The Perfect Crossbow for Youth

Every parent wants to get the best crossbow for their youth boy or girl. This is because the easiest way to perfect their crossbow skills is to start early. Additionally, you do not want to spend an unnecessary amount of money on something that will not improve your child’s skills.

A crossbow for youth should be light in weight and easy to use by a person with a smaller framed body.

4 Best Crossbow for Youth

These are some of the best crossbow you can get for your youth boy or girl, without breaking the bank.

Bear Archery Brave Bow Set

The bow is simple enough for a youth and comes ready to shoot with 2 safety glass arrows. It provides a perfect introduction to kids 8 and older with a small draw weight and overall weight of the bow.

Key Features

• 26″ axle-to-axle length
• 15 to 25 lb. peak draw weight.
• Draw length range of 13.5 inches
• Brace height of 5.5”
• Bow weight 3-lbs
• Intended for right-handed use.

Mxessua Recurve Archery Bow

The bow plays a big part in teaching the youth of the basics. It helps with concentration, increases patience and self discipline. as well as promoting hand-eye coordination and targeting.

We love its sturdy design, yet offering an easy to use characteristic for the youth. It also comes with an array of safety measures; non-sharp arrow tips, finger saver attached to the bowstring, and arm guards in the bow set to keep your kids safe while shooting.

Key Features

• 44.3 inches overall length
• 22 – 24 inch draw length
• 16-20 lbs. draw weight.
• 2.43-lbs overall bow weight
• Ambidextrous handle can be used with both hands

KingsArchery Crossbow Pistol

The pistol self cocking crossbow is constructed with durable fiberglass and comes with 15 aluminum and PVC arrow bolts. The self coking mechanism makes it easy to reload, and an adjustable sight makes it even easier to aim.

Key Features

• 80-lbs. draw weight
• Includes a 12 arrow package
• 2.57-lbs total weight

CenterPoint Archery ABY1721 Elkhorn 

This is the perfect intermediate bow for building skills and proficiency. It features durable, heavy-weight composite limbs, and an integrated composite center shot riser.

The package includes; 2 composite arrows, rest, sight, arm guard, finger tab

Key Features.

• Draw weight 17-21-lbs.
• Axle to axle length 33-inches
• The 26″ max draw length
• Right handed use design
• Overall weight 3.3-lbs

Best Crossbow for Youth- Buying Guide

These are some of the characteristics you should consider when selecting the right crossbow for your youth child.

1. Recurve vs Compound vs Pistol

All these use different mechanisms for acquiring targets and shooting.

• The compound crossbow- Uses a pulley system to shorten the distance you draw the string, for improved accuracy. Has smaller dimensions but the pulley mechanism makes it the heavier of the two.
• The recurve crossbow- Has a long string as a result of its long arms and requires a longer draw, it’s less accurate, but at the same time lighter, and it’s easy to practice using it.
• Pistol crossbows- Designed to have a similar handle to a gun. These are more interesting to youth and are far more comfortable for targeting.

Ideally, a youth should start with the lighter recurve crossbow. Before they perfect the fundamentals and start using the compound bow. But then again starting on with a compound crossbow isn’t such a terrible idea.

A pistol crossbow is easy and fun at the same time. It makes targeting a breeze but it’s more of a gun than a crossbow.

2. Draw Weight

This is the effort needed to cock the crossbow. You don’t want a harder draw weight because it will discourage the youth from not pursuing, crossbows. An ideal weight should be less than 150 lbs.

3. Safety

This should be a MUST requirement when shopping for a crossbow. You don’t want your child fatally injuring themselves, and others.

Most crossbows integrate safety measures into the trigger mechanism. They do this by incorporating a more difficult-to-engage trigger that only fires when substantive force is put onto it.

Favor any crossbow with an added safety mechanism, because this only means your child will be safer.

4. Cost

Be wary of the amount you spend to acquire that crossbow for a youth. You may end up spending a huge amount only for him or her to have an ‘epiphany’ that cross-bowing is not his passion. I mean, you know kids and being indecisive, don’t you?

Conclusion

We believe that this brief roundup provides useful information while heading out for your next purchase.

Not that we have listed all the best items in the market but our guidelines will help you to choose among the many.

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