bow hunting question from new girl

[jenniferbzdmp]

my 13 year old daughter likes to bow hunt for deer and here in michigan her draw weight of 26lbs is legal to take white tail does anyone know whats a legal draw weight in pa were moving out there in june and shell be hunting in pa this fall thanks for any helpyou can give me

[roland]

A lot of your questions can be answered here: http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/

It looks like 35# is the minimum. From here: http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/p...egulations.pdf

[Dredly]

yeah I believe 35 pounds is the minimum allowed, and make sure she is shooting fixed blade, expandables probably won't work for her.

[keystoneman 85]

If she can't draw that much may I suggest a crossbow? They are legal now in PA.

[cdarney]

At 13 she might be able to handle more than 35 lbs. Take a trip to a bow shop and have them try her out on a few. Also try Acherytalk.com. They may have some suggestions as well.

[Tootie]

I always thought min weight was 45# in PA or have they lowered it since the dinosaurs stopped roaming around. All I know is that when I was shooting competitively I was told 45#'s was the min weight but that 65# would be idea for a quick drop.

[roland]

I always thought min weight was 45# in PA or have they lowered it since the dinosaurs stopped roaming around. All I know is that when I was shooting competitively I was told 45#'s was the min weight but that 65# would be idea for a quick drop.

From 2nd link of my above post. "Bow shall have a peak draw weight not less than 35 pounds."

[jenniferbzdmp]

thanks every one we had here bow adjusted and she can pull the 35lbs needed out there. the guy who done the adjustments said that p.a. has a bows in schools program any one know where i find a list of schools that perticipate? thanks again

[keystoneman 85]

I would just check with your local school district (or soon to be). If thats what your talking about ...

I know in high school we had "archery" class but it was with a recurve bow.

[imp81318]

If she can't draw that much may I suggest a crossbow? They are legal now in PA.

That is only partially true. Crossbows are legal anywhere in the state, during the regular firearms season, however during archery season crossbows can only lawfully be used in WMU's 2B (Immediate Pittsburgh area, basically Allegheny County) and 5C & 5D (Philadelphia/SE PA area)... A map of the Wildlife Management Units, WMUs, is available at http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/lib/p...femgmtunit.pdf