What was the highest draw on a bow and a crossbow?

Question

like until what pound draw do they get to

Answer 1

I've had a draw on a regular bow that was 65 lbs before; so at least somewhere around 65 lbs or so

Answer 2

my dads is 45 or 50lb

Answer 3

I've seen longbows that reach near 150 pounds and very few people would need such high draw, they were used in the Medevial Period and could pierce most armour. A 60 pounder is enough to drop a lot of the game in the U.S.

Answer 4

The crossbows have a draw weight range of 150 .lbs to 225 lbs. Compound bows have a draw of 40 to 70 lbs commonly to special made bows for hunting the larger African game that have draw weights of 90 lbs The 225 lb draw crossbow can be ordered from bass pro and is the Excalibur Equinox.

Answer 5

My brother has a new Fred Bear compond bow. He set's his draw at 90lbs. How he is able to pull this back everytime is beyond me.

Answer 6

If your talking modern day crowsbows...i wouldnt guess much more than 80-100 at the extreme end, thats all you really need for hunting at the close ranges you fire them these days.

But if your talking medieval times....i would say hundreds because they were so hard to pull that the heaviest needed a special crank to draw them....and i believe that your average longbow user was pulling 150+ pounds so crowsbows were definately more than that.

Answer 7

High performance hunting crossbows can be as high as 150 pounds at 12 inches of draw. Most common is 100 to 125 pounds, at full draw.

Long bows can easily be 100 pounds at 33 inches. Most common is about 70 pounds for hunting and 40 pounds for target shooting, at full draw.

There are exceptions, especially in history. The old English longbow men had longbows that were in excess of 150 pounds at full draw (these were military weapons..and took a lifetime to master).