Browning Micro Midas?

[EXTREME]

I am interested in getting my 11 yr old nephew a new bow soon. My ultimate goal would be to get him to hunt this fall with it...so the draw weight must get to 40lbs. There is only 1 problem???? I have no idea what to get him. I am trying to read as much as I can about youth bows on the net, but without actually seeing them or letting him shoot them, I am kind of lost. Do any of you guys have any suggestions for me. The Micro Midas seems to be the fastest that I have found, but is it accurate? Any help would be appreciated. Thanx

[ghotierman]

The micro midas is a good choice...30-40lb draw, 10 inches of drawlength adjustment. Accuracy is a function of the shooter. The midas can be easily tuned. It comes with a simple flipper rest, but i've fitted one in the shop here with a whisker biscuit. it zips the arrows well, and the kids that have shot it have been able to spot shoot with pins and achieve pretty consistent groups. not too bad for off the rack shooting and not super tuned.

Another option is the micro adrenaline. step up from the midas, a bit faster, full camo on the riser. same cam system so very adjustable.

PSE spyder in the s4 cam is very adjustable as well..25-40lbs i believe, and the cams are slotted for about 3-5 inches of drawlength adjustment. The Spyder is also available with the Rimfire cam. Gets a bit faster with the one cam, the drawlength is changed by changing modules. I've set up several spyders and adrenalines for youth looking to hunt next fall. tuned down to under 30lbs to start...they've been sighting in and working out to be able to pull the 40lb minimum by september.

best advice is to get him to a range and see what fits. is he able to pull 40 already?...then a browning rage or other mid range entry level bow might be a better fit. getting them started early is a great idea...getting them started right...form, technique, etc is even more important. take time to teach him tips on shooting...then teach the hunting. a lot of ranges have youth programs/lessons....(Tuesdays are kids days here...after school till close...kids shoot on the hour with instruction.)

good luck...

i'm sure there'll be more good advice posted. this is a great board...full of helpful souls..

[EXTREME]

Thanks for the reply on the bow. I doubt that he can pull back 40lbs...30 might be a stretch, but thats why I want him to start now. Also I don't want to spend a ton of money untill I know he is dedicated. I will start shopping around for one. PS I had the same idea about the bisquit. Keeping the arrow on the rest was always a struggle when I was younger.

[Ben1022]

For what this is worth...I know some guys that swear by the "biscuit"!! In fact, here's something to think about when considering whether or not it works. I know a few guys that are affluent enought to hunt Argali sheep in the Middle East, big horn and thin horn sheep etc. As you probably know, they don't exactly give those hunts away and these guys have no issues w/the whisker biscuit on their rigs and have done well w/them.

I started my son out,1 at 4 yrs old, on a little PSE Deputy that has a shoot thru riser and it's nice to have that if the arrow falls off the rest. Additionally, I put a whisker buiscut on there for him and he can now easily nock the arrow himself and it's entirely made shooting so much more fun for him. So, you have extremes on the uses of it and it's proven its worth.

The only people I've talked to that switched from using it, didn't necessarily dislike it. It just slowed thier arrows more than they wanted, wasn't quite as precise as other rests or were mainly 3-D or target shooters. However, they would all agree that it is more than capable in hunting situations.