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Point being,if you can't draw the bow without straining.....It's too heavy! Should you have to swing your bow to draw it?

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Deadbolt,

Its not so much about the limbs out of the pockets as it is the slack in the cables.

Let me elaborate.

Most bows have pockets that move with the limbs now-a-days. Most bows also have limb bolts that are 2.5" or longer. To drop below the manufac. suggested draw weight by a few pounds is USUALLY not going to put the bow in any danger of stripping limb bolt threads or popping a limb out of a pocket.

The cable system on the other hand becomes very slack when the static limb deflection changes too greatly. (in other words, not enough bend in the limbs to keep tension on the string/cables). This can cause the string and or cables to jump the cam tracks.

I dont suggest messing with draw weight too much if you arent comfortable working on bows, but if you have a press and can check limb bolt length and keep enough tension on the string system, you can go a lot lower than manuf. suggested draw weights.

There are other ways of decreasing draw weight by messing with string/cable lengths and cam timing (not to be confused with synchronization)

When I blew out my shoulder, I took a 50-60# ultratec, and brought it down to about 32#. Hard to tell, but the limbs are cranked out quite a bit. I messed with string cable lengths to obtain what I needed to keep shooting through my injury.

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if you stand squar to your target and drawe you body is way out of line and you put a ton of extra pressure on your shoulders.

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You guys shooting over 80lbs how stiff are your arrows?