I've been an avid gun enthusiast for many years. Hunting, reloading, plinking etc. I decided to make the leap for my elk hunt this year. Picked up a PSE Brute X, set up a range at my house and have been shooting about 80 arrows a day. Wow is this fun. I can't believe it took me this long to learn how to shoot a bow. After about a week I am starting to feel pretty comfortable and confident. My best friend is a long time archer er so I have a good mentor and am hopefully not learning any bad habits. I have the bow set at 57 lbs and will work my way up 65 to 70. Looking forward to hunting elk that haven't been spooked from one end of the state to the other.

I got the same bow this year in the skullworks finish.

For the money you can't beat the performance. Excellent bow!

It's been forever since I've shopped for new bows......20yrs. Looking at this bow, it says it's sold in 50,60, and 70lb draw weights; I take it each of those can be adjusted down like the older compound bows I'm used to? What does the 70lb adjust to on the lower end? My oldest thinks he might want to get a bow, and I want to make sure he can draw it, but still be something he won't grow it of. The old bows seemed to adjust from 55-70.....are they stil the same?

Which bow specifically? Most bows have a 10lb range. 40-50, 50-60, 60-70. My Maitland Retribution goes from 60-70lbs. If I want to drop the draw weight, I need different limbs, which I can buy from the company. In the same way, if I have 60lb limbs and want to increase my draw weight, I can buy stiffer limbs and get more draw weight (which translates into faster arrows).

As stated in my original post, my bow was set at 57lbs out of the gate. It is a 60-70 lb bow. I have since put a couple of turns into the limbs but not sure what it is pulling at. I believe we got 10 back turns out of it when first setting it up. I don't think the adjustment on the limbs are linear so hard to tell what one turn from 57 lbs will equate to. I will keep working my way up and eventually re measure it. Really liking the bow. I am fortunate to have land and I shoot everyday, wind permitting, and have a 20.30,40,50 and 60 yard set up. No problem drilling a 6" plate from 60 yards.

I picked up a Brute X over the weekend, a 70# in Skullworks. The Brute Xs are capable of going down 20# from their max. I currently have mine set @ 56#. This is my first bow and I originally was gonna get the 60# but the guy that set me up told me to go ahead and get the 70# so that I wont out grow it. I'm sure that I would never need the 70# here in north Ga but I figured it wouldnt hurt. I was assured that going that low was perfectly safe.

Just got home from a trip and set up the bow for my son. I turned it down 7 of the 10 possible turns and he pulls it well. I set the bow for a 26" draw. Really easy to do. I'm impressed. We need to go get some new arrows tomorrow. I've got a bunch of older Easton alluminum arrows for my old Martin Lynx Magnum but I need to buy something new for him. Hopefully some carbons. Probably have them cut a little long so I can use them if he decides he isn't into shooting.

We bought the 70# RTS pkg, whatever breakup camo pattern that is.... I can't remember, but it's the only camo that comes with the whole pkg. We bought some bulk carbon Easten arrows at the local shop. I sighted it in for my son then he shot it at 10yrds and never missed the kill zone. We had the arrows cut a little long at 30" so I can use them if we change the bow back up to 29" draw.

They still seem dang fast compared to my old bow.. We turned it down one more turn for a total of 8 from max, as my son thought it was a little too hard to pull, although he pulled it straight back 9 times in three sets of three. I amused him and turned it down for him; anything to keep him shooting. . I had to adjust the sights to the top holes, as it was shooting way high. Once I had that done the top pin works well for anything out to 20yrds. Pretty impressive at the reduced poundage. I never could do that with my old Martin.

My only thought was that I think we need some string silencers. Do people still use them? Teranchulas? I think that was what used to work best years ago. Any advice on where to get them? I've still got a set on my recurve. The bow is much more quiet than I'm used to, but I was hoping for even quieter.

Don't know about the Charge, but I bought my youngest son a Bear Apprentice II for his birthday. I'm extremely impressed with the bow so far. The amount and range of adjustment is unbelievable. The Apprentice II is a "youth/woman's" bow. Probably not what you are looking for, but I'm impressed with the quality of the bow. My son shoots like a pro with it..

I tried a Charge before buying my bow. It's a nice bow, but just not that impressive. The problem is that you will want to upgrade pretty soon from that bow to a higher performance bow. If you get a faster bow, then you'll end up buying new arrows, as a faster bow will probably require stiffer arrows (adds to the cost of upgrading).

I think that is the direction in which I'm going. Thanks guys