As many of you may know I have been thinking about getting my 13 year old boy a new bow for his birthday. Last week I decided I would take him down to Jakes to get him sized up and have him try out a couple of bows to see what he likes. What a joke that was. To start things off the salesman took laterally 20 minutes of my time telling me that the state of Ut. Requires a 40 lb draw weight to go hunting. I all ready knew that and tried several times to get him to move on.
Once I finally got him past the 40 lb draw weight requirement he then went on to recommend the PSE Rally (Which was a bow that I had been thinking about anyway). Thinking that we were finally getting somewhere I asked the salesman if he could set one up for my boy to try. In which he kindly replied saying that they don't have a left handed model in stock but for 20% down they would gladly order one in. Can someone please explain to me why I would order one in if I don't even know if it's going to work for my boy in the first place?
After several more minutes of talking, I finally convinced the salesman that I needed to know my boys draw length and what poundage he could pull back before I even started to conceder what bow to get. Reluctantly he goes into the back room were low and behold he finds a 70# PSE Rally. He has his assistant set up the bow to the lowest poundage the bow could go to (42#) and lets my boy try it out. Much like I expected he was not able to draw the bow back. Oh most word for word the salesman says ?Well I guess you will have to come back another time?. Are you freaken kidding me. Needles to say I picked up my stuff walked out of the building and have no reason to return anytime soon.
The only positive I got from my experience with Jakes is that I now know that my boy is unable to pull back a 40 # bow. We went home that day and sat up some weights for him to strength his arm with. He has been using the weights twice a day now to build up his strength so that the next time we head down to the store he will be ready.
400bull
Once I finally got him past the 40 lb draw weight requirement he then went on to recommend the PSE Rally (Which was a bow that I had been thinking about anyway). Thinking that we were finally getting somewhere I asked the salesman if he could set one up for my boy to try. In which he kindly replied saying that they don't have a left handed model in stock but for 20% down they would gladly order one in. Can someone please explain to me why I would order one in if I don't even know if it's going to work for my boy in the first place?
After several more minutes of talking, I finally convinced the salesman that I needed to know my boys draw length and what poundage he could pull back before I even started to conceder what bow to get. Reluctantly he goes into the back room were low and behold he finds a 70# PSE Rally. He has his assistant set up the bow to the lowest poundage the bow could go to (42#) and lets my boy try it out. Much like I expected he was not able to draw the bow back. Oh most word for word the salesman says ?Well I guess you will have to come back another time?. Are you freaken kidding me. Needles to say I picked up my stuff walked out of the building and have no reason to return anytime soon.
The only positive I got from my experience with Jakes is that I now know that my boy is unable to pull back a 40 # bow. We went home that day and sat up some weights for him to strength his arm with. He has been using the weights twice a day now to build up his strength so that the next time we head down to the store he will be ready.
400bull
see a kid that size and would just assume he's going to be buying am adult bow. Especially in the heat of the weekend before or of the bowhunt opener.
