do know Hoyt put a bow out a few years back that had a terrible hump in it, so bad I couldn't believe they sold any of them. It was one of their one year wonder bows.

I think every bow company has "one of those" with a terrible hump in it.

I understand what you are saying...

My point, is a lot of people never give certain bows a chance because of what people say about the draw cycle. For some reason, it seems we are always trying to talk the next guy out of doing something...Not geared at you, but in general. I think we simply need to find out what we shoot the best and not limit ourselves.

[okiedoke]

I think it matters more with draw weight than anything. Even with a "harsher" draw cycle at 60 lbs it is still very easy to let down.

A "smooth" bow set at 70lbs will be harder to let down.

It is all reletive to draw weight. The new faster bows allow people to shoot lower poundage easier and as fast or faster than a smooth bow set at more poundage.

I agree with this when really saying that a bow is smooth.

If a guy that usually shoots 60#s, gos to the bow shop to test shoot a bow at the demo 70# of course the bow is going to feel rough to the guy.

So how many of you that shoot the 60# actually shot the 60#version?

I have only shot 70# and I did not think the bow was too bad on the draw. I was pulling one that was a lil to long for me and it still didnt seem to bad.

[jmm83164]

If you can feel the bow let off its not smooth . I dont like feeling various bumps humps and valleys .
I shoot an Oneida Aeroforce and because of the smoothness of the drawcycle I shoot it at 71 and cant handle most bows at over 55 and dont really want to.
If smooth is what you want try an Oneida .
Mike

[Jp.]

So how many of you that shoot the 60# actually shot the 60#version?

I have only shot 70# and I did not think the bow was too bad on the draw. I was pulling one that was a lil to long for me and it still didnt seem to bad.

My drenalin is a 60 lb bow bottomed out at 61 lbs. and my conquest2 is a 70 set at 65. The conquest is a longer ata i use to shoot with fingers and shoot with a release now.